badwolf wrote on 01/29/16 at 23:09:01:If you think you can spend 5 minutes with a dremel tool and throw in a new piston and get a ton of extra HP, and someone will build you a custom pulley for $30, then you will run 85mph all day it' time to PUT THE X BOX DOWN AND COME BACK TO REALITY!
Get the bike FIRST, and RIDE IT in the REAL world. Do you live somewhere there is no speed limit or other traffic? If you think you can and should ride real fast all the time, get a bike that's made to do so. You WILL be disappointed with a Savage quickly then start posting what a hunk of junk it is.
I'm not picking on you, just trying to give you some frank advise.
And add to Versy's list A TON OF LABOR! Ether all yours, or double his total to pay someone else.
Exhaust port mod is only a few hours. I'd love to do, and familiar with the job.
The S40 is only a hair under what I need; and with mods can do what I want.
If you read my posts, you'll know I currently do it with a Rebel 250. It has 16BHP and 12LBFT of torque.
And it goes 85MPH on a good moment in time, 75MPH on a bad...
The Torque and HP specs show that the S40 is more than capable to ride at those speeds.
It's just the vibration that a lot of people mention, at higher speeds, that I want to do something about; which a 25t pulley does move those vibrations to a higher speed range, mostly outside of what I need.
I don't care if I don't have a lot of surpassing power.
I have absolutely none on the Rebel 250 at 80MPH.
I'm sure I have some on the S40.
And some is what I need.
If it can do 90MPH, I'm satisfied.
I'd never go beyond 90MPH.
And I never keep 90MPH either.
I doubt I will be disappointed, unless the vibrations are out of this world.
Then, AFTER buying it, I might look into a rear pulley modification, to decrease the revs even further.
33BHP is good enough to go 90MPH. With some tuning, I can see the S40 doing 95MPH with ease.
But for the low budget I have... 90MPH is good enough..
Btw, the exhaust doesn't need changing, unless you want to lower weight. It's pretty freeflow if you ask me.
If not, I'll drill out the back end.