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Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it.
09/12/13 at 17:20:53

Yesterday was the first time I've ridden my Savage in the rain. Really teeming rain. I don't like it, and it seems the Suzy doesn't either. About 5 min into the ride it started running rough, stalling at lights. At wider than 1/2 throttle opening it was ok. I'm kinda surprised, and thought it would be untroubled by rain. Today the sun's back out and the bike runs as good as gold. Isolated incident or is it a Savage thing?

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Reply #1 - 09/12/13 at 17:58:47

I don't have a rear fender or an air box and I've riden in the raid before. My bike sucks up a lot of water but it won't do any harm. If anything it gives it a nice little internal cleaning. Also when I had the stock carb on the bike I'd have to give it a quick cleaning but if your bikes running fine after it dried out I would say you are golden.

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PhantomII Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 96 Tampa, FL Gender:	Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it. Reply #2 - 09/12/13 at 18:33:09 I live in Tampa the Lightning Capital of the world and during the summer you can set your watch to the afternoon thunderstorms we have. I ride in the rain almost everyday and my bike has never cutout. I would look for a leak in the airbox or water getting around the ignition or spark plug.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it. Reply #3 - 09/13/13 at 00:33:09 I bit of water was likely getting into your airbox ... I got caught in a torrential downpour on my Shadow Spirit (dual carb model) last Sunday and was pleasantly surprized at how well she handled the adverse conditions ... but then again I was only on the road a 1/2 hr. or so ...
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Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it.
Reply #4 - 09/13/13 at 02:02:20

Start sealing up the wiring connections. The decompression relay is neither water tight, or in a good location. Combination of salty air (from 2/98-7/99), southern humidity (from 7/99-10/01) and Pacific Northwest dampness (from 10/01 until it rotted away by 2007) destroyed the relay guts, amongst other electrical parts. Bike was retired for a full overhaul of aesthetics and electrical harness/switches in 2010. Is still in pieces. It ate 3 batteries in under a year.

It will get its final prognosis next week. Odds are, it is a parts roach... I don't mind riding in the rain. But I'd rather have a Vulcan or a Shadow for inclement weather, they are much more water resistant.

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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it. Reply #5 - 09/13/13 at 04:21:03 Gizzo do you have a stock air filter setup or is it modified/custom?
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it. Reply #6 - 09/13/13 at 17:25:13 Stock airbox and filter on mine. I just took the filter out for a look this morning, doesn't look like any water has been in there. I might get some silicone spray to give the wiring joiners a going over.
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MileHiRider Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 51 Denver, Colorado Gender:	Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it. Reply #7 - 09/15/13 at 09:58:34 I was out riding my stock Savage yesterday and got caught in rain, I was prepared for it and stopped to put on my rain gear. The bike ran fine, I think your problem has to do with your bike. I wish I could tell you what to check but I've never had a problem with rain, other than getting wet!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28666 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it. Reply #8 - 09/15/13 at 10:24:19 My short rear fender gives me a skunk stripe,.. but that's okay, 'cause it just makes my back match my front anyway... ...
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Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it.
Reply #9 - 11/11/13 at 21:11:02

gizzo wrote on 09/12/13 at 17:20:53:

Yesterday was the first time I've ridden my Savage in the rain. Really teeming rain. I don't like it, and it seems the Suzy doesn't either. About 5 min into the ride it started running rough, stalling at lights. At wider than 1/2 throttle opening it was ok. I'm kinda surprised, and thought it would be untroubled by rain. Today the sun's back out and the bike runs as good as gold. Isolated incident or is it a Savage thing?

giz,

If the problem is electrical in nature, you may be able to chase it down thusly:

Grab you a spray bottle and fill it with water. Get the bike running. Carefully spray water on various suspicious electrical components.

If the engine stumbles or quits, you've found your huckleberry.....

IHTH!

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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it. Reply #10 - 11/14/13 at 14:45:10 cheers man. it hasn't rained here for a couple months and id forgotten this problem needs attention.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it. Reply #11 - 11/15/13 at 05:25:55 I had mine so wet that when I stopped at a lite & put a foot down I could feel every spark of the plug, but it never died..
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Re: Riding in the rain, Suzy don't like it.
Reply #12 - 11/15/13 at 10:40:26

I heard a lot about this...but my little Savy until "showed teeth" ...

somebody says you need to check the condition of the spark plug cap, and someone says something that is out of order ignition coil.... I have encountered so far only with the problem of "wet-air filter"... check its status/replace on new...and check the condition of the spark plugs and wires....

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