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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Oil Reply #15 - 11/17/14 at 18:55:20 My bike does indeed get 70+ mpg. It still runs the stock jets though. 20 degrees really wasn't that bad except my hands were frozen. I need to get some better gloves. The rest of me was as warm as could be.
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twelveport Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 71	Re: Oil Reply #16 - 11/17/14 at 19:58:44 So how does it get that good MPG? Mine was just tuned at the dealer. 45MPG best I ever got.
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Reply #17 - 11/18/14 at 00:03:21

I don't have an S40 or Savage, but do have a comment on oil viscosity. I road a 2005 Kawasaki KLR650 for about 15,000 miles before trading it in on another bike. I had been running a 10W-40 motor oil, and had no problems. I switched to a 15W-40 oil made for diesel engines, as I wporked at a large truvk shop, and we used this Delo 400 15W-40 oil in the big rigs. In my KLR, when I would fire the bike off cold, it would go into a nasty knocking noise, which I could not put up with. I switched back to the 10W-40 oil, and the knock went away, never to return. One wouldn't think the difference between a 10W-40, and a 15W-40 oil would be noticeable, but in that bike it was. Cooler weather made it worse, and I rode year round in the Seattle/Tacoma area of Washington State.

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Reply #18 - 11/18/14 at 09:56:22

twelveport, I don't know where you're located so I don't know how your climate compares to mine, but I JUST changed my oil yesterday, 20-50 would work here mainly during the summertime. Here it doesn't get much colder than freezing except on few occasions.

I had 10-40 yamalube in it because the parts guy said it was better than Suzuki oil (btw on the 2014 model I don't have "10-40" stamped into the oil fill cap, take that for what you will) and I switched to the Shell Rotella T Triple protection that everyone on here recommends, 15w-40. Just that little swap and the engine sounded SOOO much "smoother". I highly recommend considering that for your next oil swap. this was my 2nd change on the bike and it only has 1350 miles so I'm sure thats a factor as well.

Shell Rotella T Triple protection is cheap too! $14 a gallon at Wally World.

Just some food for thought.

And on the note of riding in the cold, it was 35 deg. today and I rode 15 miles down the freeway at 75mph...It was nice, so long as I kept my helmet visor shut. Otherwise my eyes would freeze up. Shocked

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Reply #19 - 11/18/14 at 10:06:50

When that happened with my KLR, I was still living near Tacoma, Washington. I don't have that bike any more. Actually am thinking about a used 2009 S40 up for sale in Hilo, Hawaii. It's only got about 2000 miles. I joined this forum years ago, as I have always liked the Savage/S40's. I've owned a lot of thumpers over 53 plus years of riding, but they were all dual sports.

We have a couple of scooters here, and I can run 20W-50 in them with no problems due to the always warm temperatures here.

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Reply #20 - 11/18/14 at 11:44:22

jjn wrote on 11/18/14 at 10:06:50:

When that happened with my KLR, I was still living near Tacoma, Washington. I don't have that bike any more. Actually am thinking about a used 2009 S40 up for sale in Hilo, Hawaii. It's only got about 2000 miles. I joined this forum years ago, as I have always liked the Savage/S40's. I've owned a lot of thumpers over 53 plus years of riding, but they were all dual sports.

We have a couple of scooters here, and I can run 20W-50 in them with no problems due to the always warm temperatures here.

Never been to Hawaii, I'm sure it must be nice.

The Savage/S40 is an excellent motorcycle if you just want to do lower speed cruising. A load of fun, very light and nimble, but still has a little bit of umph to get up and move if need be. I take mine up to 80-85ish sometimes, but would not recommend continuous riding at those speeds. 65 is it's happiest "fast" speed, in my opinion.

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jjn Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 61 Keaau, Hi. USA Gender:	Re: Oil Reply #21 - 11/18/14 at 12:52:42 We have no freeways on the big island of Hawaii. The main highways are posted 55mph. Much of my riding is from my house into Hilo and back. That's about a 25 mile round trip, maybe 80% on the highway. The S40 would do just fine here.
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Reply #22 - 11/18/14 at 14:42:15

My bike is a LS650 Savage, 2003. I like it since I added handlebar weights to dampen some of the vibrations of a thumper. But I'm now 64 years old and starting to think that "grampa needs a softer ride." LOL Been looking at the new Indians, but still have a lot of money to feed my classic 1954 GMC Custom, so I'm going to have to settle for a Road King. Nice bike and a lot softer ride, especially if I can find available grandma to ride with. LOL Tongue

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Reply #23 - 11/19/14 at 19:52:50

twelveport wrote on 11/17/14 at 19:58:44:

tuned at the dealer.

There's your problem! Grin

I still run the stock jets so it runs pretty lean. Lean = good mileage. I probably average 40-50 mph on most of the roads around here. Rarely does the bike ever see over 55-60 mph. It just doesn't feel happy above those speeds. It's a cruiser not a race bike. I use it as such.

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