Eegore wrote on 06/07/17 at 19:15:53:

I don't know why people care who is riding a bike, I see nothing in the rules here indicating I need to be physically on a Savage to use these forums so whatever comments there are regarding me riding a bike are just personal issues and have nothing to do with assisting each other.

Here's the deal, people join forums like this one because they love motorcycles, love owning them, love maintaining them, and yes - they love riding them. You admit in one of your early posts that you acquired your bike to "help out a friend". Do don't seem to understand motorcycles, you have unorthodox (even dangerous) ideas as to how to perform maintenance and you clearly don't care much for riding. Imagine bringing home a new girlfriend and asking your neighbors to sleep with her because you really don't have an interest - that's what we see. Oh, the icing on the cake - you ask for advice, you get the best advice available anywhere in the world (short of maybe the Suzuki cubicles where the Savage was designed) - and you tell us why we're wrong and ignore the advice. In my world, we call people like that a-holes.

Quote- "Here's the deal, people join forums like this one because they love motorcycles, love owning them, love maintaining them, and yes - they love riding them. You admit in one of your early posts that you acquired your bike to "help out a friend". Do don't seem to understand motorcycles, you have unorthodox (even dangerous) ideas as to how to perform maintenance and you clearly don't care much for riding. Imagine bringing home a new girlfriend and asking your neighbors to sleep with her because you really don't have an interest - that's what we see. Oh, the icing on the cake - you ask for advice, you get the best advice available anywhere in the world (short of maybe the Suzuki cubicles where the Savage was designed) - and you tell us why we're wrong and ignore the advice. In my world, we call people like that a-holes. [/quote]

 It might help when you "quote" someone to use the actual words.  I did not buy the bike to help out a friend, I bought it because I like the bike, I owned two in the past but I paid more than its value to help out a guy that lost his job.  

 But semantics aren't unimportant, the point is you indicate I am saying things I have not said.  I have not said any of you were wrong, however I did question how I could be told a tire wont fit when its on the bike with no rub marks on the swingarm, and other members here use the exact tire.  

 I questioned how a noise issue could be a belt tension issue when the belt was cut off and sitting 10 feet away and the noise persisted.  So toss me an example where I actually said anything along the lines of any of the people here being wrong.  Also an example of me posting useless condescending comments in other posts would interest me.

 For instance I ask what carb goes on a 95 and it takes forever for someone to answer because people would rather try to convince someone they don't want a new carb than just answering the question.

 Imagine you bring home a new girlfriend and ask her what she wants to eat, she says steak and you spend the night telling her she doesn't because other food is cheaper.

 

 Toss me an example of something Ive "completely ignored".

 Also toss me an example of some forum regulation that people must follow given advice in order to not have condescending remarks posted instead of on-topic responses.

 I do not have the knowledge to provide a lot of information but Ive sent Dave, free of charge, lights for his LED headlight experiment, which he has publically posted.   Also Ive offered to send any assembly he needs, also I've offered to send a contributing member a used or new carb.  I've sent extra parts, free of charge to people on here.

 Maybe that doesn't count, maybe I need to be a mechanic or machinist in order to be a contributor.  What I do know is I don't talk negatively about you, or anyone else on here because I don't have an emotional connection to what other Savage owners do with their bikes.

 Lets say I've ran 20 motorcycles into the ground, and there's 20 baskets of motorcycle parts in a junkyard... why do you care?  Have you thought about that?  Nobody makes you log into this forum.

 If you have an answer to a question just answer and let it go,  Might save you some stress.

 

 

Could you post photos of the exhaust system and the bike? this may help some of the carburettor people to give you accurate information. Please ride the machine yourself, if the wind conditions permit.

 A link to a YouTube video of the current exhaust plus a pic.

https://youtu.be/kMEAMcg6fB0

 The video was made after 7890 miles were put on it.  Its a 150/90 tire, it has almost 2000 miles on it we estimate.  I'm running it to see where/what fails regarding the belt and pulleys.

 As for the exhaust I have no idea what that is.

@buster6315And I like buying regular instead of the over-priced higher octane.


I used to think the dearer, higher octane petrols were better because you know they like cost more and have bigger number, but then I discovered what octane really means and that you can damage an engine like the ancient Savage with hi octane gas meant for an engine designed for it.