Blade
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I can only relay my own experience-
At the tender age of 50 I learned to ride for the first time - not a mid life crisis, I was invited to join a bike club but that's another story. I did all the research and found that the Savage was the best beginners bike, forgiving, powerful enough and easy to work on.
After riding it stock standard for a couple of years on numerous club events (and it had no problems keeping up with the big boys ) I upgraded to a VX800, and on the day it arrived, stripped it down to the frame and rebuilt it as a cruiser, and loved riding it ever since. The plan was simply to sell the Savage to repay part of the VX cost.
But first the Savage sat it in the garage awaiting my Son to get his bike licence... to date he has not shown any interest so I thought why not renew my love affair with the 650...
As a project I moved the controls forward 4" and put on a set of Harley controls and matching grips, changed the bars back to buckhorn, designed a new rear brake system, reshaped the seat, increasing the front forks 4", made a custom rear rack, moved the taillight under fender, and making a 14" custom sissy bar out of crossed tanto's .
I now look at the VX as a (slightly boring) daily ride, while the Savage is a fun "bit on the side". Now I can feel that mid life crisis coming on.
So my advice would be: don't let your first love go to another toooo quickly.
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