stewmills
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Due to weather and being a little sick, I haven't had much time to ride or work on the Ninja. However, I finally got around to pulling the plugs in the carbs and accessing the air/mix screws. Had time off Friday afternoon and worked on tuning the carbs and I think I got them dialed in pretty well. The bike starts great with little choke, idles well with no dips or surges, drops to idle immediately when you dump (close) the throttle with no hanging high RPMs, and the overall throttle response on and off the throttle is spot on.
Rode with a friend today about 125 miles and the Ninja purred like a kitten the whole ride. It is a little bit of an adjustment getting used to the high RPMs and letting the bike wind up into the powerband, but when you do, it's a pretty fun little bike. It handles great and goes right where you point it without a fuss.
I found a good road with a LOT of tar snakes and other untouched grooves and small cracks in the road. I purposely rode all over them as much as I could and I never felt like the bike was getting away from me. It tracked near perfect the whole time. FWIW the bike has Pirelli Sport Demon tires at about 800 miles on them.
If the weather and time work out, I hope to get out for a good day trip tomorrow as I have the day off work.
I love the Savage and it will always be my primary bike, but when you're feeling itchy and want to zoom zoom around for an afternoon it's just what the doctor ordered.
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