SuzukiSavage.com - Hello from southern AZ (USA)

norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #60 - 07/23/19 at 16:43:41 If I could reach the ground from the seat of a DR650 I'd buy one.
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DesertCat Full Member Offline Posts: 192	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #61 - 07/29/19 at 07:10:56 Thanks for the friendship. I still haven't found a decent S40 for sale. Still looking. What do you guys think about the Suzuki Van Van 200? Under-powered for sure but what else? How about the DR-Z400SM?
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #62 - 07/29/19 at 08:20:11 Desertcat, There is a beautiful looking S40 on El Paso's Craigslist, 2200 miles. I would be willing to look at it for you. The guy wants $4000 for it but I'm sure it will go for less. If you are interested let me know. It is only 5 hours to Tucson from here.
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Reply #63 - 07/29/19 at 08:32:18

norm92de wrote on 07/29/19 at 08:20:11:

Desertcat,
There is a beautiful looking S40 on El Paso's Craigslist, 2200 miles. I would be willing to look at it for you. The guy wants $4000 for it but I'm sure it will go for less.

If you are interested let me know. It is only 5 hours to Tucson from here.

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Norm, you're a good guy. Thanks. I appreciate the thought, but I don't do those long trips. I don't do shipping either. I will only buy a bike that I can look at and that limits me (with my trailer) to no more than a 2-hour drive. I often pass up bikes in northern Phoenix cause it's too far. Rather than travel that far I will purchase another model: DR650, DR-400ZSM, KLR650, XR650L, XT225, etc., etc.. While I think I would like an LS650, I'm not that stuck on it . . . yet.

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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #64 - 07/29/19 at 16:56:44 Desert Cat, I understand, it is hard if you can't find a bike locally. I bought mine new from a local dealer.
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DesertCat Full Member Offline Posts: 192	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #65 - 07/29/19 at 17:07:54 norm92de wrote on 07/29/19 at 16:56:44: Desert Cat, I understand, it is hard if you can't find a bike locally. I bought mine new from a local dealer. ================================ I'm pretty patient, especially since I have other bikes to ride. Take care man! <thumbs up>
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DesertCat Full Member Offline Posts: 192	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #66 - 08/17/19 at 19:19:03 Well, I finally bought a 650 Suzuki. Only problem is that it is a 2017 DR650 and not an LS650. Sorry guys. But at least it's a Suzuki 650 thumper that has also been in production a bunch of years. This is a great site. Thanks for the friendship -- I will miss it. Good luck to you all.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5730 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #67 - 08/17/19 at 20:09:43 DesertCat That's a nice looking machine ! The cam bearings are like the LS650 is . Keep the idle up above 1200 and plenty of oil will keep making it all the way to the top of the engine. Remember , most of us have more than one bike here. You don't have to be a "Stranger" .
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Reply #68 - 08/17/19 at 20:23:14

MMRanch wrote on 08/17/19 at 20:09:43:

DesertCat

That's a nice looking machine !

The cam bearings are like the LS650 is . Keep the idle up above 1200 and plenty of oil will keep making it all the way to the top of the engine. Wink

Remember , most of us have more than one bike here. You don't have to be a "Stranger" .

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Thanks for the tip.

I will keep an eye out for an LS650. Maybe two thumpers are better than one.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5730 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #69 - 08/18/19 at 07:28:58 Thumper "GOOD" - 4 cylinder Baby Piston "BAD"
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2689 WTF is JOG?	Re: Hello from southern AZ (USA) Reply #70 - 08/19/19 at 06:46:38 You probably got the better of the two Zuk thumpers.
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Reply #71 - 08/19/19 at 11:35:00

ohiomoto wrote on 08/19/19 at 06:46:38:

You probably got the better of the two Zuk thumpers. Wink

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I don't know. They are two different bikes. Not easily compared. Both thumpers. The engines don't look the same. I'm not sure how many components are shared -- maybe none? Maybe someone here knows.

Both the LS650 and the DR650 are cool in my book.

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