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Reply #15 - 01/23/18 at 17:36:43
 
Welcome Roy.  I'm a little behind you in years but there's plenty of us 50+ guys here on this site.
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Reply #16 - 01/24/18 at 02:42:07
 
joelite44 wrote on 01/23/18 at 15:19:39:
I am 27 and just got my first motorcycle this year, a 1997 Savage, its fun and slow......


We got a cure for that! Roll Eyes
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Reply #17 - 01/24/18 at 02:58:29
 
Yep, we do have cures to help this engine perk up.

Ain't this just a whole lot of fun ? ! 😁🏍😎🚁😉



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Reply #18 - 01/24/18 at 08:09:37
 
PapaBear, London it is. Highway 3 around Lake Erie is a nice ride.
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Reply #19 - 01/24/18 at 09:12:37
 
Welcome to the forum and you'll find lots of older guys here.  I am about your age and bought my first bike in 1960 but there was a long period of over 30 years when I didn't ride at all.  It was the S40 that got me going again about 7 years ago.  Anyway, glad to see a new member.  Good luck with your new bike.
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A couple of points to note even if you are a very experienced rider. 1/ the rear brake is very prone to lock up under hard/emergency braking 2/ the stock rear tyre doesn't like tar snakes or grooved tar in the wet. At least that's my experience. Michelin rear did away with issue 2.
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Reply #21 - 01/24/18 at 10:30:11
 
Roy Shirley wrote on 01/24/18 at 08:09:37:
PapaBear, London it is. Highway 3 around Lake Erie is a nice ride.


My S40 came from Hully Gully in London http://www.hullygully.com/
Randy Collins, the owner, and I worked together at Chrysler Canada in Windsor in the 1960s. We were pipefitters.
We'll set up a date on a sunny day ...  Wink
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Reply #22 - 01/24/18 at 11:03:30
 
PapaBear, i'm retired from Ford - Go Big 3 auto companies.....
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Reply #23 - 01/24/18 at 11:14:23
 
St. Thomas plant?  Where do you live?  I'm uptown Leamington
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Reply #24 - 01/24/18 at 11:22:51
 
No, OAKVILLE - home of the Edge, Flex and MKT
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Reply #25 - 01/24/18 at 15:01:36
 
Dave wrote on 01/24/18 at 02:42:07:
joelite44 wrote on 01/23/18 at 15:19:39:
I am 27 and just got my first motorcycle this year, a 1997 Savage, its fun and slow......


We got a cure for that! Roll Eyes

I dont meant to sound bratty, but its not 100 km fast. Just good to cruise around the city.
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Reply #26 - 01/24/18 at 15:13:56
 
joelite44 wrote on 01/24/18 at 15:01:36:
Dave wrote on 01/24/18 at 02:42:07:
joelite44 wrote on 01/23/18 at 15:19:39:
I am 27 and just got my first motorcycle this year, a 1997 Savage, its fun and slow......


We got a cure for that! Roll Eyes

I dont meant to sound bratty, but its not 100 km fast. Just good to cruise around the city.

Oh we do much better than that.
but it's ok if that's what you want to do.
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Reply #27 - 01/24/18 at 17:03:53
 
My new S-40 did not come with the backrest. Do I need to find the old style rear fender rails to attach one?

Great site, hope someone can help!
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Reply #28 - 01/24/18 at 17:05:37
 

Let's see ......   up on there on them narsty curvy mountain roads ......

I have beaten Ducati, BMW, Triumph, Sportster, 1200cc Sportster, various crotch rockets and a plethora of other bikes that were not very well ridden WHO COULD NOT USE THEIR UPPER END SPEED ADVANTAGE UP ON THE NC MOUNTAIN ROADS BUT WAS LIMITED TO THE FUNCTIONAL SPEED RANGES OF A MODIFIED SAVAGE SIMPLY DUE TO THE EXTREMELY CURVY ROADS.    I could also do 90 mph in 4th gear on my slightly modified Savage.  (could do it in third too, but didn't like the valves floating)

But that was back when I was young, now that I am all old and retired and partially crippled, well ......

I ride a Barcalounger very carefully so as to not grind on the cross piece too much.

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Catch some youngster starting a Cafe bike and buy his seat, rails, sissy bar and the works for next to nothing (he's stripping it off and throwing it away).
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Reply #29 - 01/24/18 at 18:31:18
 
[quote author=74717B72776A7B1E0 link=1516727530/15#26 date=1516834896]Dave wrote on 01/24/18 at 02:42:07:
I dont meant to sound bratty, but its not 100 km fast. Just good to cruise around the city.


Mine has been warmed up a bit.......it has been up to 101mph in 2015 and 2017 (I didn't feel the need for some reason in 2016).

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