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Papa Bear Senior Member Offline Posts: 476 Canada ... near the Motor City Gender:	New to forum 10/17/16 at 14:21:10 Hello: I'll be picking up my new-to-me 2011 S40 Wednesday Oct 19. I'll have lots of questions and look forward to meeting everyone. Bob
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Re: New to forum
Reply #1 - 10/17/16 at 14:50:52

Welcome Bob! You've come to the right place. We have lots of answers!

Go browse these two sections (see links). Not that we won't help you, but a LOT of the common Q&A is here and will help you learn a lot of good info very quickly so you are at least aware of thse things when they are applicable to your bike and your needs:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1181745927

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5107 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #2 - 10/17/16 at 15:07:37 Welcome to Savage Anonymous , Hi Bob
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Rodger Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 256	Re: New to forum Reply #3 - 10/17/16 at 15:24:40 Welcome to the forum, Bob! There's a ton of good information here. I'm relatively new to the Savage/S40 world, too. In addition to the links that "stewmills" provided, check out the topics on the right side of the home page. How many miles are on your 2011?
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Papa Bear Senior Member Offline Posts: 476 Canada ... near the Motor City Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #4 - 10/17/16 at 15:28:15 I'm in Canada .. the bike only has 10,000KM (about 6,200 miles) The bike is that orange/black combo almost identical to
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: New to forum Reply #5 - 10/17/16 at 17:15:00 Congrats!!!! -Armen
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Struch Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 134 LA Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #6 - 10/18/16 at 09:57:32 cool man have fun
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #7 - 10/18/16 at 17:55:17 If you have questions, we have the answers. Don't listen to the dealership mechanics.
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Papa Bear Senior Member Offline Posts: 476 Canada ... near the Motor City Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #8 - 10/19/16 at 18:45:37 I picked my bike up this afternoon. It was a lovely day here in south western Ontario and I rode the bike from London to home .. about 110 miles . Smooth sailing !!
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #9 - 10/19/16 at 19:10:56 Papa Bear wrote on 10/19/16 at 18:45:37: I picked my bike up this afternoon. It was a lovely day here in south western Ontario and I rode the bike from London to home .. about 110 miles . Smooth sailing !! I'd post a joke about riding under the ocean but it wouldn't be funny!
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RaleighGuy Full Member Offline It's as easy as 3.14159265358979 Posts: 132 Raleigh, NC Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #10 - 10/20/16 at 04:08:40 Congratulations, Bob. Welcome to the best forum on the planet!! Enjoy that bike. I promise it's gonna be tons of fun getting to know her.
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hinow41 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 12	Re: New to forum Reply #11 - 10/20/16 at 07:16:48 Nice bike iv always been a fan of the orange.
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1417 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #12 - 10/20/16 at 13:46:41 Welcome from Surrey, BC! 73? one year on me! Winter is a great time for mods and updates, you just made it in time. As others have said, the Verslavy should be the first of a few updates you can do at home. Have fun!
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Steve H Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1223 Spartanburg, SC Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #13 - 10/21/16 at 13:00:35 Hey! Wait! There's a road from England to Canada???? Welcome to the forum.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: New to forum Reply #14 - 10/21/16 at 13:51:11 Steve H wrote on 10/21/16 at 13:00:35: Hey! Wait! There's a road from England to Canada???? Welcome to the forum. Only on the cold days in England... which means it's open half the time.
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