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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	2017 Savage 12/11/16 at 06:15:11 Was just at the NYC bike show. Saw the new Savage.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #1 - 12/11/16 at 07:36:54 Armen, We have to communicate better. After all we do live in the same state. I was there and I would have been happy to have you buy me a beer or three.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #2 - 12/11/16 at 08:02:15 I like that the clear coat is gone. The fender isn't enough to keep water off the feet Now,,that Modern look isn't gonna Fend off the stuff .. Not impressed with the fit of the seat cover on the foam rubber. They should've ditched the timing plug and outsourced the Allen drive. Hopefully the black is better quality than the chrome.
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #3 - 12/11/16 at 09:38:01 I'm glad they still exist, aren't stupid expensive, haven't gotten heavier or more complicated. Means more folks will be buying them and tinkering
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #4 - 12/11/16 at 09:56:21 Wow...there is a bunch of black on that bike! I didn't realize until I opened up the big picture and started to look closely.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #5 - 12/11/16 at 10:52:02 Not sure I like the current style. I mean, it's the same bike but it looks a little too Harley-esque. If I wanted a Harley I would've bought one. JOG, no clear coat? why do you say that? It looks cleared to me.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #6 - 12/11/16 at 11:14:35 Okay, no clear over aluminum that we have seen crack and allow the aluminum to oxidize.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #7 - 12/11/16 at 16:13:08 Oh, gotcha!
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #8 - 12/11/16 at 20:53:39 I'm not digging the tank and fenders with different colors look. Just rubs me wrong for some reason. I don't know, it's less cohesive? And why are the turn signals, shocks and horn still chrome? They look totally out of place now... I wonder about the cam chain tensioner.... Is it black too?
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #9 - 12/11/16 at 21:37:32 At least is is still Air Cooled and belt ! the only two things I want that my 2005 don't have is MAG WHEELS , and MORE FUEL. Maybe Suzuki will get it right next year ?
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Re: 2017 Savage
Reply #10 - 12/12/16 at 03:28:38

Kris01 wrote on 12/11/16 at 10:52:02:

Not sure I like the current style. I mean, it's the same bike but it looks a little too Harley-esque. If I wanted a Harley I would've bought one.

JOG, no clear coat? why do you say that? It looks cleared to me.

The Savage is a Dyna in 7/8ths scale... down to the 650cc single being 1/2 of a 1340cc V-Twin...
Roll Eyes

Aaah... if only it still had pushrod distribution...

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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #11 - 12/13/16 at 00:18:51 They forgot to paint the tank black,who want's to look at that punkin !
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Re: 2017 Savage
Reply #12 - 12/13/16 at 03:10:20

MMRanch wrote on 12/11/16 at 21:37:32:

Maybe Suzuki will get it right next year ? Roll Eyes

I believe the Savage us on borrowed time. The EU will soon prevent the Savage from being sold in those countries as it does not comply with the current emission standards and it is only allowed there as it is a current model that can be continued for a short period - all road bikes are becoming water cooled, fuel injected and catalyzed........I can't foresee that the Savage will be built much longer in it's current form.

Will they update the Savage....or replace it...or go off in another direction and build a TU400?

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Re: 2017 Savage
Reply #13 - 12/13/16 at 03:19:52

Not hard to do a cat and injection. Lots of lesser bikes out there have done it. Hell, if Royal Oilfield and Ural can do it, it can't be that tough.
The rest of the tooling is long since paid for. Big deal would be to fix the cylinder head design and have the bike make more than 25 HP.
Having said that, there is a market for low HP bikes, especially in counties with tiered licensing.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: 2017 Savage Reply #14 - 12/13/16 at 11:16:51 I would buy a TU-400 if it stays true to the 250 , air/oil cool and fuel injection Single. The 250 would be good except for slowing down when ya hit a hill.
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