Hi all. I've been lurking around here a few weeks looking at the Suzuki Savage/S40.

First, thanks to the Administrators for approving me. I know how hard it can be to run a forum while trying to keep the spammers and troublemakers from ruining it.

I've owned a couple of Kawasakis and now own a couple of Harleys. I'm not one of those brainwashed Harley owners, so I'm always open to other manufacturers and everybody on a bike is my friend as far as I've been concerned. I have been encouraging my wife to start riding for some time and she got to like the idea. She signed up for the MSF course at the end of this month and I wanted to get her something she could ride after she finished the course - if you learn it but never use it, it won't do you much good. She isn't very tall, and after some research I hit on the S40 as a probable good fit for her. I found this website and have been searching on lots of topics related to the bikes. I learned a lot stuff from the members such as the issue with oils, cam chain tensioner, petcock valve, to name a few.

I started shopping around and didn't find many in the area, but on a lark yesterday we went by the Honda Dealer in Knoxville and they had a used 2009 S40 with 1,900 miles on it for sale. I looked it over and took it for a spin, it ran great. My wife loved the fit of the bike (she sat on a lot of bikes while we have been looking) and it felt perfect to her. So yesterday we bought it, and while I was sitting waiting for the paperwork to get done, I started signing up for my membership here.

It is in great shape, but I do need to fix a broken turn signal, and I want to put some stuff on the bike for her. I've still got some learning to do and questions to ask. So far I've learned a lot, and hope to learn more. Thanks for the collection of knowledge y'all have created here.

Welcome!  This place is a gold mine full of information.  I find it very helpful and the members here are very intelligent and willing to help.

Yes... I believe it started out with the fella's riding the dragon annually, but now it is just meeting and riding.

This year we are meeting at MMR's place near Lynchburg and camping out for a couple days, (shoot some guns and hit the distillery, and sat go to a bike meet) then we are heading to Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campgrounds in North Carolina (they have comfy cabins or you can pitch a tent) and ride a few roads around there.
Some of us might actually go ride the dragon on the way out of the area, if you are from around there mayhaps you know a few of the better roads in the area that aren't as "populated" in june and could drop in the Dragon Run post and fill us in !

Welcome, Sarge! Yep, this is a great forum, it has saved my bacon lots of times.  Good luck with the new bike!  I just got a 2007 that had 2000 miles for 2,000.00 ... it pays to watch craigslist!

Another TN Savage/S40 owner? Cool... I'm on the other end of it, 36 miles NE of Graceland. We had a small get together at our farm last year, might try to put something together for this year.

I'm NOT doing the Dragon meet. Same time frame as a 21 and over rally that is more my speed. I think I'm the "kid" of the group at 41...  

We might come over the mountains for part of that. I work funny hours so I often can't make these sorts of things, but for now I have some of those dates off. It would be cool to meet some people and see and hear what you do with your bikes. Y'all wouldn't mind my Harley ridding into camp with her S40 would you?

Why would you have to fix the turn signal? That is a safety issue and the bike shouldn't have been sold by a dealer with a known safety issue.

arteacher wrote on 04/11/14 at 16:21:10:

They were waiting for the part to come in. I told them I could fix it myself.