verslagen1 wrote on 07/03/08 at 09:04:11:skrapiron -FSO wrote on 07/03/08 at 08:24:39:All Savage/S40 engines have a counterbalance built into the crankshaft. It does greatly reduce the amount of felt vibration.
As for the carb and exhaust restrictions, for the European market, possibly, yes. For the American market, no. The original factory setup ran very rich (55 pilot 155 main) and the bike has no inherent pollution controls.
To meet EPA clean air standards, Suzuki reduced the carb jetting on bikes after 1988.
To meet EPA requirements I had to install a electronic ignition module on a 68 Vdub bus. The savage already has one of these.
Versalgen, are you serious about the VW matter? Your 68 is exempt from smog inspection, so why did you have to add the module? I brought a 1971 Wolseley in through US Customs, which had no smog anything anywhere on the car, and the EPA nor CA got involved concerning emissions controls due to the age of the car.