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Title: Two things I've heard Post by Josh C on 07/03/08 at 07:34:27 I've read somewhere while trying to get a savage that the s40s have some type of counterbalance to reduce the vibrations that the single cylinder was causing in Savages, and that savages don't have them. Did this start in 2005 i guess? Do these, if they are real, work very well to reduce vibration? I also read somewhere that savages were designed for a european market where there is a HP restriction for new riders. Since this was an 'entry' cruiser, they purposefully reduced the HP with the restricting carb and exhaust. (not to reduce emissions, but to consciously reduce HP). Are either of these true? I can't even remember where I read them. |
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Title: Re: Two things I've heard Post by klx650sm2002 on 07/03/08 at 07:41:52 About the reduction in HP I agree,just have a look up the exhaust port. Clive W :) |
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Title: Re: Two things I've heard Post by Max_Morley on 07/03/08 at 07:56:42 From the old board of Bert's in Germany, yes they did restrict Savage HP with a restrictor plate that could be removed once you moved up to the next license rate. It could easily be done with the tube or plate that adapts the carb to the head. They have fairly strict vehicle inspections there so they probably wouldn't change the restriction until it was legal. Big singles are more about torque than HP anyway. Max |
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Title: Re: Two things I've heard Post by skrapiron on 07/03/08 at 08:24:39 All Savage/S40 engines have a counterbalance built into the crankshaft. It does greatly reduce the amount of felt vibration. As for the carb and exhaust restrictions, for the European market, possibly, yes. For the American market, no. The original factory setup ran very rich (55 pilot 155 main) and the bike has no inherent pollution controls. To meet EPA clean air standards, Suzuki reduced the carb jetting on bikes after 1988. |
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Title: Re: Two things I've heard Post by Kropatchek on 07/03/08 at 08:43:18 And to conclude this topic: there is/was a sleeve in the carburator to reduce the HP. Only read this in the German forum, never seen it in Holland. |
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Title: Re: Two things I've heard Post by Josh C on 07/03/08 at 08:53:06 Concluded. |
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Title: Re: Two things I've heard Post by verslagen1 on 07/03/08 at 09:04:11 756D7467766F746968060 wrote:
To meet EPA requirements I had to install a electronic ignition module on a 68 Vdub bus. The savage already has one of these. ;D |
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Title: Re: Two things I've heard Post by Gort on 07/03/08 at 09:59:46 2E3D2A2B34393F3D3669580 wrote:
To meet EPA requirements I had to install a electronic ignition module on a 68 Vdub bus. The savage already has one of these. ;D [/quote] Versalgen, are you serious about the VW matter? Your 68 is exempt from smog inspection, so why did you have to add the module? I brought a 1971 Wolseley in through US Customs, which had no smog anything anywhere on the car, and the EPA nor CA got involved concerning emissions controls due to the age of the car. |
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Title: Re: Two things I've heard Post by verslagen1 on 07/03/08 at 18:11:10 083B3D213C3B490 wrote:
Versalgen, are you serious about the VW matter? Your 68 is exempt from smog inspection, so why did you have to add the module? I brought a 1971 Wolseley in through US Customs, which had no smog anything anywhere on the car, and the EPA nor CA got involved concerning emissions controls due to the age of the car.[/quote] Pretty sure it was a 68 type 1 vw camper. one of very few. And I got it about 1980 (cobweb are mity dense back there) and it needed to be smogged at the time. Had a choice of this electronic ig module or some other crap. The eim was easy so I did that. If I had a 67, it wouldn't need anything. That's a moving requirement, so if you got yours later it wouldn't need it. |
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