Kevin Stumpe
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Hi, all! I'm not a Savage owner (yet), but I'd like to be. I came close tonight, in looking at a 1998 with less than 2500 miles, but the motor had some strange hammering noises coming from somewhere within. It didn't sound like rod noises (clunking irregularly) or piston slapping, but a persistent hammering, that increased both in speed and volume as the RPM went up. There was nary a sound at idle. When I started it the motor hammered for a couple of seconds and then stopped as if the oil pressure was enough to calm things down, but once it warmed up, the noise came back as it came off of idle. Another thing that worried me was the exhaust system (all the way to the muffler outlet) was varying shades of yellow and blue. This thing must have gotten pretty hot sometime in the past. I know the bottom end of most Suzuki's are fairly stout and probably over-engineered, so I doubt the crank end of things are toast, but does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be wrong with this thing? It looks like new and if it weren't for the noise I'd probably have bought it on the spot. As it is, I feel like I should run away from this bike as fast as I can. Any thoughts? Thanks
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