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WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40???
08/18/09 at 18:31:52

I live in a very warm humid climate at sea level i tried the white spacer mod it ran to rich in midrange so i went back to stock i turned the adjustment scre for idle 3 turns out and it got rid of my backfiring i do alot of road trips 160 miles one way bout once twice amonth and i commute about 7 miles at freeway speeds 65-70 90% of the time i noticed that at 70 thats about half throttle is that too fast rpm wise still a newbie

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28848 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #1 - 08/18/09 at 18:44:58 Very happy at 50 to 65mph,.... workin' a little at 70, 75mph, may use a bit of oil at that speed... but it will do it, all day if you want it to... Tops out at about 90mph...
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Tonydtiger1971 Senior Member Offline Yet while we were sinners Christ died for us Posts: 493 Dawsonville, GA Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #2 - 08/18/09 at 19:06:10 Serowbot wrote on 08/18/09 at 18:44:58: Very happy at 50 to 65mph,.... workin' a little at 70, 75mph, may use a bit of oil at that speed... but it will do it, all day if you want it to... Tops out at about 90mph... And with a larger person 90 can only be reached going downhill. LOL
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #3 - 08/18/09 at 20:18:15 mine seems to be outta breath around 75 and i'm not a big person @ all...however i do live in humid south fla lol can't wait til the mods are on!
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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #4 - 08/18/09 at 20:58:50 Comfortable cruising between 65 - 70 mph. And can run up to 85mph when passing.
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texsam Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #5 - 08/18/09 at 23:25:11 65- to 70 mph gonna run the engine life down i only weigh bout 165 fully geared up??
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28848 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #6 - 08/18/09 at 23:34:50 Nope,... that's fine... Just check the oil when you stop for gas, to see if it's using any at that pace. After a few checks, you'll know what to expect. Mine will drink a little if I go 75+ for a hour or so... at 70 it uses none. That's just the nature of a big thumper,.. nothing broken, they just do that...
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John_D FSO Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' and smilin' Posts: 1658 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #7 - 08/19/09 at 02:06:14 Mine likes 55-65, although I could probably stand to go up a jet size. It's hit 90 with some throttle left, but at 80 the bars started buzzing like and electric sander, so I figured I was pushing it.
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Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40???
Reply #8 - 08/20/09 at 11:00:54

For my Suzi Savage her sweet spot is 55 to 60 mph. I have seen 80 mph and she had a lot of throttle left. Around 70 mph it seems to get buzzy to me though. They realy did a crap job I think on setting up the 5 speed trans for this bike. Maybe they used one form something else? I think I saw a post of gear ratios and it looked to me like the old 4 speed was geared better.

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6230 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #9 - 08/20/09 at 13:17:37 indicated 62 is the sweet spot 4 me & my 06
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Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40???
Reply #10 - 08/20/09 at 13:39:07

Red line 6500 rpm
Max 30 hp @ 5400 rpm
Max 34 lbs-ft torque @ 3400 rpm

Max speeds per gear:
1st--35 mph
2nd--55
3rd--75
4th--90
5th-100 (maybe downhill?)

In the same gear the engine be making the same number of revolutions per mile. The load on the engine increases at the square of the speed...double the speed quadruples the load.

So, tex, what speed does the bike seem to hum? What speed does it seem to labor? What speed does it seem to begin to lose stability? Those are the important questions.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #11 - 08/20/09 at 13:39:29 I agree it doesn't seem like or sound like it wants to be run above 60 mph
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photojoe FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline I did warn you to brace yourself Posts: 1379 New Jersey Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #12 - 08/20/09 at 14:33:21 Mine purrs at 60. @ 75 mph I feel like I'm on an amusement park ride, but I like it
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wrenchbender Full Member Offline Posts: 189 wild side of the Great Lk Gender:	Re: WHAT IS A GOOD SPEED FOR A 5 SPEED S40??? Reply #13 - 08/20/09 at 15:39:11 Serowbot wrote on 08/18/09 at 18:44:58: And with a larger person 90 can only be reached going downhill. LOL Sooo...I must be XL as it also takes a good tailwind in addition to the hill for me?
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Reply #14 - 08/20/09 at 15:40:07

it seems to purr @ at around 65 and under it doesn't really get buzzy til bout 80 i've taken it to bout 85 with no handling problems i know that when i do 65-70 i am only using half throttle is that good or ba d don't know liked to know at 60 i'm barely using probally less that a 3rd throttle but at 70 it starts to work a little more but is real stable i know it runs a little rich (cause of the climat i'm in don't know for sure but am pretty sure cuz if mess with spacer at all even half or 3 quater spacer it won't run just with the stock spacer) anywayz i guess 65 mph is probally a good speed it still gets 50-55 mpg

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