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Message started by allgirl on 03/13/05 at 21:03:37

Title: New girl
Post by allgirl on 03/13/05 at 21:03:37

Hi My Name is Connie ,
I just wanted to say Hi ,
I love reading all the post and I look forward to learning a lot here .....
I posted some bike Pk. on bikepics.com ... but not sure how to link them here.

Title: Re: New girl
Post by sluggo on 03/13/05 at 22:02:57

welcome connie.
if you read and follow the instruction is the how to post pics thread at top, you will find it's really easy to post pics. the sooner you link a photo the sooner P. can post it in the current posters section.

again welcome. maybe i'll ride over to spokane one of these days. have been looking for an excuse. lunch at the longhorn sounds good. ;D.

Title: Re: New girl
Post by gitarzan on 03/14/05 at 06:08:29

Welcome, Connie. There's a wealth of info here and even greater riches of opinion. ;D

You might want to create an account, it's free and will let you have a moniker, track messages, etc.

We'd all love to see a picture of your bike.

Title: Re: New girl
Post by slavy on 03/14/05 at 06:44:10

Welcome Connie,
Nice bike You have!
Here You will find an answer to almost all the questions You have / bike related / ???. Just ask and You shall receive. We like to experiment and we share our expirience. :o

Title: Re: New girl
Post by woodworker on 03/14/05 at 06:55:34

allgirl wrote:

Hi Connie; Welcome!
Saw your bike pics on Bert's forum. Looking Good!
The bike too!

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Oklahoma_Mike on 03/14/05 at 10:06:41

Yes Looks good all around ;D

Mike :-*

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Savage_Rob on 03/14/05 at 11:14:10

Hello Connie and welcome!

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Paladin on 03/14/05 at 23:17:01

This is a fabulous site -- georgeous women send me their pictures:

http://savage.andruschak.net/allgirl_AV.gif (http://savage.andruschak.net/allgirl.html)

Title: Re: New girl
Post by allgirl on 03/15/05 at 20:10:15

LOL...okay I didn't mean to do that ...but I glad you like it !!

Title: Re: New girl
Post by PerrydaSavage on 03/16/05 at 03:23:41

Welcome Connie from a fellow Savager waaay over here in the North Atlantic! This is a super internet Community!

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Chench53 on 03/16/05 at 03:39:25

Hi Connie, it's always good to see another woman riding. Enjoy the coming season. :)

Gerry

Title: Re: New girl
Post by allgirl on 03/16/05 at 07:48:06

Thank you guys and girls ... LOL
I have lots to learn here :
I do have one question , Iam buying a used harley
muffler to put on the bike .. with that do I need to rejet my carb .. and if so with a 152 jet ? ... if I can getway with not doing if for a while , will it be alright ?
thank
Connie

Title: Re: New girl
Post by gandalph40 on 03/17/05 at 08:27:27

allgirl wrote:

Thank you guys and girls ... with that do I need to rejet my carb .. and if so with a 152 jet ? ... if I can getway with not doing if for a while , will it be alright ?
thank
Connie

You don't HAVE to rejet...I have a used Sporty muffler on my bike and the backfiring might have even decreased a bit when I installed it (I'm convinced the back-pressure is higher than my stock muff was). You can certainly install the Sporty muffler and ride it a bit and know whether you like the new sound/backfires or not!

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Nightrain on 03/17/05 at 09:21:05

Rejet the carb anyway. 152.5 is great. It is an easy $4 modification. You will notice a big difference in how it runs. While your in there do the white spacer mod as well. I am waiting until wamer weather to monkey with the jetting some more. I am going to try a 155 amd 167 and see if my top end gets better. Congrats on your new bike and welcome to the show ;)

Title: Re: New girl
Post by allgirl on 03/18/05 at 08:19:23

okay,
I know about the jet part and I did go down and buy one it's 152.5. but I know nothing about a white spacer?
what and help ?

