Dave wrote on 05/18/15 at 10:28:59:Art Webb wrote on 05/18/15 at 09:12:08:verslagen1 wrote on 05/18/15 at 08:14:56:We ride naked and invisible on a savage, you'll need another motto for a scooter.
??? Maybe I'm being dumb, but this made no sense to me. Care to help out a dummy that didn't get it?
The way I have always interpreted that.....is:
INVISIBLE - You ride as if no one sees you, and could pull out in front of you at any instant. Folks aren't used to looking for motorcycles, or are just too preoccupied with other things to take a good look and can easily miss anything smaller than a car/truck/bus.
NAKED - You ride as if it will really hurt a lot if you fall down....cause it will.
Part of it was I misread 'motto' as 'moto' as in motorcycle, threw me all left and shhhhtuff
and the motto makes total sense, though thank goodness my last fall didn't hurt that much
I'll ride my S40 off the curb, too, but I can't stand up on the pegs to save my tailbone like I can on the XS
Still, the S40 has a lot of things going for it over the XS
I keep drooling over the idea of making a standard / scrambler out of it, but then I think, maybe a real dual sport would be a better idea {and easier, too)