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mister44 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 19 Gender:	Hi all! 03/20/16 at 02:22:04 Hey everyone, new to the forum and just picked up a 2009 Savage. Really stoked to start riding and learning from everyone's knowledge and expertise. Hope to get to know you all soon!
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Rodger Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 256	Re: Hi all! Reply #1 - 03/20/16 at 07:15:35 Welcome, Mr. 44! I joined back in Dec when I bought a new S40. The Savage/S40 has been around for 30 years with few changes, so the "old timers" here have pretty much seen & done it all. TONS of good info, especially if, like me, you plan to do most or all of your own maintenance/repair work.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10663 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Hi all! Reply #2 - 03/20/16 at 10:34:05 HOWDY HOWDY 44 & Rodger !
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justin_o_guy2

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Reply #3 - 03/20/16 at 13:49:49

Rodger wrote on 03/20/16 at 07:15:35:

Welcome, Mr. 44!

I joined back in Dec when I bought a new S40. The Savage/S40 has been around for 30 years with few changes, so the "old timers" here have pretty much seen & done it all. TONS of good info, especially if, like me, you plan to do most or all of your own maintenance/repair work.

"old timers"

Easy there ,,,

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Hi all! Reply #4 - 03/20/16 at 14:00:18 In my experience, most of the members here have more than a few gray hairs! Welcome!
Back to top	There's no problem that a full tank of gas and a sunny day can't fix! 2008 S40, Rotella T 15W-40 w/ZDDP added, Dyna, 140/90-15, Battery Tender Jr., Seat lift, #52.5/150/3 washers, Raptor IP Logged

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Reply #5 - 03/20/16 at 20:05:38

Welcome Mr.44

You couldn't have picked a better bike !

I'm on my second one now , kinda tore the other one up when I put a 95mm high done piston in then inadvertently filled it up with Diesel fuel. It ran but smoked and warped the head before I got back to the shop. I'm leaving #2 stock ! Wink

and now idle at 1000-1200 rpm .

The cam-chain adjuster is the only weakness and we figured out the cure a-long-time-ago . Cool

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Hi all! Reply #6 - 03/20/16 at 21:01:10 How'd you manage to fill it with diesel?
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mister44 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 19 Gender:	Re: Hi all! Reply #7 - 03/21/16 at 00:20:20 Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Looking forward to getting to know y'all! Trying to surf through the threads to get some ideas...
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Hi all! Reply #8 - 03/21/16 at 00:44:59 Hi mister. You chose a great bike.
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Rodger Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 256	Re: Hi all! Reply #9 - 03/21/16 at 07:48:19 @JOG...... ...At 58 yrs, 43 of them riding/wrenching bikes, (& enough gray hair to knit a sweater) guess I'm an "Old Timer" in general AND a Savage Noob...lol Ummmm...would "Mature, Vastly Experienced Thumper Guru's" be more palatable?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Hi all! Reply #10 - 03/21/16 at 07:52:15 Yeah, that'd be great, but, the mirror will bring me back to reality, so, no reason to tax your typing muscles for a few minutes of me dodging the truth. But I really appreciate the offer.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Hi all! Reply #11 - 03/21/16 at 08:27:42 Kris01 wrote on 03/20/16 at 21:01:10: How'd you manage to fill it with diesel? My guess would be, like all Ranchers, he keeps barrels of fuel around for his farm equipment, and uses it in his vehicles too Likely the barrels aren't marked very well Get in a hurry and...Ooops
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Reply #12 - 03/21/16 at 09:07:13

How'd you manage to fill it with diesel?

Art you pery much nailed it ! Roll Eyes

Red diesel and red gas look a lot alike ... I have improved my " FUEL JUG " system since then Wink

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It was a little hard to start but sometime Re-assembled engines are .

Up the driveway (1/4 miles or so ) I went , then at the turn-around-spot I saw the smoke trail I'd left Huh

. It didn't want to rev past 3000 or so even being held wide open ! Undecided

come to find out "Gas cools things as it goes in - Diesel doesn't) , by time I got back to the shop things were HOT !! Lips Sealed

I tried different head gasket materials but it needed shaving to level it back up - and compression was already kinda high . We had a ride coming up and my bike was still blowing oil around the head-gasket area ??? Huh

-- I just got another one off ebay and switched my stuff I made for the first one over to the second . Everybody needs a parts bike right ! Wink

No , I went three years and never needed anything , so I sold it (cheap) to a young feller who wanted to see how high compression a Savage will go. I did tell him , "I'll buy it back for the same price , if you ever think it was't a good deal" .

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