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The parts were on my doorstep when I got home yesterday. I'm now looking at vids and reading tutorials for changing the air filter. WTF? Why does half the bike half to come apart for this? Not a very good design to make accessing a consumable engine component so difficult. Whatever. Any tips and...

My parts finally shipped from Omaha! I had to have them change to 10W40 from 10W15 though because they claimed the flooding in Texas prevented them from obtaining it.

Here's some more pics of the C&D canal. I went back over the weekend and this time took my new phone so my pictures wouldn't be crap. I discovered I really like sport mode at this place.

that vision angle picture confirms what I've suspected about my gripping too hard on the grips earlier this year. The perspective was freaking me out. Seeing *nothing* in front of me was just terrifying to my subconscious mind. After riding bikes with all kinds of parts in view before the road...

Thanks, I'm sure I'll need help. Plenty in fact. Status on the parts: en-route from Italy delivery unknown sweet! After I get this basic maintenance squared away I'll be moving on to tackle the nasty no-feel grabby clutch of doom and considering options for smoother throttle response. And...

I would need a dual sport bike specifically. I plan to do more fire-roads riding in State Forests where only street legal bikes are permitted. I would need the dual sport to be relatively capable for 3 to 4 hour rides on the freeways in order to get to said State Forests. By capable I mean fair...

headlight changed! Next on my list oil + oil filter Then air filter Then timing belts!

My mind wanders, sorry. To refocus, I'm leaning further from the getting an AT idea and more towards getting a real dirt bike idea. Advice posted by members has been instrumental in me swinging this way. For my own preferences I am strongly weighing the benefits of a bike that is more capable...

i've gotten plenty of good sound advice so far in this thread. What more do I need to elaborate on?

The dRZ is pretty impressive too. I love how it's 400CC power plant comes out of the factory with 3 HP more than the 650 engine Suzuki puts into the S40 (Savage). Apparently there was a time when you could swap the cam from the DRZ engine into the Savage engine but they changed the design of the...

Ahhhh sooo... Thanks!

One other thing. i noticed that nowadays my ability to automatically compute trajectories and pick the best lines with only a glimpse of the trail ahead has diminished. At lower speeds I'm ok at it still. Once i get going I find my brain just doesn't provide that data to me fast enough and I...

My little Savage has the Mikuni BS40 CV carb. A popular upgrade is to replace it with a VM unit for better throttle response, better torque spread and a slight HP bump. I'm still on the fence about getting a VM carb for my little hotrod thumper. I've found with careful tuning and a larger main...

I looked. I scratched my head. I looked some more. I scratched my head some more. Then I found the exploded diagrams in the spare parts catalog - I'm still scratching my head. :( Any pointers are greatly appreciated!

I'm kinda leaning in the direction of buying a regular dirt bike. Possibly a DR, KLR, KX, KTM etc. and use that for my off-road foolishness. Then I can focus on making the Hyper a better behaved commuter. I was thinking about the time I dropped poor Daisy Duck in the mud - 3 times! If I'd have...

With my HS I am bothered by the lack of ground clearance and the crappy clutch combined with poor low speed throttle response. I spend an unfortunate amount of time in stop and crawl during my commute and that sort of riding is a total pain in the rear on the HS. I'm looking at the AT...

Several people here and elsewhere have mentioned how great this bike is and I've found no negative reviews. Can this machine be as good as everybody says it is? I have nothing against Honda, I've owned several. Back in the 80's they had a penchant for badly designed chain adjusters. So how...

Glad you like them! I'm going to go back and ride this area some more tomorrow morning. I'll take more pictures this time.

I think I'm gonna push this months planned followup in coal country to Sept. because I'd rather have a proper clutch action for my adventure rides.

Stelvio 1200 ntx - Moto Guzzi It looks kinda cool. And air cooled too I believe. Any love for it?