glad to have ya aboard  "jar head"

that from a "squid", as in sailor so you non military types don't get me confused with sombody who rides a sport bike.. and rides like a maniac.  well i have been known to do that.

here's a tip.  the best accessory you can buy for the savage is  FUEL.........
anybody see a common theme with my posts..  

next tip  you get between 80 and 90 miles a tank, and you can count on at least 20 miles on reserve. i once got 34miles all the way to empty on country roads around 50.  hwy speed it drops considerbly.  so 20 is my limit.  use small luggage combination lock as a trip meter hang it off a control cable by the zipp tie  works great.

enjoy the experience,  bone up on thumpers as it will be a conversation piece at fuel stops..

First, Welcome Mike, from another Mike an ex E-5 Wing-Nut.

Riding to work today Thumper started running rough, missing, coughing, wanting to die.  Flipped the fuel lever forward and he smoothed out.  105 miles since I put in under $3 worth of gas.  And I let him idle for a couple of minutes in the morning.

susan, it must be your riding style for that exceptional milage. me i burnt off the original equipment tire in just over 4k. i'm kinda nursing it along now. hoping santa will bring me a new dunlop k555 for christmas.

it's not like i do burn outs  last time i tried that  at 1700 miles i "high ho silvered awayed" it.  lucky for you and jbird that i had already removed the original indicators.. in my state signals are not required, you are just required to signal.. now of course these days nobody knows what hand signals are, well except the one finger one. everybody knows that.  i added some red running lights that i wired to the brake circut to help with the stop light.  i attached them to the wheel adjustment bolts simple procedure ran the wires down inside the shock springs. my experience has show cages dont see any of the lights let alone the whole machine.  i just have good medical insurance and an attorney on retainer. that way my better half gets some bucks if a cage runs over me.  

I sure will Greg. When it comes to the Savage/S40, the pros definitely outweigh the cons. My local dealer is getting 4 of them by mid Nov., 2 whites & 2 blacks and I've got first dibs at 'em. Now which color to get. Decisions;;; Decisions. Is white easier to see than black or vise versa? A little help on this one folks. Semper Fi & be safe.
                                                                Sgt Mike

Mike Hebert wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:


If it were me....I'd get the pearl white one, and I doubt that "visibility" is much of a color issue from the front or back either way.  Besides, there are a lot of black Savage/40s, and I like to be different.

The other thing about white is maybe you will look like a cop and the cages will look twice...

Folks tell me my yellow bodied and whittr fairing and bagged 96 is hard to miss. I also wear yellow textile jackets with a white helmet. One of the boards recently had some information that lead one to believe a black and white bike with a white top, black lower helmet had higher visibility and less folks admitted to not seeing that any other color. Seems like they all know what a cycle officer looks like. Max