Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:


with the exception of the savage  they all looked the same. cookie cutter motorcycles.  all way to heavy

Gitarzan wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:


Gee, I didn't know the MG had a backseat  

You're right, it's not a seat.  Really just a padded luggage rack.

2-200 pound riders is cramped.  Even just 300 pounds of people is pushing it.  The gross vehicle weight capacity on the steering head is pretty accurate.

That's why we have 2 Savages.

Gitarzan wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:


I guess that I was thinking of the little 2 seater model, kinda like the Triumph Spitfire that I once owned and wrecked  

Third nipple?  Shoot, I got 2 useless ones anyway.

Gitarzan wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:


Bet you wish that you still had it for that $100....

1. It was 1978.  It was a cool car, but not yet considered a classic. It was considered to be a 10 old car. An OLD car.

2. It had about 125,000 miles on it.  That was from the days when a car with 50,000 miles was considered ready to be shot.  

3. It was about 3/4 Bondo.

4. It had a turboglide tranny that I had ruined rocking it out of a snow drift. Ohioans may remember the "Blizzard of '78."

5. As a poor college student I could not afford to get the radiator fixed and could not afford antifreeze which had recently risen fron about $1.00 a gal. to $4.00 a gal.  The radiator and engine had about 10 cans each of every kind of stop leak there was, a couple eggs, and I used windshield washer fluid as antifreeze all winter.

6. I traded it on at my uncle's car lot.  He told me it went straight to the scrapping yard.

7. I ended up with a nice tight 72 VW type 3 Wagon with a factory sunroof and a stick.  It handled better and got better gas mileage.  

8. The Camaro got only 7mpg and after gas rose to 50 cents a gal. it was draining my already empty wallet.

9. Needless to say I was out there wrenching on the Camaro everytime I turned around.  Hitting the starter with a hammer, etc.

10. The rag top was shredded and held together with the then newfangled black silicone sealer.  The back window was obliterated by an 8 track that I threw through it one time when the battery was barely cranking it and a girlfriend suddenly pushed in a tape, saying "At least we can hear some music!"

Bondo is a putty used to fill in dents and then sanded and primered/painted.  It's much heavier than fiberglas but is pretty easy to use.  However, if not done properly it has a propensity to fall off in chunks at the slightest provocation.  That's from memory in my teens... the stuff has probably improved since then.

50 mpg?  Now I feel bad.  I've been getting a sorry 37, albeit with frequent 88-mph runs with me & a passenger.  That seems to be as fast as it will go with 2 people and a slippy clutch.  It'd probably do better solo and 65-70. But from what yall are saying I'm probably still too rich and need to tune.

Or just put up with the mileage and thank God for 88 with 2 people.

That cruiser comparison is a rude awakening, weight wise.  No wonder my neighbor's 883 seems to have about the same acceleration as my Savage.