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Title: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/22/13 at 11:05:05 I am picking up a 87 savage 650 tomorrow and am very excited about it. I have read a ton of great things about these bikes. It will need a little TLC but it is a real gem. Just thought I would introduce myself. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Dane Allen on 05/22/13 at 11:23:18 62606474707A62110 wrote:
Welcome!! There is a ton on info on the forum. Make sure you read the tech threads for new owners about oil, petcock and , especially in your case, cam-chain tensioner. Have a great day!! http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1366651397 |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/22/13 at 13:41:00 05202F24002D2D242F410 wrote:
Welcome!! There is a ton on info on the forum. Make sure you read the tech threads for new owners about oil, petcock and , especially in your case, cam-chain tensioner. Have a great day!! http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1366651397[/quote] Thanks for the welcome. I have been browsing the sight for the past 3 days, was just waiting on approval. I already have a petcock on its way and I will be ordering the cam chain tensioner in the next few days. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Dave on 05/22/13 at 14:06:23 The Verslagen tensioner....right? A new factory tensioner will not correct anything. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by raydawg on 05/22/13 at 16:47:39 Yeah Squeeks....welcome, just don't say/ask anything about oil until you grow some thicker skin. You've been warned :-* |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/22/13 at 16:51:32 OIL??? Did someone say OIL? Yeee HAWWW!! Its ON! Rotella T,,, Yep,, thats the ONE Baybeee! C'mon,, I Dare ya,, I Double dawg dare ya! |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/22/13 at 17:45:06 4D767B6C7D716A6C777F726D1E0 wrote:
Yeah the verslagen tensioner, and I have been reading quite a bit about oil on here. I think I will lay low on that till I'm not so new around here. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by ToesNose on 05/22/13 at 18:40:21 Welcome aboard Squeaks ;) |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Dane Allen on 05/22/13 at 21:38:21 7D6264637E7948784870626E25170 wrote:
Hey Justin, you ever hear of something called seafoam??? ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Serowbot on 05/22/13 at 23:36:29 3E3C38282C263E4D0 wrote:
So wise, for such a newb... You'll do well here, grasshopper... ;D ;D ;D... Welcome... |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by shovelbum87 on 05/27/13 at 16:34:47 73565952765B5B5259370 wrote:
Hey Justin, you ever hear of something called seafoam??? ;D ;D ;D[/quote] Im gonna say it! Seafoam is GARBAGE!!!! hahaha ;D |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Dane Allen on 05/27/13 at 23:05:12 7A61667F6C656B7C64313E090 wrote:
Hey Justin, you ever hear of something called seafoam??? ;D ;D ;D[/quote] Im gonna say it! Seafoam is GARBAGE!!!! hahaha ;D[/quote] OH, NO SHE DI---IN'T!!! ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Dave on 05/28/13 at 04:31:51 595B5F4F4B41592A0 wrote:
I have been reading quite a bit about oil on here. I think I will lay low on that till I'm not so new around here.[/quote] With the name "Squeaks"......you belong in an oil thread! ;D |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/28/13 at 10:15:57 1E25283F2E22393F242C213E4D0 wrote:
I have been reading quite a bit about oil on here. I think I will lay low on that till I'm not so new around here.[/quote] With the name "Squeaks"......you belong in an oil thread! ;D[/quote] Been a nickname I have had for 10 years. Couldn't escape it so I embrace it. And bike is being dropped off tomorrow. Truck I was going to use to pick up had starter go out. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/28/13 at 12:41:49 Sea Foam? Gar Bahge? Eaux Neaux! Let us not listen to those fringe elements,, I did doubt, but, when added to my backhoe fuel the scary sounding knock went away. It was an injector p[roblem. I had them overhauled & no longer need it, but Ive used it in many things & SEEN improvement that other injector cleaners/gas treatments did not do. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by apache snow on 05/28/13 at 15:13:42 Sea Foam is a solvent. It works well for what it was intended to do. Its just not a miracle cure. :) |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/28/13 at 16:08:13 Well,, NO, its not a Miracle Cure,, neither is chikkin SOOP, but dang,, its Good for some stuff,, |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/29/13 at 19:10:51 She got dropped off today. A little rough but should clean up. Already took some 0000 steel wool to the chrome. only problem is it sounds like it has a miss and flutters a bit while riding. http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/Photo16.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/Squeaks6385/media/Photo16.jpg.html) http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/Photo33.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/Squeaks6385/media/Photo33.jpg.html) http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/Photo26.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/Squeaks6385/media/Photo26.jpg.html) http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/Photo52.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/Squeaks6385/media/Photo52.jpg.html) |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/29/13 at 19:12:58 Forgot to mention I have a new soft tail muffler to put on and a new petcock. Going to get one of those special cam chain tensioners soon as well. Still not sure why the flutter and slight miss. Myfirst bije so I am not to sure on the working of them |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/30/13 at 07:31:01 Well,, not to worry. Ive seen people come here who had never turned a wrench & been transformed into their own bike mechanic in 6 months, |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Dave on 05/30/13 at 07:37:32 41434757535941320 wrote:
