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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Buh Bye! Buh Bye! 09/02/13 at 19:32:04 I rode bull to the neighbors house *& parked him,., Put fresh gas in the tank, dumped the carb bowl once & refilled it, Turned twice & firewd right up after notstarting for over a month, I gave the new owner a note suzukisavage.com Loaded him up with extra goodies & suzuki shopmanual. Of course Ill be around.. you dont get off THAT easy,,
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RatdogWillie Serious Thumper Offline Nostalgia isn't what it used to be... Posts: 854 Johnstown, PA. Gender:	Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye! Reply #1 - 09/02/13 at 20:21:24 Hope you do stick around!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye! Reply #2 - 09/02/13 at 20:31:49 Ill be here,,
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Reply #3 - 09/02/13 at 20:48:47

Sounds like me. When I dropped off my Savage after selling it, I had a sheet of paper that listed this site, all the mods I had made and any other little tidbits and hints I could think of.

I stick around here because I like the site and the people on it. I haven't found a similar Kawasaki site.

If I had the room and could justify a second motorcycle to the wife, I would get another Savage. It was so easy and fun to hop around town on it. I would probably customize it to somewhere between a bobber and a standard.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28663 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye! Reply #4 - 09/02/13 at 23:09:42 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/02/13 at 20:31:49: Ill be here,, Darn right you will... ... bobert_FSO wrote on 09/02/13 at 20:48:47: I stick around here because I like the site and the people on it. I haven't found a similar Kawasaki site. You too!... ... Savage,... is a state of mind... ...
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10667 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye! Reply #5 - 09/03/13 at 03:29:04 Why did you sell ?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye! Reply #6 - 09/03/13 at 07:47:08 Ive got the Kawasaki W-650. May never ri8de it,, what with the shulders & knee problems. Cant ride 2, need the $$,,
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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye! Reply #7 - 09/03/13 at 17:18:42 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/03/13 at 07:47:08: Ive got the Kawasaki W-650. May never ri8de it,, what with the shulders & knee problems. Cant ride 2, need the $$,, W-650? NICE!
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Reply #8 - 09/04/13 at 06:36:51

Justin has gotten to that age, where you gotta know what you can do and what you can't do. He kept his preferred bike and sold his Savage, at least he kept the one he liked the best.

Lancer, we aren't there yet, but we can both smell it coming ....

Just like Diamond Jim and Big Zuk before him, there comes a time where your body just can't pay the toll any more.

Right now, if I hadn't invested in the trailer and the hitch, I'd be done already -- I can't stand the long long rides to and from the mountains.

Having the trailer means I can go another 3-5 years, which I firmly plan to do.

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Reply #9 - 09/04/13 at 07:13:03

Theres a pretty fairchance Ill never ride the W. If my right knee continues to skip out at odd times, like when im sitting in a car & have to have the drive p[ull over so I can put it back in place, or just walking along.,.& if my shoulders/rotator cuffs wont handle the load of bringing one back up when Ive allowed it to lean over some, then I am a Miata shopper.

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Reply #10 - 09/04/13 at 07:39:21

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/04/13 at 07:13:03:

Theres a pretty fairchance Ill never ride the W. If my right knee continues to skip out at odd times, like when im sitting in a car & have to have the drive p[ull over so I can put it back in place, or just walking along.,.& if my shoulders/rotator cuffs wont handle the load of bringing one back up when Ive allowed it to lean over some, then I am a Miata shopper.

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Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot them?
How is it possible to have a civil war?
What if there were no hypothetical questions?

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Reply #11 - 09/04/13 at 08:03:13

Naaaah,, if it wont lean in a corner Ill just have a little car. As long as I can Smell stuff like on a bike. I know nothing FEELS as free as riding, I just dont know if Id feel the freedom on a trike. Problee be closer than somthying with doors,, IDK, but they cost so MUCH! I can have a little sports car, standard transmission, convertible & Hopefully be able to do something to the windshield so the air isnt completely diverted.

I have a 1954 wooden milk crate, one of the long ones. I wanna put a solo seat on the W & mount that crate behind, maybe pad the end for a back rest? IDK,, I guess it would need to shift up & down with the seataction,,Put a top on it & be able to lock it, hang back packs on the sides, I could hit the road or a grocery store..I Think its gets about 65 MPG,,but IDK that..

But, Ill take something with a roof if I cant ride.

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Reply #12 - 09/04/13 at 08:49:15

I had a little convertible for several years, until a lady rear-ended it in Colorado and the insurance totalled it. You get the sunshine, and of course you don't need a helmet, but it isn't the same as a bike by a long shot. My wife found it a lot more comfortable than a bike. I had a chance about three years ago to demo a Can-Am Spyder, and except for the absence of lean it was much more like riding a motorcycle. I have not tried one of the conventional (one wheel in front, two in rear) trikes.

I was visiting a large Honda dealership a while back, who also sells trikes. He said he sold over 50 of them last year. He said a side effect of selling trikes to couples was that the women suddenly decided they wanted to be drivers instead of passengers, since they no longer had to hold up a heavy bike at a traffic stop.

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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye! Reply #13 - 09/04/13 at 09:28:29 Gawd! I'd saw off a leg for a W650!! Glad you'er sticking around Justin ... plenty of us FSOs stay here for the same reasons you gave! This place on the WWW is HOME!
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Reply #14 - 09/04/13 at 09:38:29

Good luck keeping it gone, I've gotten rid of mine several times, and it always comes back.

So I keep dumping time/money into it, instead of buying another VN800A. Maybe the next time I find/buy the right Kawi, the Savage will stay in the barn where it belongs.

Until that day comes, I'll keep working on it, to the detriment of my classic vehicles.

The Savage is like a bad tobacco habit, you know the time has come to give it up, but just can't for some reason...

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