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If I Wasn't a Moral Man...
05/25/14 at 19:34:01

So I'm talking to a friend from church at lunch and he says "I have a bike that's been sitting for two years and doesn't run and my wife doesn't want me to ride anymore..." So we're chatting and it turns out he has a 2001 Kawasaki W650 with 6K miles on it. I didn't offer "to take it off his hands" and told him he needs to keep it and get it running and take it for a spin once a week, it's gonna be a classic some day.

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shorty Serious Thumper Offline be careful out there gentlemen Posts: 547 southern NM Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #1 - 05/25/14 at 19:47:24 offer him a fair price and you have done nothing improper.. are those chrome fenders? chrome tank sides with rubber pads? oh gosh
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #2 - 05/25/14 at 19:55:16 Shorty, It's a "classic" bike now. They rarely show up for sale anywhere. I did tell him, if he ever decides to sell it I have first dibs on making an offer. He KINDA knew it was a rare bike, but not that rare.
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shorty Serious Thumper Offline be careful out there gentlemen Posts: 547 southern NM Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #3 - 05/25/14 at 19:57:36 I've been reading about it since my last post, yes I want it BAD
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28787 L.A. California Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #4 - 05/25/14 at 20:09:57 Can you introduce us?
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #5 - 05/25/14 at 20:22:08 verslagen1 wrote on 05/25/14 at 20:09:57: Can you introduce us? Only after I got the bike...
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Reply #6 - 05/25/14 at 22:59:35

Best A65 BSA never made, just like the Yammerscammer XS650 Special (with 60 spoke wire wheels only) is the best Bonneville Triumph never made.

Savage is a knock-off Norton, Virago was a knock-off Vincent.

At least the "emulators" at J.A. Pan Inc chose interesting platforms to "update".

Get it. Just don't try riding it, your poor Savage will end up a condominium for spiders, scorpions and lizards... The W650 really puts our bikes to shame, on all levels.

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Pine Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1694 Mississippi, USA Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #7 - 05/26/14 at 07:13:19 hush WD!!! You know I missed one here in Jackson.. it was a sweet looking ride
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Reply #8 - 05/26/14 at 07:56:21

Pine wrote on 05/26/14 at 07:13:19:

hush WD!!!

Says the man who replaced his Slow Pokey Salvage with a his and hers pair of Yamahas... Grin

I'm off tomorrow, going to go look at and test sit a brand new never had oil in the cases C90T Boss. The Savage is a great backroads toy, but it is utterly incapable of handling the I-40 loop in Memphis on my commute. Road is too rough and too high speed for it.

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shorty Serious Thumper Offline be careful out there gentlemen Posts: 547 southern NM Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #9 - 05/26/14 at 08:08:54 I like the shaft-driven cam.. no versy tensioner needed twin cylinders with long stroke, pretty cool as well and might I add: 50hp ...what do we have, 40hp? :'(
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10606 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #10 - 05/26/14 at 09:32:52 shorty wrote on 05/26/14 at 08:08:54: I like the shaft-driven cam.. no versy tensioner needed twin cylinders with long stroke, pretty cool as well and might I add: 50hp ...what do we have, 40hp? :'( The LS650 generates about 30 hp at the crank & 25 hp at the rear wheel.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10606 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #11 - 05/26/14 at 09:38:17 If I am not mistaken I have room in my garage for one more machine ... if not, I will make room.
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Reply #12 - 05/26/14 at 09:50:17

LANCER wrote on 05/26/14 at 09:32:52:

shorty wrote on 05/26/14 at 08:08:54:

I like the shaft-driven cam.. no versy tensioner needed

twin cylinders with long stroke, pretty cool as well

and might I add: 50hp ...what do we have, 40hp? :'(

The LS650 generates about 30 hp at the crank & 25 hp at the rear wheel.

Depends on the year, 49 state-Commiefornia-Europe model specs.

26-32hp at the crank.

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Reply #13 - 05/26/14 at 10:15:29

WD wrote on 05/25/14 at 22:59:35:

Get it. Just don't try riding it, your poor Savage will end up a condominium for spiders, scorpions and lizards... The W650 really puts our bikes to shame, on all levels.

Yeah... I even thought of trading him my running Savage for his non-running bike, but his wife doesn't want him riding a bike now because they have a new baby (Phoenix is hell on bikers). So he is in a bit of a rock and hard place with a cool bike and no where to go with it. He may eventually let it go, but he knows he's got a keeper.

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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: If I Wasn't a Moral Man... Reply #14 - 05/27/14 at 04:15:59 DagNabit!! Your making me want to use the short rear fender again......
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