Has anyone ever seen or heard of an external oil tank conversion for the ls650 engine?? Is such a thing even possible to get the oil to circulate properly through the motor and the back to the external tank with the oil circulation designed the way that it is?

I found this :

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1247791900/3

We-e-ell...  

picking up from SimeonC's opening post, a long-range rider could come up with an interesting solution:
"a 2-4 pint oil tank, with a see-through window and pint-markings, allowing for 1 pint (or even half-pint) top-ups during long hauls; simply allow the bike to rest, sit her up, read the oil level and twist tap to top up"

How 'bout that ?

Aye, but the pressure would be "1 bar" meaning ambient pressure.

No more a possibility to leak than the fuel line...

And, I forgot to say, where to plug it in... One possibility would be a tapped and threaded oil filler plug...

I agree, but imagine having ... not a "fake oil tank" as a toolbox or to catch all the electricals,
but a "real oil tank" to hold the oil ...

Not that there are that many Ironbutt riders on this particular Forum, but having a spare 2 qts. of oil sitting under the seat means you could actually just "drain, refill and go!" by the mere loosening of a 14mm socket !

SimeonC wrote on 01/15/14 at 21:45:29:


Oh, I understand alright.

Try a 500 mile ride (250+250) on a 1hp, 50cc moped that'll do 25mph, 30 downhill...

Try a 600 mile ride (oneway) on a cold winter's night in puring rain, with a 6V electrical system and a 35W headlight, and nothing more.

Try a "mere" 120 mile ride in below freezing temperature with only a wind jacket and jeans because they were one full day behind schedule and had lied about having the bike ready...
I showed up and it wasn't   ...so I had to ride her home after closing hours because I couldn't afford to spend the night in a local motel...

There are many ways to mean "biker":

- buy a bike that's 3 years' salary to you, polish her up and ride her to the local biker bar, and that's the fartherst she'll ever go...  but you have all the patches because they were mail orders.

- buy a bike that's a wreck to restore, spend all you've got and finally have her rolling and ready, only to realize she really isn't what you intended - but you spent all you had so it's ride or die (=sell)

- buy a bike that's only a few month's salary, ugly as a bat and reliable as an iron hammer and bore the h3ll out of your friendly mechanic and pay him to teach you how to do emergency repairs by the streetside,
and send him a "thank you!" postcard from that far away place he wished you luck for - and you made it !  

Personally, my Savage is reasonably stock standard, save for a K&N air filter, a rejetted carb and a Sportster slip-on muffler.
My idea of highway bars are to protect the knees and ankles in case of a fall, not to stretch my feet and legs into gynecological positions...
I replaced the narrow 24" drag bars with 32" drag bars for comfort, yet waived the miniapes, however nice some people think they look, because they do not allow the kind of control I require.
I ride in the rain. I have rain gear and an armored jacket and a FF helmet. The bike gets wet ? So what, it'll dry out eventually.  

Now yall have completely gotten off of the point im not belittling anyone okay I don't kno if you all have noticed yet but there is no room for us to belittle anyone we don't exactly ride the biggest or baddest bike but yall have completely missed the point, a biker is not what your opinion of one is you wasted your time writing all of that to a scenario that relates nothing to me and I wear no patches or colors... A biker is someone who loves there bike and would rather be riding than doing most anything else... That's a biker!!! If you have a slip on exhaust because that what you can afford theres nothing wrong with that I had one for the longest, but if someone gave you the choice for a custom exhaust or a slip on at the same price you would choose to get the custom job every time I don't care what you say 9 out of 10 would choose the custom job and your lying if you say you wouldn't... a biker always wants his bike to be personal to him, something that appeals to his interest, that's what I meant by a biker as opposed to someone who buys an overly priced bike and take it out on weekends then have the nerve to talk down to sumn... that's what I meant do not misunderstand my motives, and if you do then it really doesn't matter because its my bike and im building it my way..