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S40 engine swap
04/07/15 at 16:04:41

has anyone ever put an engine from another motorcycle onto a savage? i am interested in doing the cafe kit from ryca but i am a bit skeptical about the performance capabilities of the s40.
has anyone ever looked into doing this? what kind of difficulties may arise or what kind on mods may have to be done to the newer engine or the frame to make it work. any feedback will be helpful.

thx.

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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #1 - 04/07/15 at 16:36:06 with a stronger engine you need stronger brakes, stronger suspension, and a stronger frame, all of which you can get, more easily and less expensively, by starting with a faster bike You can do anything, anything at all, with enough money and skill, the question is, is it worth it?
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18096 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #2 - 04/07/15 at 18:27:21 I have a Cafe with a modified Savage upgrade (piston, cam, carb, some head work). It will make it to 100 mph if I ask it nicely. The Savage frame and handling really wouldn't be able to handle much of an increase in horsepower. It is fun bike....but doesn't handle like a sport bike.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28642 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #3 - 04/07/15 at 18:52:18 Put a Hemi in it... ...
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5835 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #4 - 04/08/15 at 09:17:07 I like the idea of a GS500 twin in a Savage Frame . Vertically I'm sure there is room and the crank case's are about the same size ??? But I don't have a GS500 engine --- yet . Ride of a Savage and power curve of a 500 twin !
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28642 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #5 - 04/08/15 at 09:20:24 Yer' givin' Versy crazy ideas... ... PS... don't be wasteful,... put the leftover Savage motor in a Electra Glide... ...
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #6 - 04/08/15 at 10:21:13 MMRanch wrote on 04/08/15 at 09:17:07: I like the idea of a GS500 twin in a Savage Frame . Vertically I'm sure there is room and the crank case's are about the same size ??? But I don't have a GS500 engine --- yet . Ride of a Savage and power curve of a 500 twin ! Kawasaki already makes one of those, it's called the Vulcan 500
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Re: S40 engine swap
Reply #7 - 04/08/15 at 11:04:49

Art Webb wrote on 04/07/15 at 16:36:06:

with a stronger engine you need stronger brakes, stronger suspension, and a stronger frame, all of which you can get, more easily and less expensively, by starting with a faster bike
You can do anything, anything at all, with enough money and skill, the question is, is it worth it?

I have your brake upgrade =)

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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #8 - 04/08/15 at 12:07:28 why yes, Shawn, yes you do Are you connected to Ryca, or just a fan? (asked due to username, o course)
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Re: S40 engine swap
Reply #9 - 04/08/15 at 14:37:56

I'm sure you could shove all sorts of engines into the ryca. Wouldn't be any worse framewise than those old over powered under framed UJMs from the 70s and the brakes,while not amazing, get the job done. I kinda like the giant single tho....
A brit twin would look nice in there but no real performance gain,just pain.
How about a modern Bonneville engine? That will get you noticed.

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gerald.hughes Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline FSO Posts: 1100 Tucson, Az Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #10 - 04/08/15 at 17:27:17 I was thinking that you could find a crashed out Hayabusa cheap and swap out the engines.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5835 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #11 - 04/08/15 at 22:00:17 Hay Versey !!! Here is a motor for your Savage Frame ... http://www.autobidmaster.com/carfinder-online-auto-auctions/lot/36229904/COPA... What do ya think ?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #12 - 04/08/15 at 22:41:10 too many cams... cylinders... yada yada yada.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #13 - 04/09/15 at 03:46:33 I like the "yada yada yada " idea.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: S40 engine swap Reply #14 - 04/09/15 at 05:27:15 Was yada yada yada his definition of what he expected the exhaust to sound like?
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