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power loss after highway cruise
05/29/13 at 01:16:00

If anyone can help I'd appreciate it. So I was riding on the freeway the other day and I had to pass a car to switch lanes so I gave it more throttle to pass picking the speed up to around 85. I held it there for about 20-30 seconds and then passed the car and went back down to 70. When I exited the freeway and got to the stop light it felt like my engine was dying. I know it wasn't out of gas cuz I literally filled it up right before I got on the freeway. Anyway the light turned green and then I had to give the bike about twice as much throttle as normal in order for it to accelerate. It just felt really dead and unresponsive. As if the engine went from a 650 to a 250. I got home and shut it off and that night about 5 hrs later I took it for a test ride. It was hard starting at first and it seemed a little weak in power but after 5 mins it seemed back to normal. Now it runs fine but I hear something like a faint buzzing noise coming from the left side of the engine. Can anyone make sense of what happened? Thanks.

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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: power loss after highway cruise Reply #1 - 05/29/13 at 02:11:18 Check your oil level in the sump 85mph on the Savage is more than light speed... more like "ludicrous speed". 30 seconds at WOT at full revs WILL be taxing on an air cooled single...
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Re: power loss after highway cruise
Reply #2 - 05/29/13 at 07:10:26

Really... 85? Grin

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usually, that's outtadoor speed. but I do manage it in the morning ocassionally. Grin

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will hurt your bike? don't think so. But you probably have some jetsome, or flotsome swimming around in your carb that got aggitated and sucked up into a jet. I'd drop the bowl and remove the slide, spray some carb cleaner, dislodge the dead cats, blow out the air filter and drain the airbox.

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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: power loss after highway cruise Reply #3 - 05/29/13 at 08:10:48 So... let's see if I got this right.. 1. Drop the bowl... 2. Remove the slide... 3. Spray the cleaner... 4. Dislodge the dead cats 5. Blow the air fliter 6. Drain the airbox Whew ! Did I get this right ?
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Dodgeman YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 44 Wallaceburg Ontario, Canada	Re: power loss after highway cruise Reply #4 - 05/29/13 at 08:32:13 Do you still have a stock petcock on that bike? Some people have had problems with the diaphram going bad, and causing the bike to act wierd!!
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Arnold Serious Thumper Offline The dude abides... Posts: 896 Westchester, NY Gender:	Re: power loss after highway cruise Reply #5 - 05/29/13 at 08:45:28 When you gave it more throttle, did it go up in rpm though?
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Re: power loss after highway cruise
Reply #6 - 05/29/13 at 11:52:01

mpescatori wrote on 05/29/13 at 02:11:18:

Check your oil level in the sump Lips Sealed

85mph on the Savage is more than light speed... more like "ludicrous speed".

30 seconds at WOT at full revs WILL be taxing on an air cooled single... Undecided

Wait, what?? I commute daily on the freeway and periodically am at this speed for 2-15 minutes. Is that damaging my engine? Shocked

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: power loss after highway cruise Reply #7 - 05/29/13 at 11:59:02 IMHO, any time an engine is pressed beyond about 80% of its max its causing wear at a higher rate. Short bursts are no big deal, but extended operation at higher than 80% of max is just hurtful. That the crank & rod are on rollers is a good thing I think,
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nateordie YaBB Newbies Offline impossible is nothing Posts: 37 Gender:	Re: power loss after highway cruise Reply #8 - 05/29/13 at 12:13:30 Dodgeman wrote on 05/29/13 at 08:32:13: Do you still have a stock petcock on that bike? Some people have had problems with the diaphram going bad, and causing the bike to act wierd!! Dodgeman: yes I still have stock petcock
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nateordie YaBB Newbies Offline impossible is nothing Posts: 37 Gender:	Re: power loss after highway cruise Reply #9 - 05/29/13 at 12:14:31 Arnold wrote on 05/29/13 at 08:45:28: When you gave it more throttle, did it go up in rpm though? Yes it did go higher rpms. It felt like I had to give it gas to keep it alive.
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