Fell in love with the Savage when I first saw one in a dealers in the early 90's. I've always liked simplicity, and here was a bike that just looked so clean, it quickly became my yardstick for comparing other bikes. Unfortunately it never seemed to be the right price or time to buy one. Over the years I've had a lot of bikes, but my favourites have been the singles, with low down torquey grunt - particularly my '63 AJS M16 :-



and a 2004 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Classic :-



When I had the Bullet, I saw a line drawing of an Enfield chop that is pleasing to the eye :-



Look familiar?

Hopefully, a '94 Savage will be sitting in my garage in place of the '99 CB500X in the next week

Couldn't ask for a better bike to learn on.
Has the perfect amount of room to learn, by that I mean you wont get bored of it to quick like you might with a 250.
Perfect bike to learn on, Even for a guy of my stature the bike is perfect. There have been several instances that if I head a much heavier bike I would've lost a couple turn signals and foot pegs......
Its simple!! If you're learning how to do work on a bike a single cylinder is perfect!

if only somehow i could convince all the kids my age that you shouldn't ask your rich parents to buy you a hayabusa for your first bike then we'd have less motorcycle accidents....

It's a bit roundabout, but here's the story:



When my daughter wanted to move from the pillion to the rider's seat, I found the Buell Blast that a friend had used as her first bike.  It needed a little work, so I was riding it back and forth to a local Harley shop.  It was so much fun getting on a thumper, that I just had to have one.

So I indulged myself with an '04 Royal Enfield 500.  The nearest dealer was 90 miles away, I had some fun fitting it out so that, aside from the disk brake, it was pretty true to it's 1953 heritage.  Right foot shift, solo springer seat, lots of fun things.



I had it for a few years and finally found out that the combination of British design and Indian quality control was, at least for me, insurmountable.  

So I found the Savage -- the RELIABLE thumper.  



To quote Forrest Gump, "Simple is as simple does."

And, in a quote attributed to the Soviet era industrial designer, Mikhael Kalashnakov, "What is simple is beautiful, and what is simple always works."

Like arteacher and Lancer I started out on a thumper. Mine was a Harley Sprint SS350. I've had other bikes and always wanted a Triumph Bonnie but when it's time to put up or shut up..........the big singles always win!

Simple design,simple maintenance,tourqey as He&& and just a fun ride that's dependable for my 80 mile a day commute to work. And it ain't another Harley wanna-be!!!!!!

PLUS.....one really great group here at Savage.com

I forgot to add someone that is handicapped or has a hand injury it has a very easy pull clutch even 2 fingers will pull it and the light weight is easy to get off the side stand and move around period.

low price, easy, dynamic (I have LS 400.compared with other bikes, Honda, Yamaha), light weight, belt drive, no carbs to sync.

Because it is what I can afford