MMRanch wrote on 01/18/18 at 07:42:15:Thinking of how the S-40 handles :
I've run my old Savage through the Dragon many times keeping up with and sometimes passing the sport bikes that are up there regularly . But , I'd rather not go that fast all the time. I don't need any tickets or the inflated insurance rates that goes with those tickets !
But the fact is : In a short track environment , The Savage is capable of keeping up with ,even those 100+ HP machines .
That's kind of ironic! I started on a Ninja 250, but sold it after a few months for a couple of reasons. One of them being, I took to it's handling really quickly. And, I realised if I kept riding it I would, more than likely, end up in a ditch on the side of the road somewhere.
I switched to the cruiser to calm down a bit. I do enjoy the different kind of ride on the thumper - even though I do have a high-compression piston sitting on my bench awaiting an opportunity to do the swap. But it's a whole different story on the S40. The 'limitations' of the bike seem to work really well for me, especially when I include the mods I've made to the ergonomics. I like having the power/torque to ride assertively, without that constant 'race-ready' feeling of the sports bike.