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Title: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 04/18/20 at 06:24:00 I did my first spring ride today, it was 10 centigrades and a lot of sun. One need only good clothings and a big thumper, both is important but the later make it a yoy ride! :) |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/18/20 at 13:39:04 Happy Happy Yoy Yoy! |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Dave on 04/18/20 at 18:34:09 Is that a Scandinavian accent? :-? |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/19/20 at 08:29:38 both is important but the later make it a yoy ride I dunno,, I was just honoring whatever the OP was saying.. MY first Spring Ride I'll never forget I never got on a pogo stick again.. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 04/19/20 at 08:56:12 Justin probably have an Texan accent, but I deninitly have an Swedish accent, and a bad spelllng to that? In any case, I think that you guys/gals understand my wrighting anyhow, we are Savage/S40 bikers/owners, and we have an common cause in Savage/S40, and riding bikes! Too that, I did another ride to day.. about 15 centigrades, a lot of sun, many bikers out there on the road! I foloved a guy and probably his girlfried on smaler roads, then I didnt need to look att the spedometer that much! The only corncern that I have is that the speedometer is situated to low, I have to lower my eys to much. On the other hand, Im usely follow the cars and ceeping a god distance to them! At least, it was a several hours ride, at least two hours? And at last, Scandinvian biker do it att lower temperatur! |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Dave on 04/19/20 at 09:28:06 Several of us cannot resist the temptation make jokes - even bad ones! Let me get out my calculator and convert to Fahrenheit. 15 C is 59 F. 10C is 50F. Those are both very temperatures that I would ride at - although I would dress for it and likely not go for extended rides until the temperature was up near 20C (70F). Sitting still on a bike for hours on end is far more enjoyable when you aren't chilled. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/19/20 at 10:12:41 I wasnt bein mean,, I type like I talk, except when I miss the button,, I was just jokin around, theres a cartoon here and Happy Happy Joy Joy was a catch phrase |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/19/20 at 10:14:33 The only corncern that I have is that the speedometer is situated to low, Very true,, but as time goes by, youll start to KNOW how fast its going by knowing what gear youre in and the sound of the motor You wont have to look at the speedometer to know when its time to shift |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/19/20 at 10:19:47 Several of us cannot resist the temptation make jokes - even bad ones! Here Now! You're not suggesting MY joke was less than funny, are ya? Ohhh,, that Just Hurts |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Ruttly on 04/19/20 at 11:52:24 Wow I’m impressed JOG not one misspelled word please check what applies Night school Spell check on Just plain luck By accident ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/19/20 at 15:07:46 Hay! Dontchew Go a messin with Me Bit! |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/19/20 at 15:08:41 Okay, Mita been so e lukk involved, but dont go a gittin all high an mitee |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Ruttly on 04/19/20 at 21:51:07 Anyone who misspells faster than most people speak , is a obvious sign of above average I.Q. In other words you are too proficient at it for it not to be just bad spelling. Kinda like writing music without a instrument in hand. It was just odd to see you not do it ! |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/20/20 at 06:41:25 When I found out the guy is from Sweden I thought my spelling might be a challenge for him,and I want to make it easy on our foreign friends. You Murcans can just sukk it up and interpret the mangled mess I put out. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 04/20/20 at 10:25:25 7F6066617C7B4A7A4A72606C27150 wrote:
Im alredy learned that, Im and öld biker, even if it was 20 years befor, mostly I folow the cars, then I dont need to look att the speedometer! And if im alone on the road, I got the feeling some sort. And to that Im 64+ and a bit careful! Becuse Im learned that 20 years whitout biking make one have to learn the skills again! In any case, my old time biker friends drive HD, Dukati or Triumph.. you guys/gals is a bit responsepbly that I fell in love whit Suzuki Savage, and Im not complaining a bit! A god forum, thanks to all, and its fun to talk to you all! At least.. Im probably gonna get on a low time permitation,, its spring, I got my Savage, I only lose some percetage of my salary! Its almoste a good situation? |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/20/20 at 11:22:22 As long as you're riding, enjoying the beautiful countryside,, yeah, it's a good thing.. It's not important to lead the pack, but if you can stay ahead of the Harleys, please do.. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 04/25/20 at 03:17:27 Yeah.. I got you, and I have the same thougts! Im 64+, juste riding for fun.. fore the sake of remembrans of my youth biking. I got this Savage to be standing in my garage to put out on a trip when i like to.. sparetime/good weather. In any case, I bought my a clock, to put on the handlebar.. about 15 dollars, from a cheap storage, it looks great? http://https://postimg.cc/MMMPrLKt |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 04/25/20 at 03:54:01 In any case the picture didnt get trough. I try a link instead? https://postimg.cc/MMMPrLKt |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by MarcosS40 on 04/25/20 at 07:31:10 152A3F3F4F0 wrote:
Hi Zepp, I've been lucky this year. We had a mild winter and early spring here in Pennsylvania this year so I have been able to get out about five times so far this month. It sure is great to get out on that first ride each season. Usually I have to wait till mid May before it's nice enough to ride. I'm turning 65 later this year too. I've had my S40 for 8 yrs. now. It's a red '06 model. Had my first bike, also a Suzuki, in 1972. It was a red 67 T-20 X-6 Scrambler 250 twin. It was $300 dollars. lol! My how things have changed. I guess I've been riding for 48 years off and on. And still in one piece! Amazing... :o Anyway, Hope you have a safe riding season. Happy Trails! |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 04/25/20 at 08:22:20 Nice to talk to an old biker in my age! It seems that bout you and I have got lucky, mild winter and an early spring. I have a problem that you probably solved, thats about the cklimate in southvest of scandinavia! Moste years May is spring here and good for riding bikes if one have clothings to that! In any case I started on a Zundapp 125, got me an Suzuki 500 T, twostroker! It was those times, anybody could get a Japanes twostroker, some buy Honda fourstrokers too. In anyway.. we all drove Japanes bikes, now todays its all about HD, im conservative, I stick to my favorit brand anyhow.. Suzuki! |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by eau de sauvage on 04/25/20 at 13:54:09 0A352020500 wrote:
