Wheeee! got the little Honda rebel sold.....and while on face book a buddy of mine told me a friend wants to look at my road glide... only two more steps to getting the savage.. sell the Harley...buy a savage/s40.

Caught a really bad case of the crud this week, didn't even shake hands with the young guy that bought the Honda in fear i'd make him sick. Had the wife handle all the stuff to keep him from touching anything I handled.

Now i'll talk to my friend mike who's buddy has been having problems unloading his mom's savage....hope he still has it.

Not buying new.... heh..or almost new... gonna buy a 2007 or less more than likely. Most of those are below $1,500 and a few are around $1,200, cause i'm only going to dismantle it anyway.

My wife's savage familiarized me with this frame/engine setup working on it. And with the carb being so simple to work on I will be tearing into it quite deeply.
My goal is going to be to make it as light as "I" can make it, even if I replace some of the frame itself with an aluminum rear or something.
I will take it to the scales and weigh it with a full tank, then tear it down, mod it, build it back up and re-weigh.
If its not light enough to suit me, I will tear it down again, and make more mods, until I am satisfied.

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I will also attempt to make it convertible enough to clamp, clip, or bolt on some travel accessories for long trips.
This ain't gonna be a show bike or an around town 1/2 miler... its going to be able to "go the distance".