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Cindi Knox Junior Member 2005 No Login Offline Iron Butt Association Member since 1997 Posts: 58 Four Miles From Minooka Gender:	What broke? 09/13/05 at 07:13:21 What parts have actually failed on your Savage? Battery? Igniter? Rectifier? Coil? Side stand switch? Headlight? Petcock? O2 sensor?
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: What broke? Reply #1 - 09/13/05 at 07:29:13 Cindi Knox wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:09: What parts have actually failed on your Savage? Battery? Igniter? Rectifier? Coil? Side stand switch? Headlight? Petcock? O2 sensor? 02 sensor? youve gotta be kidding me!
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threezukes Ex Member	Re: What broke? Reply #2 - 09/13/05 at 07:37:26 My starter switch might have been broken. It looked new when I bought the bike. Also, me engine was burning oil really bad so I had it overhauled.
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Re: What broke?
Reply #3 - 09/13/05 at 07:39:58

My ignition switch died. Burned up. After that I added a relay to run things like the horns (FIAMMS), tank bag (mine lights up), etc.

Also, I had the battery's negative post come lose internally from the plates. During a rally that started in Fort Davis Texas. And I was in the mountains. In the middle of the night. Between Saturday and Sunday. And I was riding in the mountains. With my thumb on the negative post to keep the bike running.

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: What broke? Reply #4 - 09/13/05 at 08:20:15 Sidestand switch. Caliper (twice). Headlight bucket. Forkseals. -WD
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Reply #5 - 09/13/05 at 09:29:33

the coil assembly/ignition died on me. $70 to replace the parts.

After redlining ther bike for 4200 miles in about 4 days, my cam chain tensioner (it's a ltittle spring) also died. This, however, did not prevent the bike from running, it just ran like crap and wouldn't go over 65. I "had" to get where I was going, and I pushed it the last 800 miles in 20 hours. With an hour left, one of my footpegs fell off. Tongue

My high/low beam indicator does not work, but who cares?

Uh, I think that's it.

Oh, incidentally, my friend has a suzuki hayabusa, and his cam chain tensioner also broke, but he ended up bending a valve stem pretty good and chipping a starter motor gear, if I recall correctly.

WD: How did your calipers break?

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Jim_R Ex Member	Re: What broke? Reply #6 - 09/13/05 at 21:08:15 my chain tensioner broke before i bought it and then i was always wondering why it was so loud and sounded like the chain was slappin in it heh. Uh then one day it died and it broke my chain, bent my valves and ect. I had to get the whole top rebuilt. Expensive!!! Oh well besides that its still a great bike.
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gazab44 Senior Member 2004 No Login Offline TO OLD TO DIE YOUNG.... Posts: 416 uk Gender:	Re: What broke? Reply #7 - 09/14/05 at 05:02:03 Only thing I could say has genuinely broken down is the plug lead.....so far....
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: What broke? Reply #8 - 09/14/05 at 05:11:28 other than normal wear items - the blinker relay - dead short blew the 20amp fuse, and the mirrors got to rattle'n so loud i replaced them.
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Re: What broke?
Reply #9 - 09/14/05 at 06:19:19

One of the cylinder head cover bolts broke while I was torquing it down. It wasn't even close to the required torque yet either. Luckily, after removing the cover, about 2mm of it protruded from the head such that I could grasp it with longnose vise-grips and back it out a bit at a time.

I've also replaced the battery with an Odyssey, although stock batteries should almost be considered consumables like brake pads, lightbulbs, tires, oil filters, etc.

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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: What broke? Reply #10 - 09/14/05 at 06:30:16 Replaced the starter relay once. Unnessessary because the battery connection turned out to be loose. Apart from changing the brakepad for and aft and the reartire that was worn (knok on wood) NOTHING Greetz Kropatchek
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: What broke? Reply #11 - 09/14/05 at 08:13:57 Simple, the caliper seals ruptured. -WD
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HawkEye1967 Full Member 2005 No Login Offline L. T. R..R. T. L Ridding for the Son Posts: 170 Gender:	Re: What broke? Reply #12 - 09/14/05 at 18:51:57 started drive gear broke and busted crankcase, had the crankcase welded over 3 years ago, cam chain tenisioner, guide and chain, rear drive sproket, (worn uneven caused a loud squeal), grips, (wipe out), other than that just regular replacement of tires, brakes, etc.
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DavidV Ex Member	Re: What broke? Reply #13 - 09/14/05 at 21:01:16 Battery, tires, front brake pads. But they're all consumables, so five years or 8,000 miles seems about right. Nothing else replaced besides upgrades.
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