Christian Groth
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Hello! This post is long overdue.
I've been lurking here since Oct 06, but haven't posted before since any question I had was already answered. Thank you all for this wonderful resource. I have gotten lots of good info from you this year.
I bought my 95 Savage in Nov 06, largely due to this site, the info available here, and the obvious enthusiasm you have for this bike. And the price.
I have been riding to work any day I could, which means any day that I didn't need to haul anyone or anything that wouldn't fit on my bike, wasn't raining in the morning, and temperature higher than 45°F.
It's that last criterion that I have a question about.
Above 50 my bike runs fine. Between 45 and 50, it will run fine if I stay below 55mph and stay out of 5th gear. Below 45°, however, the bike won't idle, runs rough, and threatens to die. It acts as though it were running out of gas. Blipping the throttle a bit keeps it from dying.
Now down here in central Texas, it doesn't get very cold or stay cold long, but it gets irritating when the temp is 42-43 in the morning, preventing me from riding, then rises into the 70s by noon, leaving me in the truck on the way home during a beautiful bike day.
I suspect there are two problems my bike has with the cold. One is the too-lean setting in the carb, that is even worse in the cold, denser air. The other is the fact that the big single cylinder cools off too well and too much.
I have already popped out the plug to the idle mixture screw and adjusted that, which helped but didn't solve this problem. I am getting ready to open up the carb to do the white spacer modification, which should help also.
I know there are Savage owners that live in much colder areas. Do you have any tips, tricks, adjustments, modifications that help your bike in the winter?
I have thought about making a small fairing to keep the engine warm. Just a piece of sheet metal bolted in front to block direct air movement. What do you think?
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