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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1250645513 Message started by texsam on 08/18/09 at 18:31:52 |
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Title: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by texsam on 08/18/09 at 18:31:52 I live in a very warm humid climate at sea level i tried the white spacer mod it ran to rich in midrange so i went back to stock i turned the adjustment scre for idle 3 turns out and it got rid of my backfiring i do alot of road trips 160 miles one way bout once twice amonth and i commute about 7 miles at freeway speeds 65-70 90% of the time i noticed that at 70 thats about half throttle is that too fast rpm wise still a newbie |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Serowbot on 08/18/09 at 18:44:58 Very happy at 50 to 65mph,.... workin' a little at 70, 75mph, may use a bit of oil at that speed... but it will do it, all day if you want it to... Tops out at about 90mph... ;) |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Tonydtiger1971 on 08/18/09 at 19:06:10 5543544951444952260 wrote:
And with a larger person 90 can only be reached going downhill. LOL |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Rocco on 08/18/09 at 20:18:15 mine seems to be outta breath around 75 and i'm not a big person @ all...however i do live in humid south fla lol can't wait til the mods are on! |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Skid Mark on 08/18/09 at 20:58:50 Comfortable cruising between 65 - 70 mph. And can run up to 85mph when passing. |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by texsam on 08/18/09 at 23:25:11 65- to 70 mph gonna run the engine life down i only weigh bout 165 fully geared up?? |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Serowbot on 08/18/09 at 23:34:50 Nope,... that's fine... Just check the oil when you stop for gas, to see if it's using any at that pace. After a few checks, you'll know what to expect. Mine will drink a little if I go 75+ for a hour or so... at 70 it uses none. That's just the nature of a big thumper,.. nothing broken, they just do that... |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by John_D on 08/19/09 at 02:06:14 Mine likes 55-65, although I could probably stand to go up a jet size. It's hit 90 with some throttle left, but at 80 the bars started buzzing like and electric sander, so I figured I was pushing it. ;D |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Duane on 08/20/09 at 11:00:54 For my Suzi Savage her sweet spot is 55 to 60 mph. I have seen 80 mph and she had a lot of throttle left. Around 70 mph it seems to get buzzy to me though. They realy did a crap job I think on setting up the 5 speed trans for this bike. Maybe they used one form something else? I think I saw a post of gear ratios and it looked to me like the old 4 speed was geared better. |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by thumperclone on 08/20/09 at 13:17:37 indicated 62 is the sweet spot 4 me & my 06 |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by PTRider on 08/20/09 at 13:39:07 Red line 6500 rpm Max 30 hp @ 5400 rpm Max 34 lbs-ft torque @ 3400 rpm Max speeds per gear: 1st--35 mph 2nd--55 3rd--75 4th--90 5th-100 (maybe downhill?) In the same gear the engine be making the same number of revolutions per mile. The load on the engine increases at the square of the speed...double the speed quadruples the load. So, tex, what speed does the bike seem to hum? What speed does it seem to labor? What speed does it seem to begin to lose stability? Those are the important questions. |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by bill67 on 08/20/09 at 13:39:29 I agree it doesn't seem like or sound like it wants to be run above 60 mph |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by photojoe on 08/20/09 at 14:33:21 Mine purrs at 60. @ 75 mph I feel like I'm on an amusement park ride, but I like it ;D |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by wrenchbender on 08/20/09 at 15:39:11 5543544951444952260 wrote:
Sooo...I must be XL as it also takes a good tailwind in addition to the hill for me? |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by texsam on 08/20/09 at 15:40:07 it seems to purr @ at around 65 and under it doesn't really get buzzy til bout 80 i've taken it to bout 85 with no handling problems i know that when i do 65-70 i am only using half throttle is that good or ba d don't know liked to know at 60 i'm barely using probally less that a 3rd throttle but at 70 it starts to work a little more but is real stable i know it runs a little rich (cause of the climat i'm in don't know for sure but am pretty sure cuz if mess with spacer at all even half or 3 quater spacer it won't run just with the stock spacer) anywayz i guess 65 mph is probally a good speed it still gets 50-55 mpg |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by tomtaz1975 on 08/20/09 at 16:05:40 232C362A2D2C3B352B2E292731420 wrote:
