I don't drive my savage like I hate it arrow - wonder what your husband means?(not wanting to start a fight between either of you or get myself involved in a family dispute!)sure, you should not lug it - I assume you know what that means from what you wrote but it is not a high revving bike so does not need to be screamed through the gears for maxmimum benefit - bascially you should ride it like you would any stcik shift car in my view, though will admit when I first got it was more extreme on the throttle than am now due to getting kick out of its powerful torque.

has your husband been on bike & does it make same noise for him? is the noise at a given speed in 3rd - does it vanish if you go faster? does it do it in every gear. I likely wont be able to give you an answer but mayhap trying it a little bit more & giving the experts on this site a bit more info may be of more help to you.

whatever - in my view it does not sound good - sorry I can't be more help here.

Thanks Guys, I think the dealerships gonna get her for a day.... Hate to do it but better that then in pieces between my legs on the road. Hate walking.
The hubby rides a 800 Vulcan and isn't tolerant of my "girly bike" his words. But my girly bike can kick his fat a$$ of the line any time, never seen anything so quick.
Let you know what the garage finds. Thanks again.

tenpins99ca wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:

Not that I recall but you might search using backlash as a keyword.  Also set the number of days to something like 999.

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



Thanks Savage_Rob, I'll give it a try.