Howdy!
I just bought my first Savage brand new, 0.7 miles on showroom floor. It now has 590mi. I did my first oil change at 520 mi. Did it "correctly", warmed the bike up, took it around the block and parked it, drained the oil, then took out the filter, replaced it, filled it halfway between the lines with the bike sitting upright. Cranked it up for 30 sec., checked the oil again and added just enough to bring it back to middle mark.
At this point, that's all I've done.
Plans I already have for future are:
Harley Dyna muffler swap, THEN carb tuning.
Install sissy bar from Suzuki
1000mi oil change, each following per owner's manual.
My questions now are,
1) As experienced Suzuki owners, what would YOU do next?
2) I've read up on some of the other Mods, which are most
crucial to extending the life of parts on the bike (i.e. will the superbrace make the forks last any longer by having it installed?)
3) has the quality of the rear shocks improved at all in the more recent models? Or is it the same as the first ones made? My wife and I will probably ride 2up very often. combined weight with saddlebags & back rest 300lbs. if that's something that will wear them out sooner than later, what would be a good replacement shock? i'm mainly just concerned about suspension that could comfortably handle 300lbs, and then some just in case we load extra luggage on it. not too worried about raising or lowering the ride height, I really do not want to raise it at all since I'm a short guy.
I've been trying to research as much as I can to not have to ask questions. If these are redundant, I apologize.
I know this is a NEW bike and I probably don't have a lot to worry about, it's just having come from owning a 1986 Yamaha Radian over 30,000 miles that was burning oil every 100 miles and leaking fork oil, I want to try to
extend the life of my new Fox as much as possible.
I think those are my main questions...
Thank you for any help or advice you may give me.