Just try not to catch a bad case of "custom fever"... Most of us on here ride modified bikes. I bought a brand new 98 back in 2/98, and by 3/98 I'd already started cutting it up. I bought my 03 in 4/14, and started changing things up the next day.

You'll find some top notch techs hanging out here, true specialists. Carburetor, big bore conversions, wheel swaps, frame enhancements, suspension and brake upgrades, body and paint, electrical... There are a few former club riders, both competition and "outlaw" clubs. There are even a few on here who seem to specialize in ferreting out the bike's weak components, the hard way...

The Savage is primitive. Very primitive. The front brake is circa 1969, the carburetor and ignition circa 1973-75, the electrical system is straight out of the late 50s (Honda). The front forks are scaled down late 1940s. Think of the Savage as being a 2 wheeled VW Beetle, minor upgrades over the decades, but the car was basically the same from 1938 to 1979. The Savage is the oldest usable cruiser going, other than a 5th gear addition, it has been fundamentally unchanged for 29 years.

Have fun, ask questions, make it yours. Welcome to the asylum.

We are, while we're on our meds.