I just bought one for my wife.  It is a 2000 Green and white with 1950 miles on it, prime condition no dings or scratches on it.  He had it listed on craigslist for $1450.  After I looked at it and found out it was in great well taken care of condition it rode great, no modifications not even the air mix screw.  I was happy to pay the 1450.  KBB had it listed at high value $1550.  My wife is so excited she is taking her MSF class in a couple weeks.

I was in Reydon about 53 years ago, Enid about 50 years ago, Tecumseh about 40 years ago & Okeelahomamine is no more. Now, Im in Texas. What part of Ok you in? Pretty much or kinda?

I am very surprised by the current "list" and "out the door" prices for the Savage.  I am probably a bit spoiled by having enough mechanical skills to work on my own bike....and not be intimidated buying a used bike - but those prices seem high and a "NEW" Savage may be getting to be too expensive for what it is......a 1987 design.

Around the Cincinnati area you can buy a Savage with 1,000 miles or less for around $ 4,000.  If you are willing to buy one with 5,000 miles or so the prices go down to about $ 2,500.  A bike with 12,000 miles are usually not very pretty and the asking price is $ 1,500.  I have found that in this climate the bikes corrode a bit and the spokes, chrome and aluminum parts usually show some corrosion.

If I was spending $ 6,000.....I probably would not buy a Savage and would get something that my wife would be comfortable on the back.  

Dave wrote on 03/28/13 at 04:29:31:


+1, as a matter of fact, I just picked up a like new 2007 C50 with 2,000 miles for a lot less than that. The dealer had the bike for about 6 months and that is still a "winter price" and cash talks. The spring or summer price would have been book.

Deals are out there if you are patient.

Good hunting

Looks like I'll be riding a new Vstar 650 custom...when my brother decides to let me borrow it. He's having a birthday in 2 weeks, so I gave him my S40 money so he could get the bike he wanted now. With the agreement that I would be paid back when local dealers were making better deals on the S40 - probably at the end of the year in time for Christmas. If the OTD price is still $6,000+ or I can't find a real nice low mile used S40, I'll probably look at a HD 883 Iron or Yamaha Bolt. But hopefully It'll be a new Blue/White Suzuki S40 for a price similar to what I paid for the '11 S40 I had - OTD priced for about $4,500.00, new.

It will be interesting to see if there will even be a 2014 S40. For the last few years speculation has been that the carbureted S40 will not be able to meet new emission standards and Suzuki will have to go to fuel injection and a catalytic converter. That in turn would probably raise the price at least a few hundred dollars, and if the gas tank isn't redesigned the volume taken up by the fuel pump will reduce the gas capacity of an already small tank. At least Oldfeller's "vacsucker" would go away.

Last month my woman moved up from a GZ 250 and bought a red 2006 S40 with 3,100 miles on it for $2,850 at a dealership here in Michigan.   It came w/ a windshied, engine guards and saddle bag supports.  It is a very clean bike.    With tax and plates it was $3,037 out the door.  I thought it was an OK deal, but not a great deal.    

We wanted this bike because it matches my red 2006 Suzuki S83.  All of our apparel is red, as well as my 96 Goldwing.   The S40 is 110 miles away.   Now we have to wait until the weather gets better so I can ride it home.  

Dane Allen wrote on 04/10/13 at 16:31:27:


Dane how did it pop from $3,988 to $6k!?  $2k in dealership fees