Then why do they keep making it?  
Jeff

Who's got the latest engine number?

verslagen1 wrote on 04/23/09 at 23:06:36:


From this there could be 43,000 bikes made from '87 to '02.
I'm guessing that the p401 prefix is exclusive to the savage, but may include its baby brother the 400.

Anyone got some later engine numbers?

It's a reliable low volume seller.  It helps get people on a bike and Suzuki hopes it makes them want a bigger even more profit bike.  They should be making a killing on these bikes.  All the R&D was done in the 80's most of the molds were made around then too. The frame jigs are all old...in short they should have recouped all development costs years ago. Most of the original engineers that designed it have probably retired.

And, there is always a small market for people that want a single. And, they are alone in that they have a cruiser that is a single.

Saw one on the road in San Antonio a couple years back.  Saw another (RYCA) parked in Boerne a year ago or so.
That's it.  And I ride a LOT, and go to "biker bars" for my "heading home" barley soda.  
Then again, most of my riding is on roads where I don't see many other motorcycles.. at all.

And other than Dave's, I've only ever seen one.  That one was a reddish '86 with a drilled out muffler in traffic 3 or 4 years ago.

I've seen more Visions (which isn't that big of a seller either) than I've ever seen S40s.

Oh, and I think the reason the Suzuki keeps making them is the overseas market.  Don't forget that there are places like the UK where motorcycle licenses are graduated and the S40 comes in under the HP level for the beginners license there.

I wish I had found this place before I bought. Because of my inexperience in maintaining a bike,in spite of an extensive background in basic mechanical stuff, I was intimidated by the idea of doing basic stuff,like valve adjustment,cam chain,so,I bought new. I wish Old Feller would have created his air filter before I wasted the$$$on that blasted KandN.. what an expensive hassle that was..
How extensive,you might ask?
I had been doing my own vehicle maintenance for over 30 years,changed the Frame on 2 F150's,done brakes,on everything from little cars to 18wheelers, worked on oil field pumps driven by 16cylinder engines,, high pressure,high volume,,Big stuff that has to be put together right and tight..
I had replaced clutches in things from 1/2 ton trucks to pulling units and sideline trucks to 18 wheelers.. I've repaired copiers and cash registers, even split a John Deere tractor and replaced the clutch,Alone, on an uneven dirt floor,, BUT, I was intimidated by a motorcycle..
I coulda saved a TON of $$$$ if I had found this place before I bought Bull..

Short for Boulevard..