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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> How fast can stock savage go? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1271631501 Message started by Tiefighterpilot on 04/18/10 at 15:58:20 |
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Title: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Tiefighterpilot on 04/18/10 at 15:58:20 Took my s40 on freeway today for the first time. Hit about 60. I was on fifth and engine was reved up high. I could feel the vibration of the engine on the handlebar. If I try to go faster, would it strain the engine? Will I hurt my savage by going faster? How fast have you taken your stock savage? |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by LostArtist on 04/18/10 at 16:13:38 I've had mine up to 85, the previous owner said he had it up to 95, they can go just fine in stock shape, yes you feel the vibes but they are "good vibrations" right ;D |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Yonuh Adisi on 04/18/10 at 16:14:27 It may sound like that you are taxing the engine at 60mph but you really ain't. In stock configuration the top speed on these bikes is usually 85+. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by bill67 on 04/18/10 at 16:24:10 172A26252A242B372631332A2F2C37430 wrote:
It is revving high because its geared low. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by verslagen1 on 04/18/10 at 17:16:42 red line is 6500 rpm, you can't get there except in 1st. 5th gear, 6500 rpm is about 100 mph. I've done 95, uphill with a quicksilver carb. stock engine with supertrapp, I normally go uphill at 85ish. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by SmilinLDR on 04/18/10 at 17:24:26 I've managed 90 but there was nothing left after that. Could be the altitude that shorted it on breath and missed the 95mph that many have reported. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Yonuh Adisi on 04/18/10 at 17:26:48 I actually made it to 100 about a week or so ago, but the FireLizard ain't stock. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Serowbot on 04/18/10 at 17:31:17 At 60mph, you're doing about 4,000 rpms... It goes to 6500rpms... You can go 90 in 4th gear... without redlining the engine... |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by T Mack 1 - FSO on 04/18/10 at 17:51:34 How fast can a stock Savage go....... 135 mph with a tail wind...... in a hurricane ;D On a local four lane, I was with a group of bikes and we came on a slow moving car. The others took off to pass the guy, so I gunned it. I had it thru 85 before I realized it. (white spacer mod, Lancer Jets & a Dyna SE pipe) |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Skid Mark on 04/18/10 at 18:17:20 My s40 was stock with a tcat fork brace. I had it up to 85 mph easily. Really didn't need or want to go any faster. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by thumperclone on 04/18/10 at 18:30:56 0E0811020E555A630 wrote:
at 85 mine(not stock) gets a lil lite like she wants to go airborne.. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Routy on 04/18/10 at 18:34:47 Fact,?......we have a better chance of doing 90 in 4th than 5th Fact,?....... the engine flat runs outta hp around 90 in 5th gear So then, why on gods green earth do some want a higher final gear? 7A6C7B667E6B667D090 wrote:
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Serowbot on 04/18/10 at 18:53:08 6D6278637F796A68606E790B0 wrote:
Very true Routy,... but most don't want it for a higher top speed,... just for a lower Rpm cruise at 70 mph... The bike don't mind going 70,... people just like the lazy sound of runnin' lower Rpm's... |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by bill67 on 04/18/10 at 18:55:42 You want a final higher gear so it don't sound like your in 3rd gear, Or the motor doesn't sound like your doing 100mph and your only going 60mph .How many cars today will redline in high gear. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by jef.savage on 04/18/10 at 19:44:26 Motorcycle Consumer News reports the top end of a '96 at 85mph. Has anybody checked indicated speed against actual? |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by verslagen1 on 04/18/10 at 20:11:44 6A65662E73636F76696C6C65000 wrote:
my '96 would do 85 uphill (it's a hill I travel daily, it's steep enough to make truckers cry) OK I did rejet and have a supertrapp on. And confirmed speed with a veypor vr1 |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Tiefighterpilot on 04/18/10 at 20:23:57 Yes, lazy sounds nice. Reving high at 60 sounded like my engine was working too hard. 485E49544C59544F3B0 wrote:
Very true Routy,... but most don't want it for a higher top speed,... just for a lower Rpm cruise at 70 mph... The bike don't mind going 70,... people just like the lazy sound of runnin' lower Rpm's... [/quote] |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Tiefighterpilot on 04/18/10 at 20:25:16 I think it's stock setup. 32393C3C6667500 wrote:
It is revving high because its geared low.[/quote] |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Tiefighterpilot on 04/18/10 at 20:26:14 6D5B5A415C75505D475D340 wrote:
