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Message started by skelly15 on 01/16/13 at 18:45:37

Title: Cold weather problems
Post by skelly15 on 01/16/13 at 18:45:37

I live in college station, tx and we have been having some cold weather (30's) and my savage is dropping RPM's and even after I adjust the idle speed, the idle still drops to 1000 or below and then it dies. I'm from south Texas this weather is not the norm, but is the savage's reaction the norm to a bike in winter weather?

Title: Re: Cold weather problems
Post by SALB on 01/16/13 at 19:00:35

Normal, in that kind of weather, is to start with the choke on the second notch. After ten seconds or so, you should be able to go in to the first notch. Leave it there for the first mile or two. You may have to hold the idle up for another mile or two after that. If it still won't idle, you may have to set the idle speed up. After that, you've got a problem, and it's time to ask the experts.

And look at the bright side....you're having a heat wave! It was 6 degrees last night when I started mine to charge the battery and take it for a short ride. :(

Title: Re: Cold weather problems
Post by Digger on 01/16/13 at 21:09:01

Here is a thread about when mine was acting up in cold weather:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1152108113/0

IHTH!

Title: Re: Cold weather problems
Post by houstonbofh on 01/17/13 at 15:15:24

In Houston Aida rides with full choke for about a minute in this weather.