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tranny question....
04/26/12 at 07:25:24

ok here it is im about to buy a 87 savage for a ryca build but i know those only have the 4 speed transmission. heres where my question comes in, how hard is it to make a 5 speed tranny work? how much does this swap usually cost? and is buying this bike (http://norfolk.craigslist.org/mcy/2974796522.html) worth it being that it is just a 4 speed? plz help me out this is supposed to be my belated birthday present to myself lol. thanks guys and gals

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: tranny question.... Reply #1 - 04/26/12 at 07:52:08 Anything's possible... but, it's way more trouble than it's worth... If you really want a 5spd, just find another bike... ....at 17k,.. this bike needs a camchain check and modded adjuster. Good price though.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6056 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: tranny question.... Reply #2 - 04/26/12 at 07:54:27 final ratio on both are nearly the same i look for a 6th gear sometimes on my 5 speed
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: tranny question.... Reply #3 - 04/26/12 at 08:22:33 not really possible, you'd have to split the cases to get a new tranny in and there's differences in the cases so they just can't be swapped out.
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greenmonster Senior Member Offline Hellooooo Nurse! Posts: 420 Vancouver BC Gender:	Re: tranny question.... Reply #4 - 04/26/12 at 08:51:14 Doing a tran swap is easy. Doing it without swapping the rest of the engine is really, really difficult.
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beatup86 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: tranny question.... Reply #5 - 04/26/12 at 09:13:42 so basically what everyone is saying is its worthless. lol darn me. or do you guys think its an ok buy just to ride around town and to and from work? in otherwords no highway time?
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greenmonster Senior Member Offline Hellooooo Nurse! Posts: 420 Vancouver BC Gender:	Re: tranny question.... Reply #6 - 04/26/12 at 09:18:38 I used to have a 4 speed in Nessy. She ran with the same top speed as she does now with the 5. So I wouldn't worry about the hwy. The biggest difference is that the gears are a lot longer.
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: tranny question.... Reply #7 - 04/26/12 at 09:20:14 I don't think it's worthless at all!!! I think everyone is saying that trying to swap to a 5 speed would be worthless. A bike like that (& running for a price like that) are hard to find. I think it would definitely be worth a look in person to make up my mind.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: tranny question.... Reply #8 - 04/26/12 at 09:27:55 If you can find an affordable 5 speed,, get after it, but a 4 speed works fine, just gotta play with the decompression gizmo or be ready to use the trans & front brake when shutting it off to protect the starter gears from the engine bouncing the piston off of the compression & spinning backwards, bustin teeth,,
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beatup86 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: tranny question.... Reply #9 - 04/26/12 at 09:28:26 see i thought the same thing. ive just never owned my own motorcycle before, so i dont really know the differences between 4 speed and 5 speed. i mean obviously most likely top gear and highway cruising speed, but i dont wanna use it on the highway lol. so here is another question. what do u think about 4 speed with the ryca kit?
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Reply #10 - 04/26/12 at 09:30:39

beatup86 wrote on 04/26/12 at 09:13:42:

so basically what everyone is saying is its worthless. lol darn me. or do you guys think its an ok buy just to ride around town and to and from work? in otherwords no highway time?

'87 for $650, not a bad price.
the 4spd will have the same top speed as a 5spd.
It's just not worth it to upgrade a 4spd to a 5spd one piece at a time.

just be aware that it's probably in need of a cam chain.

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Reply #11 - 04/26/12 at 09:36:08

beatup86 wrote on 04/26/12 at 09:28:26:

see i thought the same thing. ive just never owned my own motorcycle before, so i dont really know the differences between 4 speed and 5 speed. i mean obviously most likely top gear and highway cruising speed, but i dont wanna use it on the highway lol. so here is another question. what do u think about 4 speed with the ryca kit?

Perfect fit,,

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beatup86 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: tranny question.... Reply #12 - 04/26/12 at 10:10:02 well i dont mind needing to replace things. i got 4 cars to drive till its road ready. now the hard sell is to the wife lol. wish me luck lol
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: tranny question.... Reply #13 - 04/26/12 at 10:14:18 ok here it is im about to ask permission from my wife to buy a 87 savage There, fixed it for you..
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prechermike Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Kalashna Kitty, from Skat Posts: 1190 Ponzer, NC Gender:	Re: tranny question.... Reply #14 - 04/26/12 at 17:47:46 my wife said it was Ok for YOU to buy a bike
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