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Routy on 04/18/10 at 21:08:08 Speaking of wanting a higher final gear,...... If we're fresh outta horsepower at 85, I'm sure we don't have a lot of reserve power at 60, especially at only 4,000 R's. Now if we raise the gearing,..... drop those R's to 3500 or less, we won't have any reserve power, and we will be taxing the engine, and wondering why the pipes are turning blue w/ just a little headwind,....ya think? Why anyone would think 4,000 R's at 60 mph, is reving too high, I don't understand. I remember the days ridin those hi revin short stroke twins that you had to rev to 10,000 to get anything out of them. At 60 mph I think the gearing is perfect for crusin. The factory engineers didn't gear it that way because they are stupid. But now if we bump the HP up to 50-60, yeah, we mite used a little taller gear. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by RTC on 04/18/10 at 21:27:44 i routinely travel at a constant 65 mph on my way to work. i have found that for my bike, this is a perfect highway cruising speed. there is virtually no vibration. if i drop down to 60 in 5th, the vibration tickles my foot and makes it twitch :). i try to maintain the speed limit at all times but have many times found myself above 70. i have go at least 85 on the bike if not higher when passing but my body doesn't like that speed. the bike is fine with it. also the wind here in el paso can take a toll. i tend to think that going above 80 on a motorcycle is ridiculous and if you do that on a regular basis, you are asking for trouble eventually. we have had at least four deaths in el paso this month and all were due primarily to excess speed.....i'm good at 65 |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Skid Mark on 04/18/10 at 22:26:17 My 85mph was measured o a GPS. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by bill67 on 04/19/10 at 02:30:14 626D776C707665676F6176040 wrote:
If your geared higher and need more power you just shift to 4th gear,I had a Suzuki GR650 gear a 1000 rpm less than stock and really loved it.And It would still pull from 40 mph in high gear,It was a torquey engine like the S40. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by LANCER on 04/19/10 at 03:21:42 The Black Shadow, stock except for a baffled slightly enlarged drag pip and rejetted/tuned stock carb, pulled 94 and I will sitting bolt upright. No strain noted at all. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Routy on 04/19/10 at 04:39:24 Darn, now you makin me go look up a Black Shadow,....cuz I been outta bikin ever since my new CB 450 and new 750 Atlas. :-[ |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by einheit13 on 04/19/10 at 06:33:55 92 mph in 5th with nothing more to give. Checked by a staionary speed trap with digital display. 95.4 mph checked on the runway of a local military base, I won't name which one as it wasn't very 'legal'. Leaning down as low as I could with a 3mph cross wind from the east as I headed S-SE. Very light on the front end too. I'm gonna put a little heavier oil in he forks and put a narrowr front tire on and slip on a 16" in the rear. I'm betting with that and some carb/exhaust tuning-100mph easy..... |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by jabman on 04/19/10 at 11:27:27 would a small wind shield give some more speed? |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Stimpy on 04/19/10 at 13:31:02 PILOT: dude, my pos 1997 Yamaha SR 125cc goes exactly 65mph if I duck my head :D you have a savage!!! ...if the road permits, have some fun & go for it! I've done 85mph on a savage for hours at a time, does not hurt them, just monitor your oil before and after runs like these, some savages will "eat" a bit of oil at high speeds ...onom nom nom. ...yours vibrates? whaaat? :o |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Ed L. on 04/19/10 at 15:12:54 The best my '02 could do stock was 85-87mph with no windshield. With a rejet, opened exhaust, a small wind screen and some other tinkering I've seen 95mph twice. I'm shooting for the ton mark but think that I will need to put a stage one cam in to get there. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Truckinduc on 04/19/10 at 17:40:49 I know ive broken 95 at times. Stock gearing I walked a Honda civic that indicated an accurate 90 mph through some back roads. Never once had it on the highway. This is without going over 2/3 throttle cause my carb is not set up right. Full exhaust, straight through muffler, ported exhaust runners, 40mm flat slide carb. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by John_D FSO on 04/19/10 at 22:32:16 I had mine around 90 mph indicated, with a little throttle left. Dunno if the extra throttle would've got me more speed, since I ran out of nerve. ;D That was with a Dyna muffler, and around 1/2 a white spacer's worth of washers, and my chin on the bars. :D Oh, and 200+ lbs of me... :P |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by crabpainter on 04/20/10 at 01:32:39 I've had mine up to around 70+ with every indication there was more to be had. All I could hear was wheezing through the air box. No mods on this bike. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by LANCER on 04/20/10 at 02:12:09 7A756F74686E7D7F77796E1C0 wrote:
apples and oranges man; a high reving short stroke multi-cyl 2 stroke is totally different than a long stroke big single. There is just no comparison to the torque made by a long stroke big single...I love it. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by LANCER on 04/20/10 at 02:14:03 [quote author=313E243F232536343C3225570 link=1271631501/15#24 date=1271677164]Darn, now you makin me go look up a Black Shadow,....cuz I been outta bikin ever since my new CB 450 and new 750 Atlas. :-[/quote] The Black Shadow is the name I gave the bike that my son bought from Diamond Jim a few months back. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by shiphteey on 04/20/10 at 07:05:41 95.9 mph on GPS, speedo was pretty accurate with my worn out stock tire. I believe I can break 100 mph as I've had the speedo showing 103 on a day with good air. Taller tire will go on to help with the mission. A. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by cursal on 04/20/10 at 11:59:53 Stock Bike (see sig) After riding the back roads far from home I took the I-5 back home. I don't normally go over 70mph when cruising, but the weather was nice and I was pumped from the backroads, before I knew it I was around 83mph and passing everything. :D RPMs were around 5000-5250 and she still had more to give as I passed big rigs and small eco-cars. I "cruised" home averaging about 80mph. I though she would drink more fuel at that speed for almost an hour, but nope same as normal. Oh, my new tires (thread http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1267116732/25#25) have been absolutely fantastic. Don't skimp on the rubber, get great tires and you will enjoy your ride more. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Routy on 04/20/10 at 12:29:57 78757A7771662623140 wrote:
