I finally got rid of my Savage, the greatest automotive horror of my life. I ended up giving it away for about the cost of a dented gas tank (mine was perfect). Total cost of ownership of this bike: 90 CENTS PER MILE. And then it was unsellable. Even suzukisavage.com didn't get an offer of $2.00 for it, in two separate attempts, running ads for weeks.
This is for a bike that I pissed thousands of dollars into. Its poor quality made it destined for failure - twice. But I kept every light and mirror and switch and tire and body cherry, and even the Savage forum didn't produce a single offer. Not a penny. I even included TWO crankcases which are worth hundreds if someone wants to part it out, and worth hundreds for everything else. I wouldn't part it; I just wanted this P.O.S. Savage the hell out of my life. Now done!
I'm telling you, I will advise everyone everywhere to NEVER buy a Savage, or for that matter, a Suzuki. It breaks down, the forks leaked, drinks a quart every 150 miles - and the oil sight glass is almost impossible to read unless you lay your face on the pavement and shine a high intensity light at it, costs money + labor to fix the backfire, you cannot roll start the bike (I couldn't, guess you need to be over 200 pounds), and YOU CAN'T SELL THE BIKE. When one engine failed, I spent $700 plus a used engine cost to replace it ... and that lasted 1.1 tanks of gas. The last event I'll call just been bad luck on my part, but all of the other items are due to the poor quality of the Savage, or maybe of Suzuki in general. Everyone I talk to - every single one - tell me that Suzuki is the Yugo of Japanese bikes, compared to Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki.
Thank God this garbage Suzuki Savage is finally gone. My long national nightmare is over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLyX4DbE6Hc