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Nightrain on 03/18/05 at 09:18:50

The short version ;D
Inside the carb, there are different jets that control different throttle position. So if you want to richen up a specific throttle range (for example 1/4 to 1/2 throttle) then you will change that jetting system. But it isnt really cut and dry becuase there is overlap. meaning that multiple jets are working at the same time. See the following chart for what jets control specific throttle positions.
http://www.dansmc.com/carb_jet_usage1a.jpg
Well, the main jet (the 152.5) only controlls 3/4 to full throttle, meaning that by swapping it out, you are only going to notice a difference on the highway because that is really the only time you are at full throttle. For driving around town, you are usually between 1/4 and 3/4 throttle. So to richen up that part of the carb, you have remove or shorten the factory governing spacer that is on the needle jet in your carb. It was put there by Suzuki so that you carb will run on the lean side (not ideal). It has been determined that if you file the spacer down to half its orignial size then your carb will perform much better at idle to 3/4 throttle. This is what it looks like
http://suzukisavage.com/images/uploaded/JetsEtc01web.jpg
To get to the spacer, remove the top of the carb (4 phillips head screws and they are in there real tight), then remove the diaphragm slide from the carburetor and look down inside it. Two small screws hold a metal plate over the slide needle. Removing the plate, you'll see the small, white plastic spacer with a hole through it sitting on top of the needle. take it out (take care not to lose the spring) and using a file, file it down to 1/2 its original size, then reinstall it. A spring under the needle clip will now push the needle up to the plate occupying the space vacated by the white spacer. The distance that the needle has been 'lifted' is the thickness of the discarded spacer - and that's ideal. With the needle raised, more fuel will flow by it, meeting the actual needs of midrange running.

*I Thank everyone on this board that helped me with this mod, and who took the time to take the pictures*

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Nightrain on 03/18/05 at 09:38:14

Oh yeah, you should also adjust the idle mixture screw to fatten up the low end of your bike's carburetor. To gain access to this screw, you'll need to drill out the brass plug pressed in over it and yank it out with a sheet-metal screw attached to a slide hammer.** be real carfull with the drill, if you drill in too far, you will fu*c up the slot on the screw and have to buy a new one. Only drill enough the get through the surface.
See the Idle mixture screw location in this picture
http://suzukisavage.com/images/uploaded/CarbRightweb.jpg
Usually Suzuki applies a splash of white paint over the brass plug so that it's immediately noticeable. With the engine warmed up and idling, turn the mixture screw out incrementally until you achieve the highest idle. There will be no doubt in your mind that you're making progress because the idle will come up and sound stronger. At this point, turn the idle adjuster knob out and bring the idle back down to a leisurely gait. with the 3 modifications (main jet, needle jet spacer & Idle mixture screw) you bike will run much better, perform better and will hardly ever backfire. ;D

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Savage_Rob on 03/18/05 at 22:38:43

And for Odin's sake, replace all of those philips-head screws with stainless allen screws. They will be much easier to access next time.

Title: Re: New girl
Post by klx650sm2002 on 03/19/05 at 01:20:14

I use stainless allen bolts on the header on KLX, I was lucky to get the plain steel ones out they were so badly corroded.

Clive W :D

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Greg_650 on 03/19/05 at 07:33:56

Savage_Rob wrote:

And for Odin's sake, replace all of those philips-head screws with stainless allen screws. They will be much easier to access next time.

You can see them in that photo on the top of my carb.

And yes, I really don't know why I painted the top of the carb. You can't really see it when it's installed. I might have had a blonde moment with the spray can :-[

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Greg_650 on 03/19/05 at 07:34:45

klx650sm2002 wrote:

I use stainless allen bolts on the header on KLX, I was lucky to get the plain steel ones out they were so badly corroded.

Clive W :D

Use any anti-sieze on the bolts?

Title: Re: New girl
Post by klx650sm2002 on 03/19/05 at 08:31:14

Copper grease, also put a dab on button head anodised aluminium allen bolts that hold the bodywork, tank and seat.

Clive W :D

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Greg_650 on 03/19/05 at 08:53:12

That's what I meant. Yep.

Title: Re: New girl
Post by allgirl on 03/19/05 at 10:23:28

WOw !!!,
thank !!! this is so cool ,
and thank you nightrain for all that. WoW ... now if I can get my printer to work this is going to be great !!
I just sent the guy a money order for my harley muffler,
so we are looking at next month to start working on this ... it all most look like I can do this my self .... LOL
but good thang I have friends ... LOL
thank again you guys !
Connie

Title: Re: New girl
Post by Paladin on 03/19/05 at 12:02:17

With the available dealer support for the Savage, you need friends.