how's everyone doing? i'm from new hampshire, been riding since i was 12(i'm in late 50's now) currently working on a 2010 s40. (i'm putting a trike kit on it , been fun so far!!)

Hello.  My dad was a big Goldwing fan and I rode on the back of his bike since I could sit up and hang on. He rode his bike, rain, snow, ice, shine, or whatever until the very end of his life.

In my mid 20's, I learned to ride myself and bought a Savage.  This was back in the late 1980's.  I then sold it for an 800 Intruder.

After my kids grew up and left the house, I figured it was time for this "old lady" to get another bike. I picked up a used 2013 S40 with 575 miles on it.

I am not your typical, middle aged, mom for sure! God, guns, gold and bikes!

I will attempt to add the bike picture.

Something I'd like to do (but I would need to pay a wrench to do most of the hard stuff): What kit are you using?

Spedie wrote on 07/17/14 at 07:21:09:



G G G & B's ... a girl after my kind of heart.  God's Blessings on you young lady !

Being retired army and the former project officer in 1972 to resurrect the motorcycle scout platoon concept (on Suzuki 185's) I think your bike is very cool. I can't say I'm fond of the ape hanagers, though. They appear disproportionate to the bike. Nice tribute!
49mack - retired army helicopter pilot, Vietnam '69-'70

Hi,

I'm Dominick and this is my 03 Savage that my mom passed down to me. Pretty much stock but I'm starting to tinker now that I have all of this information. The bike has become my daily driver. I live in a small Georgia town named Barney and travel 25 miles each way to Valdosta where I teach, believe it or not  photography. Please forgive the phone camera photo.

Hello. My name is Ron. I got a bug up my butt to start riding a couple months ago. Never rode before. Mid life crisis, I suppose.   Saw a 2003 at my local bike shop. Loved the look of it. So, I bought it and learned how to ride on it. Love the bike. I tinker with it a lot. Already replaced the petcock with a raptor, raised the seat, drilled out the plug for air/fuel mix adjustment, changed the oil a couple times (once after initially getting the bike and once after I realized the original petcock was spilling gas into the vacuum line). Still fighting with the air/fuel mixture adjustment to get rid of as much backfire as possible without going to rich. I forgot to write down the orginal number of turns out the adjustment was.  

Anyway....Hi!