I think your a little lean,I'm lean and I run better went its hotter out

Charon wrote on 10/11/08 at 17:22:25:

I was ridng that stretch of Hwy before wih my brother in law, who has a Nighthawk 750, and we were going about the same speed. He verified 95. And we were flying past the cars in the right lane that were going about 75. We often ride together, and of course at times you wanna know what goes. It always amazes me how hard it still pulls, like being behind a car in the right lane going 75, and then pulling in the left lane to pass, cracking it open, and all the sudden you're doing 90 already, and then it starts creeping towards 95, but eventually gets there. And that stretch of Hwy is flat, not downhill. It has no trouble maintaining 85 at a tad over half throttle. The bike has a gutted stock muffler stock 52.5 pilot and stock 145 main jet and a 2/3 spacer made out of 3 washers fron Lancer's jet kit. I had the other pilot and main jets in the bike, but it was running WAAAY rich, so I put the stock stuff back in. Idle mix screw is at 2 1/4 turns out, which is her sweet spot after lots of playing with it. Roll on from 40-70 in top gear is 9-10 seconds, verified several times. For almost stock, this performance is great. Others had to do alot more to it to get there. It even has the stock air filter in it.

Don't misunderstand me - I am not saying your Savage won't do 95 mph. I AM saying I do not especially trust speedometers, on any bike or on any car, unless I have checked them against something else. That something might be a GPS, or a stopwatch and the mile posts on the highway. My KLR 650 speedometer was about 10% fast, so when it said 90 mph it was more like 80 - 81 on a GPS. I have checked the speedo on my S40 against a GPS up to about 70 mph, and it is quite close. But I haven't had the S40 over about 80 - 82 mph, and it was about topped out. The magazine test I have read on the Savage claimed 85 mph against a radar gun. Mechanical speedometers are also notorious for being nonlinear, that is, their error is not always consistent at different speeds. Most speedometers read high, so you think you are going faster than you are. I believe this is a manufacturer's ploy to make you think the performance is better than it is, as well as a method of keeping actual speeds lower to avoid tickets. Of course, you have no reason to trust the speedometer on your buddy's bike any more than the one on your own.

I don't think I want to go 100mph on anything. But I have no doubt that my stock '95 will do it. I've tested my speed againt those electronic radar speed signs at several speeds from 50 to 85 and have been just about dead on every time. Maybe 1-2mph optimistic at an indicated 85. Running a pretty well worn 140/90/15 D491 rear and 110/90/19 front. Anywhoo. At 85mph I'm a bit past 1/2 throttle but not quite to 2/3. Will definately hit 100 but i just about soiled myself at 85. I personally just cant handle it. Then again even the highways here are pretty bumpy and Ive got stock suspesion so it surged quite a lot.