So you can change the gear ratio.  That's all. There's no other benefit. The chain actually uses a little more hp.

Sorry if I did something wrong.  Did I put this in the wrong section or something?

You aren't the first,won't be the last,,

Stick around, read, ask,  There's much to know about these bikes.
And the guys here know it inside and out.

So you are saying wide tires are so "yesterday."  Wide belts are the new cool/black. I just can not keep up with this fashion stuff.

1998 LS650 with three inch lowered forks, six gallon tank, cafe tail, ape hangers with clip-ons and a six inch belt from a buzz saw.

What did I miss?

I'm over ever widening tires on bikes, It's gone beyond IMO
the Savage is a 30HP 400lb bike with a wider rear tire, stock, than my old XS1100, which with 95 HP and a 600lb curb weight has no issues with traction
I have gone to a bigger (taller) tire in back due to economics, but I always keep in mind that a fatter tire hydroplanes more easily, even on a bike
I watch some of the biker build offs and see the guys fitting ever wider tires to bikes that are ill handling already due to being designed for 'coolness' rather than function and think 'really?, another fat tire, is that all you could think of? it's just copycatting at this point
No offense to guys who like wide tires, the first time I saw a 190 on a chopper I thought it was cool, too, then I saw eleventy gazillion of the same and it got to be very ho hum

I've never forgotten the day when I watched a Beetle out corner a 911 with fat tires on a slick wet road

Dave have you ever ridden a Ninja 500? I'm curious how the cafes compare to that ergonomically speaking

actually the seating posistion on the 500 and 250 are identical, the 250 is mostly smaller in the motor
I loved mine, for short runs, but my old hips compalined about the peg location: lower or farther back would have been okay, but behind and high, not so much
Sometimes I put my feet on the rear pegs on the S40 to take some of the pressure off my butt: I was thinking since it's narrower, it might not be as bad as the Ninja's position, particularly if the foot / knee tuck is a bit roomier
(i have this same issue with my XS1100, which is a big standard / tourer, so I think it's more the width than anything)
Always wanted proper, changeable bars for the thing, and some way to lower the pegs a bit (never once scraped one) otherwise I'd still have the bike