1--Air your tires up. The pressure on the sticker on the bike is the
minimum acceptable cold pressure, and 3 or 4 psi above that might feel better.
2--Consider a fork brace, either from
Tkat $92 delivered, or from SuperBrace. I like the result.
3--Consider better tires. I like the Pirelli MT66 Route tires I just got from Jim. I like them at 33 & 36 psi.
4--Set the rear shock for your actual loaded weight. Just me (200# without riding gear) and no cargo works well at the #3 setting. You might do best on the #4 setting...next to the highest.
I just trucked my Savage to Greenwater on Highway 410 and did a couple of rides up to Chinook Pass. Great ride, great scenery, struck out on the weather this time...40's, heavy rain, patches of dense fog, still some tired old snow on the hill sides. A glimpse through the clouds showed some spectacular mountains, but Mt. Rainier wasn't out that day. Mt. Rainier, 14,411 feet, is an active volcano 54 miles from Seattle. Rainier rises 13,000 feet from its base. It has 26 glaciers. I ski near there...on a very clear day we can see six volcanoes from the top of the ski lift.
(not my pics, Rainier, some peak next to Rainier, and Rainier beyond Tipsoo Lake)
There are lots of postings about re-jetting. Do adjust the idle mixture screw, replace the needle jet spacer with three 3mm washers (from Henery's), and install a 150 main jet (available from any Suzuki dealership, $4)--it is a standard Mikuni main jet, 8mm O.D., 9mm long.
Do stop into Jim's shop some afternoon and contribute your share of BS with the guys around the coffee pot. There are a couple of Savage riders there including Phelonius...who's presently recuperating from trying to use his Yamaha as a bambi suppository. Bambi and the Yamaha are DOA. Watch out for elk on both 101 and 410. Look for my black Savage around town or at Jim's.