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1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 - Advice and Journal
02/09/16 at 18:38:14

Hello peeps.

I'm getting pretty close on buying my first bike. Decided to go for a Suzuki Savage S40. I found one 2005 with 16K miles.

Do you have any advice or hints I should check before going to see it?

Eventually, after a year or so I want to convert the bike into a Ryca Cafe Racer...anyone with experience that can pass some knowledge?

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Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad
Reply #1 - 02/09/16 at 19:05:16

It looks good
If you buy it, know that the vacuum petcock is rubbish, and should be replaced with one from a Raptor 660, which is a bolt-on, and the vacuum port plugged
the cam chain tensioners are problematic as well
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smokin_blue Serious Thumper Offline From Cafes to Streetfighters! I build them all! Posts: 830 St. Paul, MN Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #2 - 02/09/16 at 19:39:56 Other than that gas up, keep an eye on the oil and ride the wheels off it! (oh and keep an eye on those front brake pads about every 7k miles....seems to eat those things for breakfast!)
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #3 - 02/09/16 at 19:54:16 buy it, ride it, enjoy it. do not, i repeat, do not go to a mechanic or dealer for work. lots of good info and good people here to guide you. i never owned or worked on a bike before my s40 4 years ago and i love it. this forum is a gold mine and there is nothing on the bike to be scared of.
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Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad
Reply #4 - 02/10/16 at 02:09:58

Welcome to the Forum....update your personal information(MY CENTER) at the top of the page. List your City so folks will know where you live.....it helps to know who lives in your area.

Same thing I did. I bought my bike and rode it for about a year, then tore it apart and did the Cafe' conversion over one winter. The first year on the Cafe' it was in primer and I worked on getting everything the way I liked it.....then the following winter it was torn apart and painted. (It was actually a bit more fun when in primer, as I wasn't so fussy about it staying clean or getting a scratch).

The Bike Builds section has threads that show other folks builds, and should keep you entertained and informed for a few hours. When you start down this trail you might want to keep your build in a single thread....that way you can be added to the bike build section as your bike progresses. The Bike Build Sticky is at the top of the Rubber Side Down page, I have included a link below:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1383565946

Oh yeah....almost forgot. Before you decide to order your rims and tires....read this.

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Struch Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 134 LA Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #5 - 02/11/16 at 05:05:12 If you have M1 take it for a spin if ti is all good and it rides. Now weird noise or so forth buy it and if something gonna come up you can fix it with the help of this forum. I bot my first bike about 5 months ago it wasn't perfect atoll but now it is reliable because of this forum only!
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Kruzader Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 129 Stockon, CA Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #6 - 02/13/16 at 10:07:24 Guys & Ladies, Thank you so much. I'm off to see it in a couple of hours, filled with much more information.
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Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad
Reply #7 - 02/13/16 at 10:46:17

keep that petc0ck advice in mind. I bought my 08 with less than 2K miles on it. When I picked it up and was ready to ride home, it started sputtering and missing and eventually died. I checked the tank and it appeared to have enough dead dinosaurs in there but I flipped the lever and took off and it seemed OK so I just stopped and filled up the tank. Once I read about the need for the Raptor, I replaced the stock petc0ck and it's been just fine.

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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #8 - 02/13/16 at 15:08:39 Yes, she is a primitive bike, noisy, lots of torque you need to control, but very forgiving and just plain old fun to ride. I too have learned to work on this simple machine, and even that has become a joy. Some basics you need to do, as they already shared, but other than that, ride it and make a friend
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #9 - 02/13/16 at 16:14:24 I'm glad you plan on keeping it for a year before you do the RYCA thing. Check with others on here about the RYCA comfort factor, if you intend riding any distance on the RYCA conversion. In some ways the bike shown is too good looking for extensive mods, but that's your choice not mine.
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Kruzader Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 129 Stockon, CA Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #10 - 02/13/16 at 18:35:30 I got it, but forgot the key. LOL
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #11 - 02/13/16 at 20:46:43 Kruzader wrote on 02/13/16 at 18:35:30: I got it, but forgot the key. LOL Awwritte, you're safe for now! The cam chain tensioners are problematic. And you're gonna need to get to be checking yours soon.
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chzeckmate Serious Thumper Offline Be the person your dog thinks you are Posts: 514 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #12 - 02/14/16 at 00:29:51 Congrats on the new bike. Looks great! Welcome to the forum.
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Struch Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 134 LA Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #13 - 02/14/16 at 05:36:59 Have a good ride!
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: About to buy 1st bike, 2005 Savage s40 need ad Reply #14 - 02/14/16 at 09:03:58 cool!
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