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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> overheated Savage /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1277865038 Message started by Yan on 06/29/10 at 19:30:38 |
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Title: overheated Savage Post by Yan on 06/29/10 at 19:30:38 bought a Savage yesterday and was practicing slow speed in the parking lot for over an hour (preparing for a test). when brought it back to the garage I could tell the 'burnt rubber' smell. the front brake rotor was HOT. what could it have been (the smell that is) - the brake pads, the clutch, just some rubber touching the engine? any chance of serious damage? the bike has around 12k miles and i doubt the valves clearance has ever been done - i am the 7th or so owner in 6 years, noone owned it for over a year. i can't blame them though, if i knew for sure i'd sell it next year i wouldn't bother either... Thanks! |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by Serowbot on 06/29/10 at 22:02:14 Stuff gets hot,.. smells start happenin'... It's most likely fine... It'll warn you by getting all stumbly and probably die before it seizes at in town speeds... |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by Routy on 06/29/10 at 22:31:10 Any oil leaks, maybe getting to the exhaust ? That smell can be much more noticable at low speed. |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/29/10 at 22:43:54 Were you holding the brake to keep the seeds low? If so, the poor thing was working hard, getting little air & possibly being held at too low a speed to get good oil to the top of the engine. I wouldnt recommend doing that. |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by jabman on 06/30/10 at 01:31:43 is it possible the brakes are dragging this would result in a very hot disc and would over stress the engine as well |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by Stimpy on 06/30/10 at 02:18:31 1st of all I would change that oil soon (small/smart investment). 2nd, that front disc is carbonized steel, it can get red hot and it'll still be fine. 3rd, large air-cooled engines need... yup, you guessed it, AIR. * Next parking lot session just run it round the block every 10 min. Good luck, and why sell it? A LS650 is a perfectly fine bike, L8r. |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by Yan on 06/30/10 at 04:11:55 Thanks! Hopefully it's fine. It was riding fine for 2 miles back home from that parking lot, it's just the smell that I felt when I pulled into the garage. Will be giving it more often breaks from low speed tonight :) |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by Yan on 06/30/10 at 04:36:04 just rode it back to the parking lot (truth to be told it's my wife who's practicing there, I just take the bike to the parking lot in the morning and back to the garage at night). parked the bike and here is that smell again, but i only rode it for 2 miles at 25 mph. WTF? I kneel down, sniff at every part of the engine and beyond and finally find the source. turns out when i ride the heel of my right shoe touches the exhaust and the rubber of the heel was burning on the exhaust. so nothing wrong with the bike, but how do i take that black gummy stuff off the shiny chrome exhaust now? |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by babyhog on 06/30/10 at 05:16:48 Let it dry, (but don't wait days) then you should be able to "chip" the residue off. At least that worked when I threw my fleece jacket over the seat and the sleeve landed on the exhaust.... ;) |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by Charon on 06/30/10 at 05:32:15 You can also use "Easy Off" oven cleaner. Try to avoid overspray, because the stuff will damage paint or aluminum. |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by Savage_Amusement on 06/30/10 at 06:42:08 I was just going to say I bet 10$ it is your shoe lol. Then I saw your last post. |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by Hashbrown on 06/30/10 at 06:45:49 hahaha, you were freaking out on your poor defenseless savage and it was your shoe the whole time. :D we should get you a jump to conclusions mat. now go to your garage and appologize to her and give her a nice oil change |
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Title: Re: epic savage newbie is epic. Post by Stimpy on 06/30/10 at 08:39:50 turns out when i ride the heel of my right shoe touches the exhaust and the rubber of the heel was burning on the exhaust. ;D ;D ;D lol, EPIC. * easy fix, get some fine angel hair (stainless steel wool, no the drug :D ) and use your bike for a few minutes, and when the exhaust it really hot get that wool wet and scrub that nasty burned rubber off, after that pass a dry, clean cotton rag/towel over the area to take away residual rubber streaks, repeat if necessary, easy as pie! (* use a towel or heavy glove or that steam WILL burn you, but the steam is actually what gets that crap out with out chemicals or scratching ur pipe). I had the same problem, all my boots are burnt, haha, this makes a great conversation piece for weird ppl who look at other people's shoes, anyway, so look, I crafted an aluminum back-peg for my bike, prob solved, good luck. http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2451/p1080451a.jpg |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by jsarsfield on 06/30/10 at 10:47:17 The best stuff for taking off burnt rubber off of chrome is "Blue Magic", don't believe me try the stuff ... it takes any evidence of it off with no effort at all ... The only problem is once you do that little spot you will want to polish the rest of the chrome so it looks as good. http://bluemagicusa.com/index.php/blue_magic/products/210/blue_magic_metal_polish_cream_jar/ |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by babyhog on 06/30/10 at 10:57:29 0B120013120708040D05610 wrote:
Looks good, will try some. Thanks! I see they also make an exhaust repair kit. Has anyone tried it? Might try it on my little exhaust leak. |
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Title: Re: overheated Savage Post by jsarsfield on 06/30/10 at 14:31:50 292A2B26243E470 wrote:
Looks good, will try some. Thanks! I see they also make an exhaust repair kit. Has anyone tried it? Might try it on my little exhaust leak.[/quote] To be honest every single "exhaust repair kit" that I have ever used is garbage ... Your better off either buying the proper gaskets or using some sort of shim (Pop can works good) with some pipe clamps and some high temp dope. All the so called "exhaust repair kits" are usually just some kind of epoxy soaked fiberglass/aluminum wraps and some have a spring thing you wrap but of the 4 kits I've bought in the past none of them have held up more than a few weeks they shouldn't be called "repair kits" they really should be called "bandages". Your mileage may vary. |
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