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new savage owner
10/11/13 at 11:11:38

hello!

Have just bought me a suzuki savage 1993 I'm an american classic car guy but thought testing on motorcycle life for a while. The choice on the savage was pretty easy!, It is a good looking bike, I like the retro look of the engine, I love one-lung engine and the price of the bikes are good. Will certainly have a lot of questions but what I'm wondering now is:

How long will the drive belt last?
was there not sold any savage in the U.S. between 1989-95? when I'm looking parts there never my year but I guess brake pads, oil filters, air filters may be the same for all years?

The idea is to get a custom retro look of the bike, the family wants to ride with occasionally so the passenger seat may remain even if I'm want a bobber seat.

This is a before and after picture, and the taillight ... yeah im a chevy dude ..

sorry if the english sucks, im swedish Cheesy

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: new savage owner Reply #2 - 10/11/13 at 11:17:44 Welcome... is that a 4spd or 5spd?... I like your workshop... great character... Looks like a place I'd like to hang around... ...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: new savage owner Reply #3 - 10/11/13 at 11:37:59 Ohh Yea, Id "hang around",, about as long as it took to load that drill press & compressor! Those are Great! Tell us about them, if you dont mind..Ohh, Address & schedule, got big dogs, burglar alarm,, that kinda stuff,,
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Reply #4 - 10/11/13 at 12:28:16

Serowbot wrote on 10/11/13 at 11:17:44:

Welcome... is that a 4spd or 5spd?...

I like your workshop... great character...
Looks like a place I'd like to hang around... Wink

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yeah its great! my grandpas old workshop. it is a5spd

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/11/13 at 11:37:59:

Ohh Yea, Id "hang around",, about as long as it took to load that drill press & compressor! Those are Great! Tell us about them, if you dont mind..Ohh, Address & schedule, got big dogs, burglar alarm,, that kinda stuff,, Shocked

haha... they are heavy,unmovable and indestructible not like todays machines

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: new savage owner Reply #5 - 10/11/13 at 12:33:57 most likely not a '93 then, unless it came from Canada. here's a thread about the VIN codes http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1240553196
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: new savage owner Reply #6 - 10/11/13 at 12:36:18 I guess that means he wants to keep them,, Now Im confused,, is he being obstinate? Or is he being a pragmatist? Or, are those mutually exclusive? Ohh, Man,, I think my heads gonna bust! Crap,, okay,, keep them then,, dang,,
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: new savage owner Reply #7 - 10/11/13 at 16:24:29 Welcome JH! Cool shop and looks like you are on your way to a cool bike too
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: new savage owner Reply #8 - 10/11/13 at 16:38:14 & all this time I thot the guy was dead,,
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: new savage owner Reply #9 - 10/11/13 at 18:04:11 Missing, but not known as dead.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: new savage owner Reply #10 - 10/11/13 at 18:45:27 ...and now we know the shed in Sweden where he's resting... ... Let's keep it to ourselves though,... right?... ...(no use stirring up old ghosts... and messing up such a cool shed)... ...
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Reply #11 - 10/12/13 at 06:11:39

Hi there and welcome!

Glad to have you on board. The shop does look great. Wish I had such a nice place to work on things.

The belt will last about forever. No kidding, it should go 100,000 miles easy. One thing that belts don't like is gravel. Getting gravel in the belt will shorten its life.

You've got a good bike there and it looks like you're well on the way to making it yours. There's lots of help and ideas out here. Get stuck on something, just ask. Somebody will be able to assist.

Have fun and be safe.

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Reply #12 - 10/12/13 at 10:36:46

Welcome JH! Yup parts will almost always fit, the bike has been the same for a long time. Just has a few quirks and if you read some of the posts in the tech section of the forum you will find out what they are and how to fix them.
Most often fixed are the fuel Petcock (off/on/res switch)removed and replaced with a Yamaha raptor 660 petcock, the carb diaphragm thick washer replace, adj. airscrew (with removal of brass plug first) to get rid of the pop on shutdown and adding something to keep track of your mileage to fill up (most often at 100 miles)because there is not a trip meter or gas gage.

Nice looking bike.

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JimmyHoffa YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 15 sweden	Re: new savage owner Reply #13 - 10/13/13 at 01:25:53 ToesNose: thank you Steve H wrote on 10/12/13 at 06:11:39: Hi there and welcome! Have fun and be safe. thank you, great to hear that the belt will last long old_rider wrote on 10/12/13 at 10:36:46: Welcome JH! Nice looking bike. thank you, I will definitely look up the brass plug and the airscrew
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JimmyHoffa YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 15 sweden	Re: new savage owner Reply #14 - 06/22/14 at 13:33:12 Man i really love this bike! Its so much fun to drive. The power of the engine and the sound
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