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savagethumper Ex Member	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #60 - 03/25/05 at 18:45:42 Sunny, they think that since your a "chick", you should have a cute colorful bike like a Buell. To hell with 'em. Your Savage is just fine. I can't wait to see all the work you plan on doing to it. By the way, have you gotten over your little illness?
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savagethumper Ex Member	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #61 - 03/25/05 at 19:21:18 I think this was mentioned earlier, but have ya'll ever noticed that you commonly see HD's in the paper for sale that are 4-5 years old, and only have a couple hundred miles on them. I imagine that most a you, myself included, put a couple hundred miles on their bikes the day the got them.
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Reply #62 - 03/25/05 at 19:29:29

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

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.

Print out Toadie's comparison and the next time (s)he mentions the Buell hand it to him/her.

Driving back to the barn today there was a sport bike of some sort next to me. Was accelerating at the same rate as my company van, quiet exhaust, horrid loud clunks as he shifted gears.

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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 #63 - 03/25/05 at 19:54:24 savagethumper wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: I imagine that most a you, myself included, put a couple hundred miles on their bikes the day the got them. right after i ripped the turn signals of the darn thing
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Reply #64 - 03/25/05 at 20:13:43

First week I put almost 800 miles on it. Wife and I rode two up to dinner to celebrate buying it. Then rode to Baton Rouge Louisiana from our place on the MS coast, got frozen trying to ride home...the bike spent the night IN the hotel room.

I have almost 4 years of down time to make up for. If the stepson decides he still wants my 98, that's cool. I'll go get another one and start over. Most of the time I'd rather wrench than ride, but man, the call ofthe open road is getting stronger, and harder to resist. Doctor has cleared me to ride...he didn't say how far...wonder if I can borrow his BMW tourer for a month or two?
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Reply #65 - 03/26/05 at 14:08:43

You guys whine like a bunch of Goldwingers.........You think anybody wants to hear your constant barrage of insults towards HD? OK you got Savages nice little bikes but not the only bikes out there and neither are Harleys But I don't feel the need to badmouth your Savage Why is it you feel the need to Badmouth Harley? My wife just bought a Savage and I was surfing for info and tips. Too much BS though. I ride you ride leave it at that.
I've ridden and previously owned a 1200 Sporty and good luck to any Savage that thought he could take it. It wouldn't even be close.
There are plenty of used Savages out there with low miles to.....

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Reply #66 - 03/26/05 at 16:21:14

Point well made about low milage Savages but there seems to be more low milage Harley's out there. Maybe it's the type of rider as well as the type of bike. Seems owning a motorcycle is becoming more main line, there are a lot of crouch rockets out there that also have low milage so it isn't just the cruiser crowd that buy and don't ride. Getting back to harleys, the American made in you face attitude you get ocasionally wears thin pretty quick. Then there's the "lifestyle" that is marketed by Harley, they have as many clothing stores as motorcycle dealers. They bust on us for not riding a harley, we bust on them because they do, it's nothing serious. Go over to a Harley site and mention a Savage, the response would not be pleasant. We are just trying to toot our own horn about how different a Savage is when compaired to the "all American Motorcycle". After all being a biker was about being different from the pack, not following a name blindly. Ride Safe, no matter what you ride. Ed L.

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Reply #67 - 03/26/05 at 16:22:10

This is an answer to the post before.
May be Sportster 1200 isn't a bad bike and nobody here says it is. Here we are talking "bang for a buck".Especially after HD found about the aluminum in the 80s there are some decent models that would be worthed up to 7 Gs. I personally have more than 20 bikes, but I refuse to buy HD and work on "union made and overpriced" HD. But this is me. And You might be not one of so tipical Yapees in a new leathers on a shiny HDs with under 500 miles/year on them. If so- good for You. Even though here was used the name of HD, the critics about the trailer queens apply to all the eye candys with a price like half of a house. Just it happens that almost all of the bikes like this have the HD logo on them.
"IF IT DOESN'T RUN- CHROME IT. EVEN IF IT DOESN'T FIX IT , IT WILL LOOK COOL IN THE CHOP"
About the site and what is here- hey this is a free country. I'll post what I think about the bikes and I am not afraid of critics.

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Reply #68 - 03/26/05 at 16:47:53

Ed your wrong about the Harley guys trashing the Savage.....I have mentioned the Savage on several Harley forums and it gets much respect as a classic old single. My Harleys get ridden. I live in Maine so yes I did trailer down to Bike Week this year but put a respectable 1500 miles on while down there. I see the same thing with the Goldwing crowd(my brothers choice of ride). Just gets old we should be together because only about 15% of people ride. Seems more people are interested in spewing stereotypical BS then riding.
My wife got out her new Savage for a quick ride today but at 38 degrees she wasn't out long.....LOL

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Reply #69 - 03/26/05 at 16:49:58

As someone who has HAD flathead HD BTs, Knuckle BTs, Pan BTs, both types of Shovelhead BT, Evo BT, Ironhead Sporty, Evo head sporty, a 450 Rebel, a 96 800 Intruder, and a 98 Savage, I think I can speak from experience.

Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, the Savage and the 450 Rebel are d----d good bikes. Flatty, Knuckle, 6 volt Pans, d----d good bikes, but not as good. 12 volt Pan and newer, no thanks. Sportster, unless it is the low production 900 or 1100 factory hot rod, wouldn't have it if it was free, with lifetime free gas thrown in for good measure. The worst bike i ever owned was a 92 HD Wide Glide custom. 4 motors and 6 trannies inside of 6 months. Al were replaced under warranty, at different dealerships, with the same results. I finally threw in a 78 Shovel motor. Least it ran...

It's a free country. Ride what you like. My Savage has flat out spanked anything I pitted it against stoplight to stoplight. 1200 Piglet? I walked all over a Buell S1...
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Reply #70 - 03/26/05 at 18:40:24

Can't argue that we all ride and our choice of mounts is personal. Haven't been to a harley site for a couple of years, couldn't keep up with all the different models they were talking about. Glade to here that a big thumper still gets respect with them. Guess a few H-D owners with a bad attitude can affect how you look at them all. Course it is that way the world over with BS.
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quikbike Guest	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #71 - 03/27/05 at 06:34:47 I walked all over a Buell S1... Send me some of what your smoking....must be good. Jeff
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Reply #72 - 03/27/05 at 07:24:02

sorta like you crashed "their" party Shocked

w/o paying the price of admission?

I have looked at Buells w/ some interest as some big bore kits out there crossover to the Buell (unlike Savage) It is an easy swap on the push rod motor and it is something I would like to try. However the $$$ to get there are prohibitive vs. just setting up the Savage to suit. Not sure I could make the Blast much of a tourer i.e. would be wishing for my Savage for long rides.

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

the people who nag are just jealous that you've got this really great machine at a bargin price, and they don't Grin

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Diane Full Member 2004 No Login Offline No matter where you go, there you are. Posts: 102 Houston, TX Gender:	Re: HD vs. Savage: the battle wages on Reply #73 - 03/27/05 at 07:38:25 sunny wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: i've got a friend who thinks i need a buell. Sunny, just turn that around on your friend and start telling him/her that what he/she really needs is a Savage.
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Reply #74 - 03/27/05 at 10:07:36

Well said, Diane. I sat on a Buell single at the dealership a couple years back, and I thought it was kinda cool looking, but it was noticeably little. The front wheel looked 13 inches in diameter. It looks like it would be a "Blast" around town, or some twisty rodes, but not any good as a tourer. My friends were with me when I was looking at it, and they kept telling me to buy it, but I better find a matching purse. So, my male machismo kicked in, and I started looking at the big HD's.

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