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Beagle Full Member Offline 1998 Suzuki Savage Posts: 217 Ohio Gender:	Maximum Speed On Savage 08/20/12 at 06:42:37 Anyone know the maximum speed for a Savage? I'm no speed demon but I was just curious. I have no problems keeping up with highway traffic but it would be nice to know how fast I could go....if needed. Zoom, Zoom! (wait...that's for a Mazda)
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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #1 - 08/20/12 at 06:45:42 I have done 95 down hill. I can get 'er up to 85-90 if need be. It's a very fine line and I noticed the more I weighed the more my top speed decreased. I went from 220 to 200. --Steve
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Beagle Full Member Offline 1998 Suzuki Savage Posts: 217 Ohio Gender:	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #2 - 08/20/12 at 06:46:51 Found it myself here: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1341164470 You think that's accurate? I know it depends a lot on weight, any mods done, etc. I'm using all stock stuff too.
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Reply #3 - 08/20/12 at 06:48:31

Paraquat wrote on 08/20/12 at 06:45:42:

I have done 95 down hill.
I can get 'er up to 85-90 if need be. It's a very fine line and I noticed the more I weighed the more my top speed decreased. I went from 220 to 200.

--Steve

Yeah, I weight 200lbs and it depends a lot on the wind too. Amazing how that can affect your speed too!

As long as I can get up to 65-75mph, I'm OK...which I can with no problem. I haven't pushed the limit yet.

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Reply #4 - 08/20/12 at 07:29:30

The weight of the rider isnt such a big deal,,but how much air their body grabs is a huge deal,
Im pretty sure Ive seen 100+ change,once,,almost level road, I-20, had room to air it out, got down & hid as much as I could, left hand in on the fork, feet on the engine, knees in. I think it woulda made the same speed if I had been carrying a 50 pound cast iron weight on the back, but if I had been 4 inches wider,, I doubt it,

Drag goes up exponentially with speed, thats why speed requires cubic money.

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Reply #5 - 08/20/12 at 08:03:31

I've seen 95 mph twice on my savage which is enough for me although I would still like to get to the ton mark just to say it can be done. Stock the bike would max out around 80 mph but that was before I added a wind screen which keeps the air off my chest. Gearing is the limiting factor, you can only spin the big single so fast unless you do some major engine work to it.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17830 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #6 - 08/20/12 at 09:41:33 I think the maximum speed on my bike is 70.....at least so far!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28385 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #7 - 08/20/12 at 10:10:59 Specs say 88mph for stock... from there, it's luck and wind, and prayer... Those charts are gearing maximums... rpm's at different speeds, not related to HP of engine...
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ralfyguy Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 932	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #8 - 08/20/12 at 10:57:22 According to my Mini Tach it redlines at 6,500 rpm and speedo indicates 97mph. I even did that with my 100lbs wife on the back. I weigh 200lbs. But it won't do that every day. For some reason the hotter it is out, the faster it goes. It should be the other way around.
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Reply #9 - 08/20/12 at 11:39:28

ralfyguy wrote on 08/20/12 at 10:57:22:

According to my Mini Tach it redlines at 6,500 rpm and speedo indicates 97mph. I even did that with my 100lbs wife on the back. I weigh 200lbs.
But it won't do that every day. For some reason the hotter it is out, the faster it goes. It should be the other way around.

What kind of tachometer do you have? Where did you get it? Was it easy to install?

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Reply #10 - 08/20/12 at 12:11:47

ralfyguy wrote on 08/20/12 at 10:57:22:

According to my Mini Tach it redlines at 6,500 rpm and speedo indicates 97mph. I even did that with my 100lbs wife on the back. I weigh 200lbs.
But it won't do that every day. For some reason the hotter it is out, the faster it goes. It should be the other way around.

That should mean your high speed jet is a little lean for top speed.

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #11 - 08/20/12 at 13:14:50 88, then you engage the flux capacitor.
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RanDaMan Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 149 Massachusetts Gender:	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #12 - 08/20/12 at 13:23:57 Savage_Rob wrote on 08/20/12 at 13:14:50: 88, then you engage the flux capacitor.
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rfw2003 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1108 Yantis, TX	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #13 - 08/20/12 at 13:27:52 Best I've gotten was 89mph according to GPS, Still had some throttle left but didn't feel like it had the power to go any more, if I would have kept on it, it just might have climbed a tiny bit higher. R.F.
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Maximum Speed On Savage Reply #14 - 08/20/12 at 21:35:25 When mine was new to me it had 7400 miles, stock everything. I got up to around 97, but since then I was told by Serowbot that the speed is optomistic with stock size tires. As the man said about the Piper Cubs when asked how fast they went he said they would fly fast enough to kill you, so that's my final answer.
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