Hi Folks

Hope this question hasn't been asked too often before, I did have look round the boards but couldn't find anything similar, so the question is,  as in the title, Why did you opt for the Suzuki Savage?

To answer my own question, I bought mine after endless searching on ebay for a bike below 33bhp.
 
As you may know here in the UK if you sit your test on a small displacement bike or are under 21 you have a restriction put on your licence for the first two years. The restriction is not  exactly a bike below 33 bhp that would be too easy, the rules state a bike under 25kw with a power to weight ratio of less than 0.16. Almost impossible to prove so the 33bhp is a rule of thumb.
 
Being over 21, but very short I decided to go along the restriction route as all the DAS (Direct Access) bikes in the local training schools were just too physically big for me.
 
You are not limited to the bike you can buy, but must fit a restrictor if it is over the alleged 33 bhp, rules about to change again though

From my eBay key word of 33bhp and a Savage popping up, I was very surprised that any 650 bike would be on the list of accepted bikes, but after checking endless forums and bike websites it seemed that the LS650 was an acceptable bike without restriction .

So first thing was looking at reviews, endless pictures and finding myself here.  I liked the look of the bike, the seat height and weight were perfect and I just sort of got hooked Eventually a Savage came up on eBay, all be it at the other end of the country. I bid, I won, it got delivered but it wasn't without a few problems on arrival :'(

I got it fixed and I loved it.......it took over a year to find the bike, another 7 months to get it up and running, and guess what my restriction is up now but I still have my Savage  

So again why did you choose to buy yours?

Been here, done this...

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1338125339

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/24/12 at 09:53:00:


Sounds like you need to show your wife who's boss.    I did. Funny though, I don't have a wife any longer.  

Actually, she bought it for me. We just stopped in to look at the new line of jet skis & I saw that low slung thing with a 650 in it & drooled enough to launch a jet ski..

There was a recent thread on this:http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1338125339

I bought mine because I was looking for something that wasnt too big or too small and would be a good bike to learn on. I just got my license before I bought it. I thought it would be a good bike because it isnt too heavy and it was one of the only bikes I saw that just didnt intimidate me. I am 6'2" so I do feel a little cramped, but I think so forward controls will solve that problem. I love riding the bike. It looks great and is great on gas. I will proboly keep this bike for a very long time. Seeing that I bought it brand new with only 1.9 miles on it I think it should last me a while. I also bought it because it was a great price for a new bike.

It gave me a good feeling between my legs

Because real British made bikes have gotten too expensive to mess with.