OMG< Old Rider,
what did you haul around in that thing,
the state of TEXAS?

So, when you opened it up, did a mini cooper drive out with a full set of clowns, followed by a set of Shriners on mini motorcycles, and circle around your wife's bike.

I was tthink a little smaller and strapped to the belt side of the bike.
I got 3 sewing machines and new roll of black naugihade (vinyl basically), to make a custom seat, so I I will make at least one side saddle bag for now.

FUNNY  

Found a couple newer ones than the 2 in Pensacola...but they are 3.5 hours away, not a bad thing mind you, the guy that wants to buy my roadglide is in tampa which is about halfway, so I might ride the Harley to mid point talk to him and have the wife drive me (if the guy buys the Harley) to look at the other two savages and i'd pick up and drive one home (they both are drivable according to their owners).

Hope this plan works out, the ones I've got my eye on are south of I10 and are a 2002 (with 982 miles on odo) and a 2005 (with 19,000 on the odo) both are $1,500.

    Here's me on my Triumph 1200 with a 33" seat height and I never dropped it in 14,000 miles. Notice my foot. I'm not trying to be a smarta$$ but you can ride a bike safely without both feet setting flatfooted on the ground. If any of you know what the Iron Butt Association is I qualified on this bike. My initiation was to ride 1000 miles in 24 hrs. I live in Winston Salem NC and I rode to Daytona, eat a hot dog and drank a milkshake and back home in 18 and1/2 hrs. 1126 miles. There was no way to cheat. I had to have a public officer take a picture and certify the mileage on my bike when I left and returned. I had to save all my gas receipts and if you've ever noticed they have location,time, date and how much gas written on them. I'm not trying to brag, the point is if you ever want a bigger bike don't let the seat height or size intimidate you. There's a lot of Goldwings and European bikes on the road with munchkins like me on the seat.

No worries, I chose to go to the savage because of weight... not height. I've driven enduro's that I had to tippy toe to ride, I even liked the WR250X Yamaha supermoto I had, because it weighed 285lbs and was really torquey.
I have just gotten used to riding in a supine relaxed style.

I went this spring up to North Carolina to meet the fella's and accidently dropped the wife's savage on some loose gravel. When I picked it up I felt a pop in my back, the pop was my L4 vertebrae fracturing. I have a bad case of Osteoporosis and my bone density sux really bad (70 yr old woman density), so I have to get a light weight small bike to use as my touring machine and the savage fits the bill, if I trim it up a bit and loose a little bit of weight off of it.

I might even go half bobber, half adventure rider, but for sure it will be a single seat that I will be able to add a rack to hold stuff for a long trip.
I'm planning on going to one seat, higher bars, 6" forward controls, comfy tall back rest and remove anything I don't really need or replace it with plastic or aluminum. It will be a real fun challenge to see what Back Yard Bill Productions can come up with!  

My point for getting the savage is..... I ride alone mostly when I travel, if something like dropping the bike happens to me in the desert of say Arizona, and the bike is fully loaded, what do I do?
I unload the bike and pick it up right? What if it weighs 500+ pounds? I've already broken my back by picking up a 400lb bike, so what do I do? Wait 3 days until someone comes by? I'm a realist, i'm not real old, but due to health reasons I have to adapt to survive, thus, a lighter motorcycle and different platform.
I will not stop riding until I can't throw a leg over a bike, and then I might rig up a lift on the back that will hoist my azz over top! ROFL, if it can be built, I will build it!

Nah, not offended, I've also owned several different models and types of motorcycles. But like you, I've got health issues now and I refuse to let them keep me from riding, that's why I put an add-a-trike system on my HD road glide.

But a trike doesn't lean into the corners, well the big ones don't, there are some larger scooters that will, the ones with two wheels in front and one in back, they are kinda neat looking, not ready to go down to a scooter just yet tho.

Besides, if I can get a savage cheap, I can turn loose my creative side and have fun with a rebuild, which in turn will keep my lazy butt off the computer chair! LOL.

What kind of ninja do you have? I bought a 2013 Ninja 300 in march, its a blast to ride! But it is fuel injected so I would have to have a motorcycle mech work on it, that is until I learn the system.

My ninja...painted it while I was on chemo....took me 3 weeks....

Well, got a caller coming to look at the wife's 250 rebel and got a message and a number from a guy for the road glide.....maybe, just maybe, my savage is going to come to me soon. Although I like the pic's of the new Harleys that are coming out, but I could still get a savage and strip it to see how much weight I could peel off of it and make it function for me and then maybe sell the little 300 ninja or trade it in on the new Harley if I like it. We shall see....I've got some cooler weather coming...no paint, but I could rip and strip and mod a bike ..... I'm getting soo antsy, LOL took the wifes savage out for a long ride today....

That's about a $400 gas trip for me, plus what ever the final cost of the bike would be, plus its been layed down a time or two.
I'd rather be able to see it in person first, then bid on it. There are a couple locals with them for sale, guy last month had two for 2,200 or 1,500 each. Was thinking if I get rid of the Harley and the Honda rebel, it opens up the garage for two more bikes...and one could be a total teardown and rebuild.

I would really like to get involved with a local bike shop and try to make an aluminum frame for one. My ninja has large portions of frame that are aluminum. We shall see......

Got a call today, young man in the navy needs a small economical bike, is coming by Friday to pick up the little Honda 250 rebel.

One step closer to my project bike.... now if only I could get the Harley sold.....