Hi Guys
I'm new to the Forum and live in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK.
I've just bought a 2005 S40 Boulevard with 3 previous (female) owners with only 2500 miles on the clock. This is my third LS650/S40 I've owned over the last 20 odd years. My first being a 1990 model that had only 1500 miles on it. The original owner had it professionally resprayed when he bought the bike new! - a cream colour as he liked the colour of the original Virago's.
I fitted a banana seat, fitted bar risers and flat bars, moved the registration plate and fitted a BSA Goldie silencer.
This was ridiculously loud but I wanted to emulate the 'twitter' sound that the original Goldie's made on the over-run. So I fitted a VW Beetle tail pipe in the end of the silencer, stuffed some wire wool around the insert and Bingo! it did the trick - see photo.
My second Savage was a 2001 model in metallic black with only 2000 miles on it. I didn't do much to this one except remove the engine casing varnish and polish the cases by hand.
After I sold this one I had a BFW F650 for several years but missed the low down grunt of the Savage - when one came up last May, on eBay, I bid for it but lost the auction. The winner of the auction bought it for his wife, he fitted rear rack, sissy bar and panniers - he also bought a new petcock but didn't fit it. However his wife didn't like the feet forward style so he put it back on eBay. This was fortunate for me as I bought the bike for £400 less than he paid for it - I must have been a saint in my past life
So now I have my third bike (with spare petcock and panniers) I went for the first ride on it last night - I JUST LOVE THESE BIKES! - pulls like a tractor and gave me a smile riding around the back roads near my place.
I'll try and keep this baby - here is my first Savage - in my kitchen over winter. I'll post some photo's of bike's number 2 and 3 when I scan them in
Happy riding folks
Mark
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