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Reply #15 - 04/17/13 at 20:28:43

I had a 1200s sportster 1998. Wonderful bike. But I think the 883 is a better all around bike. It is a question of power and gearing. The 883 is just a better ride. The only difference between the two is the countershaft pulley ( 3 less teeth) And the bore. But compared to my s40? No contest. The suzuki savage is the best "sportster" that harley ever could have built. Bring back the harley single!

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18101 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #16 - 04/18/13 at 13:59:10 dustystranger wrote on 04/17/13 at 20:28:43: The suzuki savage is the best "sportster" that harley ever could have built. Bring back the harley single! I think Buell tried that with their siingle....unfortunately they did not try very hard!
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apache snow-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 509 Gender:	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #17 - 04/18/13 at 14:07:40 Yeah, I have not ridden a Buell single but I heard that they vibrated pretty bad.
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #18 - 04/18/13 at 14:32:02 Greg wrote on 04/14/13 at 10:11:54: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house I'm terribly sorry.
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #19 - 04/18/13 at 14:55:58 I am actually looking for a Buell Blast. I think it would be fun.
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Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house
Reply #20 - 04/18/13 at 16:35:42

Greg wrote on 04/18/13 at 14:55:58:

I am actually looking for a Buell Blast. I think it would be fun.

They're junk... Take an 883, overbore it for 1000cc, and then yank the back jug, piston and connecting rod. Bolt a piece of plate over the resulting hole in the crank case.

Chuck the resulting mess into a poorly engineered frame. With the cheapest crap shocks and forks Honda has ever made (they own Showa, and Showa supplies Harley).

They literally have ZERO value beyond the 5 cents a pound the iron parts bring and whatever the current going rate is for cast aluminum.

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Retread Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 370	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #21 - 05/08/13 at 22:20:24 Here is what i started with.. Here is the finished product.. Ok, so I went way over budget, wife is angry, and the neighbors are all pissed at the straight pipes, but it was fun....
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Reply #22 - 05/09/13 at 13:51:33

Retread wrote on 05/08/13 at 22:20:24:

Ok, so I went way over budget,

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wife is angry,

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and the neighbors are all pissed at the straight pipes,

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but it was fun....

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RatdogWillie Serious Thumper Offline Nostalgia isn't what it used to be... Posts: 854 Johnstown, PA. Gender:	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #23 - 05/09/13 at 18:26:43 Serowbot wrote on 04/14/13 at 12:18:21: Like switching from a Quarterhorse to a Texas Longhorn... ... funny and true!
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RatdogWillie Serious Thumper Offline Nostalgia isn't what it used to be... Posts: 854 Johnstown, PA. Gender:	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #24 - 05/10/13 at 06:27:28 Do you know that 95% of all Harley Davidsons sold are still on the road? . . . The other 5% made it home.
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apache snow-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 509 Gender:	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #25 - 05/10/13 at 06:33:03 I never see the need to bash another brand of motorcycle. It sure doesn't make mine run better.
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Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house
Reply #26 - 05/12/13 at 06:07:21

apache snow-FSO wrote on 05/10/13 at 06:33:03:

I never see the need to bash another brand of motorcycle. It sure doesn't make mine run better. Huh

Its kinda like telling a racial joke, it sure seams funny when you tell it, untill your momma hears you tell it.... I was really young and didn't see what the fuss was about, cause my friend was telling white jokes and I thought they was funny too. His momma didn't think it was funny either....well not in front of us anyway, I learned later on that both his mom and mine after whoopin' out butts, went back in the kitchen and was laughing thier butts off.

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Retread Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 370	Re: Rode my buddy's HD back to his house Reply #27 - 05/12/13 at 06:37:02 I liked riding my Little Suzuki thumper around, but it was like dating an ugly girl, it was fun, but you just didn't want your friends to see you......
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