Art Webb wrote on 07/02/15 at 20:13:37:an 800CC single cruiser?
No thanks, 650 is pretty much the limit for one jug, IMO
You might be right, Art. If you just bored/stroked the existing engine to 800cc, if you even could, yes for sure it would be a rough, hot running, short-lived mill. But I don't know, if the ratio of piston weight to counterbalancer, the crank, starter motor, valves, carb and everything else went up in proportional size it should work like the 650. Whether the increase in performance would be worth the high cost of making new casting and milling tools is hard to say. But it's a new era now, with digital design and mfg robotics... not as hard as it was in the '80s when the existing Savage tooling was made.
I am way tall for Savages -- 6'3". If I could have one a foot longer, a couple inches taller at the seat, with more spread out ergonomics and more horses, and an exhaust note about a half octave lower, I would love it. I would pay extra for it.