And with a larger person 90 can only be reached going downhill. LOL[/quote] Weigh 215 and I can easily hit 90 on the flat highway. This has gotta be the first time I would fall into the "not large" category... |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by vhfkid on 08/20/09 at 16:19:12 Welcome aggie! I would think any speed that gets you from point A to point Z is a good speed. But seriously I'm in East Texas and with our long rides between cities in the beautiful state of Texas, I've found that both my savage and the wifes s40 eat 10W40, not too much, but taking I20 or I35 at 70-75mph for hours on end makes it loose/eat oil. On our last ride we went 1500 miles to California, but I switched to std. dino based 20W-50. We still rode the usuall 70-75, and we hardly used any oil at all!!!!! AFTER 1500 MILES! Yipeee!!! (went from Full mark to 1/3 from the bottom fill mark) Give it a try, I'm going to keep watch on it. I'd rather be using Rotella T on a regular basis, but using 1/2 to 1 quart every 1000 miles can be tiring... think about it a 500 mile round trip takes me to Austin and back, I'd leave Tyler with a full sight window, and return below the low level mark! If I ride the sweet spot, about 60mph, oil consumption is negligible with 10W40 dino and 10W40 Rotella T. Welcome and PM me if you're in E.Tex |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by texsam on 08/20/09 at 19:00:23 yeah i make a trip up there every few months to the hearne/college station area,i'm outta corpus christi but i'm every where half my family lives in san antonio the rest r up there by dallas and got kids in college station so that would be cool since i'm always ridin through our beautiful state urban and country gotta meet up and ride for sure, and i already use 20w 50 mobile 1 or suzuki semisynthetic motorcycle oil and you are right i go through maybe 3 tenths of oil every 2500-3000 miles big difference |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Tonydtiger1971 on 08/20/09 at 19:36:05 756E6C75607B30383634010 wrote:
Yep, got a few on you but still love my Savage, runs fast enough for me, and I'm trying to lose weight. LOL And with a larger person 90 can only be reached going downhill. LOL[/quote] Weigh 215 and I can easily hit 90 on the flat highway. This has gotta be the first time I would fall into the "not large" category...[/quote] |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Tonydtiger1971 on 08/20/09 at 19:36:47 That was weird my answer was in the middle of the quote. LOL |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Tonydtiger1971 on 08/20/09 at 19:37:53 Our flat highways around here have inclines in them also. So I have never really had the bike on a flat highway. |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by boofer on 08/20/09 at 20:04:53 Bought a nice Savage in March 09 after 30 years off bikes. Rode Kaw H1 and H2 Widowmakers (69 & 72). A bit timid on the Savage at first, but felt real good at 55-60. Next thing I know, I'm on good state 4-lane creeping up to 65. Slowly got used to feeling that I was over revving the engine. Now I start out at 55 or so and end up at 70. I need cruise control!! I run mostly on 2-lane county roads and love the curves, but on deserted stretches it will carry my 204 lbs up to 90 on flat. Has used 750ml of Castrol 10w40 Act Evo in 1600 miles. BTW, Clymer and Suzuki book are both wrong on oil quantity for my 8900 mile 01. My first ever post. Too long? Politically incorrect? Be kind. |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by serenity3743 on 08/21/09 at 05:18:40 Hey, Boofer, I grew up in Mississippi, and for a while I was in the Corinth/Tupelo area. Where are you at? |
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Title: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Post by Gary On A Savage on 08/21/09 at 13:28:39 I've had no problems running it at 70, with the belt or a chain drive conversion. After that aerodynamics start to really kick in and it gets harder to get it to go faster, not that the engine can't. Easiest way to go fast (and get good gas mileage) is to draft a large vehicle (SUV, pickup, truck, RV, ect). |
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