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2001 LS650 savage...work in progress
03/22/14 at 18:23:27

Well I went and picked up "my" savage today, it is a 2001 LS 650 Savage, sky blue (what???), with a wind screen (scratched) and saddle bags.
It has 3798 on the odo... wow.. not even broken in!
Paid a whole 1,500 bucks for it...
Now to make it mine... already ordered (yesterday) a raptor petcock for it and will start cleaning it up tomorrow, it has some salt air corrosion on it, but all in all looks really good.
It has an oil leak, maybe the bolts, maybe the plug.. I will clean it up and see.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #1 - 03/22/14 at 19:24:54 Way to go dude. Wha'cha gonna do ?
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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #2 - 03/22/14 at 19:49:37 Good job old-rider. Very recently you said you had decided on another Savage and today you already have one. I've noticed that you don't mess around, once you make up your mind you get it done. I assume this is the one you want to make lighter with alloy or plastic fenders etc.
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ZAR Serious Thumper Offline Rock this town! Rock it inside out! Posts: 961 Kentucky, USA Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #3 - 03/22/14 at 20:05:27 dadgummit we gotta git some of them "thumbs up" emoticons 'round here! Anywho.........TWO THUMBS UP OR!!!!!
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #4 - 03/22/14 at 20:29:31 $1,500.00 leaves a lot of room for upgrades! Nice find!
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Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress
Reply #5 - 03/22/14 at 21:03:06

Going to clean it up and maybe set it up for the run to the dragon this summer..... going to work on making it lighter after this riding season.

What I want to do is going to take me longer than two months Grin

Wife says I have to get my body fixed first, then I can mess with my ride... LOL I am at least going to mount some kind of back rest for me....maybe use that ultra-tour pack from the harley Shocked

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #6 - 03/22/14 at 22:32:35 OR,.. those are additions... I though we were subtracting... ...
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #7 - 03/23/14 at 04:59:38 Very cool Old Rider, another in the stable
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #8 - 03/23/14 at 08:56:16 Fifteen Hunnert BUX? YOu did all kindsa good..
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Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress
Reply #9 - 03/23/14 at 16:47:50

Took off the seats, did some cleaning/degreasing/polishing.

Added a trickle charging plug, and opened up the drain hose... ack... oily gas liquid, pulled the air filter... wet... fuel in box. Glad I ordered the raptor before I picked up the bike.

Going to leave it like it is (no seats and charging) until the raptor petcock gets here.

Well, I might actually put the extra dyna I have on the shelf on it, and pull the tank and do the washers on the needle.

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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #10 - 03/23/14 at 18:30:01 That's a nice set of bags on the bike. Any idea what brand?
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #11 - 03/23/14 at 22:12:44 S-P wrote on 03/23/14 at 18:30:01: That's a nice set of bags on the bike. Any idea what brand? Yup, they say Suzuki on the side Not sure if I will be keeping them, I will let you know.
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Pine Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1694 Mississippi, USA Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #12 - 03/24/14 at 14:28:32 Congratz Oldrider... well I guess I gotta mine put up on CL. Just got back from NOLA. Man the weather was great. Came home and dernit another cold front. This sucks.
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Sheriff41 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 88 O'ahu, HI	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #13 - 03/24/14 at 23:18:17 That's a great deal! Good luck with your project. That picture with the bike on the trailer reminds me of my old neighborhood in Crestview, FL.
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: 2001 LS650 savage...work in progress Reply #14 - 03/24/14 at 23:47:48 old_rider wrote on 03/23/14 at 22:12:44: Yup, they say Suzuki on the side Not sure if I will be keeping them, I will let you know. OK cool! I bought a cool looking set of vintage leather bags on Ebay and they didn't fit. I'll be selling them on eBay I guess...
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