justin_o_guy2
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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Is there anything that does everything well? I have short & long screwdrivers, small & large hammers, If I could, Ive have a dirt bike & a dual purpose & a Savage & a good highway bike & a pickup & a 2 seater sports car & Caddy or a Lincoln for trips & a van for people hauling,, For around town? The Savage IS a Savage beast. Its light & nimble & will go to 45 MPH in a flash. Sure, a Ninja 500 will hit 45 or 50 in a flash, too, but its not ( No, I havent ridden one) comfortable & its not as well suited to a short guy with crummy shoulders. I was riding some roads that were fairly curvy & maybe a mile between stop signs. The Savage would do those roads every bit as fast as I would have ridden a Ninja. I never felt threatened by the bikes power, afraid it would throw me & stomp on me in a corner. I could ride it to a higher %age of its capacity than I could ever hope to on a Ninja. Id Rather have my speed limited by a bikes handling in a corner than by MY inability to ride it to its capacity. IOW, Id probably get hurt if I had a hot rod bike because Id Want to see what it would do & Id get in over my head.The Savage isnt for everybody. Some folks just have more ability & good sense & the physique to belong on a bike that I shouldnt ever ride.. I believe the Savage is a great little bike & I was able to get across town very quickly. I can get across town quicker in my pickup than the wife can in her car & I drive to stretch the MPG.. Im just quick to see an opening & I work thru traffic,, on the Savage? OHH, man,, Eatin traffic & gigglin,, It DID the Innerstate, but it was physically tiring & boring,, Theres as many reasons for for all those different bikes made as there are riders,, The Savage has been in production a long time,, if its not a decent bike, then the word hasnt made it to the consumer.. If I had kep[t mine I would have the Versy and I would have a clutch throwout machined from a chunk O steel, They break rarely, but they do break and at speed that can do plenty of damage AND put a guy to walking,,& theres no warning,, Ditch the stock muffler, the cheapest, sexiest answer is the Dyna, get the carb jetted right and youve got a scalpel on wheels for carving traffic & having fun on the curvy roads.
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