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Winter maintenance
02/17/16 at 07:39:35
 
Hi folks!
I started the winter maintenance, as usual in late.
Removing the right cover, I noticed something wrong:
the cover seems to be golden and the paint is peeling off inside.
What could have happened?




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Re: Winter maintenance
Reply #1 - 02/17/16 at 11:54:53
 
may not be peeling, most of the casting are rough on the inside.
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Reply #2 - 02/18/16 at 07:43:25
 
Ah ok, I thought it was worn out, because the inside isn't all rough but only in some places.

Anyway, I'm close to send you two cam chain adjusters.
(even if I told you the same thing two or three month ago  Grin )
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Re: Winter maintenance
Reply #3 - 02/18/16 at 08:50:08
 
Violent_Rage wrote on 02/18/16 at 07:43:25:
Ah ok, I thought it was worn out, because the inside isn't all rough but only in some places.

Anyway, I'm close to send you two cam chain adjusters.
(even if I told you the same thing two or three month ago  Grin )

Just so you know... I'm close to having plungers ready for you, even if I told you that several months ago.   Wink
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Reply #4 - 02/20/16 at 07:22:39
 
Great looking bike. Love that blacked out look.  One of the best looking S40's I've seen.  Rambler
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Reply #5 - 02/21/16 at 05:34:51
 
+1 on a sharp looking bike.
Looks like the stock rear fender.  What seat did you go with?  You got it to fit in there with a great "organic" look.  Did the seat make it so you couldn't use the stock air box cover?
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Reply #6 - 02/22/16 at 00:01:43
 
Wow, Thank you all!  Cheesy
Yes, it's the stock rear fender, it was only slightly shortened.
The seat is stock too, I have replaced the padding, the air box cover has been replaced by a small aluminum plate, handmade and also quite ugly  Grin
I should make it better...
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Reply #7 - 03/01/16 at 00:48:23
 
I finally opened the second engine after inserting it in a frame just bought in Germany.
Luckily I still have not sent the first chain tensioner, this other definitely needs to be repaired.


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Reply #8 - 03/01/16 at 03:27:31
 
So we can use it as a reference........what is the mileage on the two engines?

This helps us to understand when the tensioner should be checked.  Currently the thought is that they last anywhere from 10,000 miles (16,100 KM) to a high of 20,000 miles (32,200 KM) for those who ride on long trips regularly.
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Reply #9 - 03/03/16 at 00:51:30
 
I'm not sure of the first engine mileage, that it's the engine of my bike.
Unfortunately she does not have the odometer...  Grin
I replaced the chain and the tensioner about 10 years ago, then the bike has not been used for a long time, and I started using her again in 2013.
I can estimate from 5000km (3100 miles) to 7500km (4650 miles).

The second one, that it's the one with the worse chain tensioner , has traveled about 12200 miles (exactly 19613 km).
If we consider that this engine has run regularly in Tuscany, near Florence, Siena and Arezzo, not on the highway, but on the narrow streets of hilltop villages, we are in the range indicated by Dave.

I'm now waiting for an answer from verslagen, I have to send him the chain tensioners, but I don't know where!  Grin
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Reply #10 - 03/05/16 at 03:57:29
 
Do you know an online store which sells gaskets for the Savage?
Is there a brand better than others?
I would be tempted to buy from ronayers, what do you think about?
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Reply #11 - 03/06/16 at 08:24:03
 
Ron is a good guy to buy from.
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Reply #12 - 03/24/16 at 02:56:23
 
Does anybody know what is this?





It seems to be a switch, but a switch of what?!
It there isn't on my other carburator.
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Re: Winter maintenance
Reply #13 - 03/24/16 at 03:20:22
 
We have discussed that switch before, and nobody has ever been able to provide written documentation of what it does.  The belief is that since the switch only activates at wide open throttle - that it retards the timing when the engine is operating at full power.  (It is also possible that the engine monitors rpm and it could only retard the timing at lower rpm/full throttle).

Since we don't know if your ignition module requires this switch for proper operation.....it is best that you keep it intact and operational until somebody finds out what Suzuki uses this switch for.
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Reply #14 - 03/24/16 at 12:18:09
 
What years had these switches?
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