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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #45 - 03/22/05 at 15:35:26 Yup the Royal Enfield is a Thumper ... 350 & 500cc ... Classic British m/c, now manufactured in India ... doesn't look much like the Savage though ...
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savagethumper Ex Member	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #46 - 03/22/05 at 15:37:35 I dig the classic styling.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #47 - 03/22/05 at 16:04:06 It is not classic styling -- they have just never bothered to change it. While surfing I found mention of a high compression piston kit for the Indian Enfield -- up to about 8.5:1 from the stock 6.5:1 (IIRC) As for lugging the engine -- I'll pull 5th gear from 25 mph, whatever RPM that equates to.
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #48 - 03/22/05 at 16:25:50 Also there's one more current street thumper: FWIW.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #49 - 03/22/05 at 17:40:58 A comparison of Blast and Savage by Toadie.
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Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on
Reply #50 - 03/22/05 at 17:45:37

PerrydaSavage wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/images/65forweb.jpg
Yup the Royal Enfield is a Thumper ... 350 & 500cc ... Classic British m/c, now manufactured in India ... doesn't look much like the Savage though ...

hate the fenders and struts Sad

love the kickstart.

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #51 - 03/22/05 at 21:16:25 Wonder if the R.E. still falls apart when chopped? -WD
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #52 - 03/22/05 at 21:28:32 WD wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: Wonder if the R.E. still falls apart when chopped? -WD by it looks, cut one piece of bailing wire and the things done.
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #53 - 03/22/05 at 21:44:33 Baling wire? I've worked on an early Royal Enfield. Baling wire would be an improvement. -WD
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Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on
Reply #54 - 03/23/05 at 04:59:06

bobo383 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

XR500 Super Moto is sounding pretty good to me, kind of like a redneck sport bike. I wish I could read the language on this pic's captions:
http://www.xr500.com/galerie/supermotomax/maXUL_SM_6_komp.JPG
We jetted up my neighbor's 883 today, but I'm still outrunning him on the Savage, even with a slippy clutch. We're going to keep going up till we get some black smoke out the pipe -- hasn't put out any black yet even with the 160 jet drilled out to .079 in (No jets over 160 were available on Sunday). The plugs still show the 883 is too lean after several hours of riding today. It's those loud screaming eagle pipes and no corresponding jet change.

He sold me the Savage to raise the funds for the 883. So far, I think the Savage is a better play bike except for (1) Exhaust sound and (2) ease of carburetor access.

I wonder why I never seen the DR 800 thumper in the US...

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Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on
Reply #55 - 03/23/05 at 08:12:15

bobo383 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

Anybody ridden a 1200 sporty? I'd like to know how the power is. Considering going over to the dark side. Used sportys are pretty reasonable, compared to other 1200 and up bikes.

I've never ridden a Sportster but Motocycle Consumer News did a review on the new ones a few months ago. They didn't end up with a very high opinion of it and neither did I. The only thing they had tested recently that they could compare it to was the Suzuki Bergman Scooter and the scooter had more horsepower.

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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #56 - 03/23/05 at 08:37:31 I'm always checking the motorcycle section of the classifieds, used 883 sportsters are going for around $4,500 and up. It's interesting how low the milage is on some of them are, seen '95 sportsters with under 5,000 miles on them.
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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #57 - 03/23/05 at 15:18:54 No wonder; they want to be part of the crowd ( own a HD). Then they realise its not what they want. Bad handling, pricy assessories ,pricy parts, everything with the HD logo doubles or triples the price, you name it. Kropatchek; very satisfied with the SAVAGE
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sunny Senior Member 2004 No Login Offline rock this town Posts: 293 d/fw texas Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #58 - 03/25/05 at 12:58:22 i really want to thank you guys for putting out the comparisons. i have only ridden my savage since the msf course and i've got a friend who thinks i need a buell. personally, i am quite satisfied with my savage, but the nagging is getting old.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #59 - 03/25/05 at 13:17:25 sunny wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: personally, i am quite satisfied with my savage, but the nagging is getting old. the people who nag are just jealous that you've got this really great machine at a bargin price, and they don't
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