If you want to have the image in between the IMG tags, then you need to select direct link. Marked in Red. Or you can use the Thumbnails for Forums, marked in Green which is what I have used here. http://https://i.postimg.cc/r0gzvwJX/post-image.jpg (https://postimg.cc/r0gzvwJX) Here's the 'direct link' https://i.postimg.cc/0QZTrRgg/IMG-20200424-170658.jpg put inside the img tags... http://https://i.postimg.cc/0QZTrRgg/IMG-20200424-170658.jpg |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 04/26/20 at 19:16:23 Thanks! Dosent it look great? In any case I bought this one frome a Cheap company.. only one sort/only white face! In anyway.. it looks good, it was cheap, only 149 Sek/about 15 dollars. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Bokobob on 04/27/20 at 05:31:23 I have ridden off and on all winter and so far in the spring seeing as how I live in the Southeast, namely North Carolina I have bought 39 bikes since 2008 and have sold 36 of them (all at a loss so I have a perfect record.) The average us another bike not quite every four monthgs...I do it because I can. The 650 Thumper is among the top 4 bikes that I have liked the most. That was a pleasant surprise. Ten miles is my usual ride distance...Too old to do much more than that. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Papa Bear on 05/04/20 at 07:38:31 I'll be 76 this month - rode ~200 miles yesterday. Took some untraveled roads off my bucket list ;) |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by ohiomoto on 05/05/20 at 19:55:35 I finally got my bike out of storage over the weekend.* I needed a spring for a patio chair so I rode down to Ace hardware about 5 miles from my house, got what I needed and headed home. But, something went wrong on my way home and I somehow put another 30 miles on my bike one the way home. It's all very confusing but I sort of remember sunshine, 70 degree weather and a National Park happening during that time. ;D *Storage for me means the bike sits in the same place as I parked it the last time I rode it 4 or 5 months ago. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 05/09/20 at 14:43:59 Thanks a lot Im only 64 + and an old biker.. at leaste 20 years ago. Soo I supose that this purchase gona put me back a bit and make me a senior rider of some sort. In any case, I started to look for bikes.. and then it happendes.. I moste have a LS650 or a S40.. it become some sort of obsession, and i find one! A very fine one, whit extras, my nabours think that is brand new, but its a 2000 LS650. In any case im still in love whit it. Juste that it stays in my garage and that I can take a ride when I want, its often cold weather here in the westcoast of Sweden,, but in the summer its great.. about 20 centigrades. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by zipidachimp on 05/10/20 at 00:16:16 First Spring ride today for an hour, rode past a large river-side park, jammed with cars and people. Social distancing? try 6 inches! Cheers! 8-) ps: first ride after cataract surgery, no glasses in my helmet after 20 years! Woohoo! Cheers! 8-) |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Zepp on 05/10/20 at 10:22:30 Late spring? IE.. im from soutwest of Scandinavia,, in any case Easter was perticuly good weather.. about 10 to 15 centrigades a lot of sun, no rain, perfect for the spring ride! In anyway, the spring have taken some pause here in soutwest of scandinavia, the forcast says, wath up for snow.. in May? In any case I got this LS 650 Savage, to be standing in my garage, to put out if the wheather is good enough, for a ride. |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by Ruttly on 05/25/20 at 23:44:46 My spring ride has been getting my old Honda xr200r up & running to sell it. Been out riding farmland along the canals , mostly flat and straight every ride speeds have picked up to WOT on the straights then slide it into a hard left or right. Right back to riding the edge in 6 rides. Got bored and decided to chase some jackrabbits behind a warehouse. On my way out I realized I've been riding on a front flat coming out of that heavy gravel next to the R/r tracks. Too late already WOT in 6th gear and I look ahead to see a county sheriff coming straight at me and kinda trapped between tracks and a canal ,snapped the throttle off, slump my shoulders to let him know I'm gonna stop, he pulled up along side looked at the bike, smiled and said good morning and kept going. Wow was that weird maybe it was my longas$ gray hair or something else made him let me slide. In the old days I would have run from him just for fun , just to get my heart beating. Nowadays if they catch you it's some jail time so it's way more effective if you pull over then bullshit your way out of a ticket. But I was sure I could have got by him no problem and left him in the dust, old habits die hard ! No jail no ticket yes it was worth stopping. ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: First spring ride! Post by philthymike on 05/26/20 at 16:02:35 Yesterday I took Thumpy out for his 1st non-shakedown joyride. Went out to Ephrata PA and tooled around on Lancaster County backroads. Got sunburned. Smelled cow manure. Just had fun. Thumpy feels like a real motorcycle now. Improvements made to the bike have paid off. Good sweat equity value. Lots and lots of bikers out too. Got stuck behind some really newbie types on my way home riding bikes worth 10 times what Thumpy costs. But for the most part I had traffic free stretches where I could kick back and just enjoy the ride. Beautiful day. A 60 something Y/O lady at a gas station made a pass at me. I still got it... 8-) Another 200 miles on the odometer and alls well. I'm not taking another wrench to the bike till Fall excluding simple maintenance. Oh yeah. The new clutch is great. Now when I crank it up in the higher gears it's strong like bull. Lots of pull and rapid acceleration. That Toyota Camry that wanted to race me got smoked real good. From 4th gear up I just left him after he'd hung that far. |
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