If the carb is stock.....I suspect a good cleaning, re-jetting and the spacer mod will make the flutter and miss go away. Does this slight flutter and miss happen at slower speeds when you are just barely opening the throttle? |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/30/13 at 09:44:56 7E45485F4E42595F444C415E2D0 wrote:
If the carb is stock.....I suspect a good cleaning, re-jetting and the spacer mod will make the flutter and miss go away. Does this slight flutter and miss happen at slower speeds when you are just barely opening the throttle?[/quote] Yes it does. Where would I get the spacers? |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Dave on 05/30/13 at 12:10:19 Here is a thread on the issue. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1104205157 You can get washersr and use them to replace the spacer. Some people use 3 on top of the needle - my bike liked 2 with a 50 pilor jet and 150 main jet. You can get the jetset form Lancer: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1336741909 Or if you know what you need JetsRus can sell them to you. Here is a thread on how to take the carb apart. For jet changes you don't need to remove the jets at the top of the carb body, or the needle and seat parts. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1191899985 You are an hour and a half away from me. If you want to bring your bike or carb up someday......We can fix it! |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Trippah on 05/30/13 at 12:39:48 Welcome, and be forewarned, it's a tough group. As a suggestion, get the in and out (air filters, muffler etc) on the bike before you mess with the carb settings. Congrats, looks like you got one of the faster black ones. ;) ps. olde bikes need dino oil. ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/30/13 at 17:14:08 52696473626E757368606D72010 wrote:
Yeah the guy before me tried to mess with the pilot screw and it is stripped out. I may have to bring it up to you. :'( |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/30/13 at 18:00:32 Any idea where I can get a new air mixture screw? |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by apache snow on 05/30/13 at 18:07:45 Its actually a fuel mixture screw. If the screw is on the engine side it adjust the fuel. If it is on the air filter side it adjust air. http://www.boulevardsuzuki.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=1442281&category=Motorcycles&make=SUZUKI&year=2011&fveh=39862 |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/30/13 at 18:56:51 Well I ordered part number 41 so I hope that was right. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by apache snow on 05/30/13 at 19:09:28 Yeah, 41 is correct. :) |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 05/30/13 at 19:10:30 716071737875637E7F67100 wrote:
Awesome thanks |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 06/01/13 at 14:39:12 Got the screw out http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/Photo17.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/Squeaks6385/media/Photo17.jpg.html) |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/02/13 at 12:31:53 & just exactly HOw did ya manage that? |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by old_rider on 06/02/13 at 13:48:51 Looks like he drilled a little into the head, then tapped a torx into the hole and bingo...out it comes. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/02/13 at 17:30:46 "Swat it looks like,, |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 06/03/13 at 09:29:42 282B23352E232235470 wrote:
This |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 06/04/13 at 18:28:29 Took the exhaust off to remove the strait pipe and find out they had neglected to put a gasket back on it after welding the pipe on the header. But here is what I had to deal with. http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/th_eae1346afdb630f9ee547d23d6688ba4.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/?action=view¤t=eae1346afdb630f9ee547d23d6688ba4.jpg) http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/th_5ec59a02b8527bc106005491a5dd54f4.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Squeaks6385/?action=view¤t=5ec59a02b8527bc106005491a5dd54f4.jpg) |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by squeaks on 06/05/13 at 19:40:52 Replaced the front brake pads, got the exhaust almost ready to put on and replaced the old petcock with the raptor one. Almost forgot, found a nice set of saddle bags for it. |
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Title: Re: New to the forum and the savage Post by Serowbot on 06/05/13 at 23:29:32 Most Savages evolve... It's a very evolutionary bike... definitely not revolutionary... but, they do lend themselves well to evolution... I think we're second only to Harely's for that... and we are breaking new ground when we evolve... ...Ain't nothin' a Harley owner can do, that ain't been done before... :-?... |
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