apples and oranges man; a high reving short stroke multi-cyl 2 stroke is totally different than a long stroke big single. There is just no comparison to the torque made by a long stroke big single...I love it. [/quote] I hope I wasn't misunderstood, I love the slow turnin stroker too. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Duane on 06/14/10 at 02:23:21 mine tops out about 83mph, with or without a passenger. :o |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by fascar228 on 06/14/10 at 02:44:57 To whom it may concern 2010 S40.....stock except muffler mod....93mph flat...sitting straight....front end light....vibration..... :-? won't do that again..... 65-75mph is manageable on this bike..... |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by bill67 on 06/14/10 at 03:35:18 Fascar are using stock jets? |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by BuckHMCC on 06/14/10 at 12:52:52 Motorcycle speedos are often and notoriously optimistic. I've had them read 10% higher than actual (against a GPS). I've taken my daughter's stock Savage to 85 indicated. It was stable, but I was probably doing 77. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Charon on 06/14/10 at 15:50:57 I have checked my stock '07 against both mileposts and a GPS, and it is within a mile or so of correct at speeds up to 65 mph. I have not checked it at higher speeds. By the way, that is with the OEM IRC tire, much maligned by some. I replaced the original IRC with another, simply because the speedometer (and odometer) both are accurate using that tire. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Jay on 06/15/10 at 01:09:06 I got my stock '08 up to 87 indicated before my PPF kicked in. (Personal Pucker Factor) As others have already mentioned, it starts to feel a little light in the front end at those speeds. Still had throttle left though. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by newcruiserRIDR on 06/16/10 at 17:05:24 I take mine on the highway all the time, get to 125km/hr no problem (sorry I am canadian, I guess that is about 100mph).....just don't be so quick to get it into 5th and it still has a bit of acceleration when you kick it into 5th....nothing you can do about the vibrations, but hold on tight:) |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by bill67 on 06/16/10 at 18:25:58 08392D22294C0 wrote:
Thats because its geared to low,If they were gear 10% higher a lot of them would hit 100 mph. |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by BuckHMCC on 06/18/10 at 15:27:55 125 kph (kilometers per hour) is 75 mph (miles per hour) -- the conversion is to multiply by 0.6. Sorry, there, to poster newcruiserRIDR, but 125 kph is not even close to the ton (100 mph). |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by shiphteey on 06/22/10 at 05:03:10 Just shy of 100 mph: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5sTMXmtdq0 |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by prsavage on 06/22/10 at 13:58:49 9.8 m/s2 of a long drop, hopefully only by mistake. ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by Rogue_Cheddar on 06/23/10 at 18:59:51 I've had mine up to 85 where upon I experienced immediate multiple orgasms in such rapid succession, the fear of passing out from which, precluded me from determining further whether I or the bike had much left to give. 8-) Huh, the Devil made me do it! Post #666 :D |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by b-p-stewart on 06/23/10 at 19:12:08 I have done 95, but I have shaved alot of weight off of mine, and have Micron Exhaust with a stage 1 carb kit! |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by fascar228 on 06/24/10 at 01:08:59 Hi Bill Sorry for such a delayed reply.....Yes! my s40 brand new and is stock except for the hartmann mod to the muffler..... In an other post I initiated...."soot when blipped" i have said that my bike soots when it is blipped(even when warm) to me it seems that its rich. I say this because when the throttle is blipped I see soot which means that there is vacuum in the carburetor and not enough air comes in as fuel is sucked......it DAHHHH's on decleration and phuffs randomly during gear changes......I have done 93 mph sitting straight the front end felt light and there was a buzz in the handles....it got to 85 mph immediately and then the remaining 8mph followed somewhat slowly..... I think the factory might have changed jets....could they??? I will try it this week end without the airfilter to see whether the soot vanishes/dwindles or remains there..... |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by rondic1978 on 06/24/10 at 05:43:52 my 86 does 105 i just put on a jet kit , high flow air filter and 19" turned out muffler. when it was stock it did 85 |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by shiphteey on 06/25/10 at 13:12:26 607D7C767B71232B252A120 wrote:
How did you verify the speed? |
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Title: Re: How fast can stock savage go? Post by rondic1978 on 06/26/10 at 16:36:13 the actaul speed was 104.6 i used a friends gps im not sure if anything has been done to the inside of the motor i just got the bike 3 months ago i can see that at some point the motor was apart do to the rtv silicone on the motor case. it does 85-90 with no problem but i do not like what the motor sounds like over 90 |
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