I have had my Savage since it was new 8 years, been driving it 27000 km, changed a few things on it, like a dragbar, thin seat, forward controlls, carb/KN and exhause and two weeks ago a chainconversion, all this mods have made the bike a lot better then stock, but the biggest improvment that I did was to put a Superbrace on the frontfork yesterday. Totally diffrent bike, I did notise it directly when I start to run, its so mutch more stabel, I took the bike to small twistie roads with a lot of potholes (60-100 km/h) took her out on open roads for high speed (120-140 km/h) and all I can say is   woow , way didnt I do this before. This sounds like a comercial for the Superbrace but it was amasing howe big change it was, the bike  feels bigger on all kinds of roads.
This was the first time I felt that I could need some more power in the bike, erlier I always thought it was Ok because the bike is not the stiffest in the frame, but diffrent today.
Odar

I put one on my stock 06 S40, and had the same results......WHY DIDN'T I PUT IT ON EARLIER !!.  The big difference I found, was grossing draw bridges with the metal grating, and on the highway when passed or behind an 18 wheeler.  Not only is it a necessary mod for a bike as light as ours, but I got the polished one, and it does great justice to the looks sitting on top of my Candy Red fender.  I also highly recommend it to ALL Savage/S40 owners.
Ride Safe and enjoy

Looks pretty easy, once you get past the price!
http://www.superbrace.com/proddetail.asp?prod=3335

hopefully can be found for less $

There is a thread on it too:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;n...

yes the superbrace is easy to put on - they come with instructions I believe but anyway there is instructions to install it on their site. & yes - you do need to loosen the pinch bolt(s?)

only reservation I have is that the brace is only part of the story - I am still a little disappointed in what it does for the bike without improving the rear shocks to say progressives (going to say another cruiser's shocks would not cut it I don't think). I find I still get some wallowing in some fast sweeping curves with some dips in the road surface - think the progressives could iron it out - have decent tires on my bike.

unfortunately - I don't have the pennies (at present) to buy a set - bought the brace some time ago after had just bought Savage & was eager to spend $ on it!

saying this - I don't think my comment should stop anyone from buying a brace - they are a worthwhile addition & when you think of price of do-dads for other bikes not too expensive (not like it is going to wear out like a good quality tire such as a metzler or that).

as we know, HD stands for Hundred Dollars (minimum payment for anything on a Harley) & BMW stands for Break My Wallet (I speak from experience - what happens when you buy stuff for those Bavarian masterpieces.)

Justin
Did you put in the camshaft that Lancer have developet together with Webcam? If so did you change the setup for your carb ones more, and howe is performance compared to a bike with all the rest changed (open pipe KN/carb)? Did it lose some torque at bottom end. Tell me I want to know as mutch as possible.
Odar in Sweden

Motorcycles are like the sheets on my bed. When I am using them, I can't see them, so whatever color they are, doesn't matter. When I am riding, it's what the bike DOES & how it does it that matters,,not what I think of the bikes looks, & sure as HECK not what I think others may think of it.  



AWWWW, heck, who am I Kiddin? We all want our bikes to be looked at as "Cool", don't we? I mean,   I gotta admit, when I'm not scaring myself in a turn, I do hope others think its a cool bike.. BUt, even if no one else does, I do..be a lot cooler when I find all that hidden MPG in there..now,, wher;d that stuff go?

georgekathe wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:



HD actually now stands for High Dollar


Am I the only one who doesn't have problems steering the hell out these bikes?  I'm gonna have to ride one with a super brace to see for myself what everyone is talking about...

good news for you skatnbnc - you don't take the wheel off - it comes in 2 parts that clamp around the forks!

you do have to loosen the wheel pich bolt(?) (just loosening an allen screw if memory serves me correctly & wriggle wheel a bit (again if memory serves me correctly) but other than that that is only thing you do to a Savage. if you have a bike with built in black plastic fork guards you have to remove thos but you can cut them off or remove them with a chisel as I think justin did.

I did not buy the optional fork guards superbrace has (helps protect fork seals from bugs & dirt/grit) when I bought superbrace but wish I did - would have saved on freight (still don't have them).

check thread on it in youzguyz entry above. you don't have to go to all the trouble justin o guy did when he installed his just some extra stuff he chose to do. I put mine on per superbrace's instructions in a short time - it is one of easiest things/mods you can do to your bike if you have the tools (set of allen wrenches I think).