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MShipley Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 681	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #30 - 10/23/17 at 11:17:28 That face shield frosting up is an issue. Mine was just slightly frosty the other morning and when I came around the corner into the early sun it was instant blindness. Fortunately I knew the road very well.
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Reply #31 - 10/24/17 at 09:37:37

Houston is pretty close to being year round riding. I rode in to work yesterday. Probably mid to lower 50's in the morning. Wore sweater underneath leather jacket. Quite comfortable. It was mid 70's when I left office in the evening so I opened up all the vents in the leather jacket and was comfortable heading home. Except for the last 15 minutes or so, I should have stopped to zip up the vents on the jacket. It got a little chilly.

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #32 - 10/24/17 at 18:23:50 78 here in the Central Valley ! You guys hear that , yup it's my Sportster calling my name. Sun is down , I got time for a hour ride till dark , Later !
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17823 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #33 - 10/25/17 at 03:19:51 Ruttly wrote on 10/24/17 at 18:23:50: You guys hear that , yup it's my Sportster calling my name. All I hear is a very faint "Potato,potato,potato.........cough,bang.........potato,potato,potato......"
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #34 - 10/25/17 at 04:55:51 Dave , I need to know , how did you know my sporty needs a carb rebuild ?
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5730 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #35 - 10/25/17 at 07:11:54 Ruttly Its not only Harleys , I took my LS out for a ride yesterday . It was cool weather and it has gone to Popping , and talking back a lot more than it did last week ! Especially on shut down !
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #36 - 10/25/17 at 08:48:57 MM , She is just jealous of you new girl and wants attention!
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #37 - 10/25/17 at 08:58:47 No it's time to pull the tank , flush & replace in tank filter/strainer and give the carb the once over. This bike has run flawless for thirteen years. She has a cold with a cough & sneeze common to these carbs. Maybe just throw a Mikuni VM40 on it.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5730 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #38 - 10/25/17 at 21:29:48 I had a neighbor sitting on my LS this evening , and when he asked if I'd sell it ... I had to tell him : "I'd sell the Harley , Sell the Guzzi , but I had to keep "My-Savage" " . I did tell the feller he could get him one off ebay and I'd help him make it "His" .
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #39 - 10/25/17 at 23:56:21 Feel the same way MM, my savage tracker stays and my Honda TLR200 just cause I still like to ride he trails in the mountains , but all the rest can go , but I love them all ! I sick I know. There is no help for my kind.
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Reply #40 - 10/26/17 at 04:27:51

We had our first frost this morning....and the high forecast for today is 60 and 67 on Friday - then the high drops to 46,45,54,53 the next 4 days. I may have to go home at lunch time tomorrow and get the bike out and ride it back to work.

My Savage Cafe' bike will be with me until I just can't ride it anymore. The engine runs great, it handles the curvy local back roads really well, it looks really cool, and it makes me smile when I ride it.

The Honda NT700 will hang around as my long distance tourer, riding double with my wife and hauling on the trailer for vacation day ride bike...it is a bike that has very little resale value, and it is a bike that can easily go over 100,000 miles with little effort - so I might as well just ride it and rack up miles without worry.

The little Ninja 250 Cafe' project is a fun bike and it is light and nimble - but I will likely sell it when I get the Savage "standard" touring bike done...I hope to make something along the lines of the Suzuki Tempter shown below - it is a shame Suzuki never brought this to the US.

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Reply #41 - 10/26/17 at 07:34:22

I think Suzuki would do really well with a Tempter now with the LS650 engine, fuel injection, chrome front/rear fenders, at least a good front disc system if not the rear also, current front/rear suspension upgrades, headlight/signals, etc. Heck, even throw in a 9.5 or 10:1 piston.
AND ... if you want to perk it up for real fix the exhaust ports !!!
They have everything they need on the parts shelf already, with the exception of the frame but they probably have the dies somewhere and the fixed head, so it should be a very easy build.

SUZUKI ... BUILD IT !!!

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #42 - 10/26/17 at 13:06:07 If they hurry and build it I think it would outsell SR400 & S40. Cause it will get a big bore and all the other goodies it needs to run as sweet as it looks when it's in my garage.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: How cold is too cold..... Reply #43 - 10/26/17 at 13:14:34 No disc brakes , that's what gives the Tempter it's period correct charm ! It's perfect European styling , who ever designed it has a very good eye for building vintage/retro.
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Reply #44 - 10/26/17 at 18:10:45

Ruttly, sorry Roll Eyes

but I like the Stopping Power of Disk Brakes .

Lancer , so what's wrong with the exhaust ports , my bike runs fine
But a little more power might be good 1 Wink

I'm leaving mine stock after the last experience I had , but to each his own

I rode about 60+ miles today in 65 deg. and it was good ... nylon Jacket , gloves , long-johns , boots and windshield on the bike ! Roll Eyes

Dave , that "Standard Bike " reminds me of my new addition , Undecided

. Reminds me of the Bikes I learned to ride on " . Cool

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