Routy wrote on 06/05/13 at 04:09:36:IMO, if you think you have to do 80 mph for more than a few minutes, you need a bike w/ more cu inches.At 80 mph, even flat ground and no headwind, there is very little manifold vacuum, which in my experience is a meltdown waiting to happen.
I don't agree with the "more cu.inches" opinion.
Here in Europe, way back in the '70s and '80s you would see Guzzi V35s, Morini 350s and BMW R45s cruising at 120-130Km/h easy peasy (that's 75/80mph) and they had the very same 32-34 HP the Savage has.
So where's the difference? The difference lies in the fact teh Savage was NOT engineered to be a high speed slabside cruiser.
If "rfbznb" needs to cruise at 80mph for 30 minutes each way, he doesn't need a "bigger" bike, he simply needs a "highway speedster".
Honda CB500 or Suzuki SV650, just to name two.
Or a Guzzi V7, that'll cruide all day at 80mph and wink when you get there !!!