I recently bought my first savage(2003, 5,700 miles) about 2 weeks ago. I did a dyna slip on exhaust this week, following the install I found in the forums, using the tin can method. I know there is a small exhaust leak at the head, and the bike is burping a little bit when shifting, up and down, and when I cut off the throttle quickly.
Tonight my buddy and I took our bikes on the highway, going speeds of about 60-65. It felt fine, was just feeling the bikes vibration quite a bit in the handlebars. When we pulled off the side of the road, the pipe was flaming out the end pretty bad so I cut the engine. When we looked inside the Dyna it was RED HOT!
Freaked me out a bit. We let it cool down till it wasn't glowing anymore, then took it slow on the way home, about 15 or 20 minutes of going 45. When we got home, there were no flames, but when I cut the engine and looked in again it was still red hot, though not as bad as before.
I have not rejetted the bike, was going to wait until the exhaust leak was fixed, and I'm not sure if the white spacer mod has been done or not. The brass plug over the air/fuel mixture cap was off when I bought it, so I have been trying to tune the carb a little bit with that.
Is this normal? Is this bad? You guys are the experts of this bike! Help! :'(