Now, c'mon man.  This is really a very amiable community.  It takes a lot to put us off, and your manner of posting has been very grating.  I participate in a few forums and tend to stick with those where the members are cordial and humble enough to learn from one another.  Try a different approach and you are welcome.  Keep up with the same style of posting and you will feel the push back.

Gary_in_NJ wrote on 01/17/18 at 18:48:00:


Noticed that, too.  Moderators maybe deleting some?  Strange to delete the kind posts and leave the snarky ones.

Because this forum unfortunately.. as I have also found.. seem populated with people who take a negative attitude to anyone who wants to try  something different. Look at all the flack I got with my supercharger..  I said I was going to boost it and was basically laughed at. I did it anyway and now I have a supercharged savage.  

Seems like if you step outside the sensible mods all the negative nellies appear to lecture you on how it's the wrong bike, it's not made for that, just sell it and buy a faster bike, it won't work, don't bother, why are you bothering,  "I'm-happy-with my-slow-savage-so-you'd-better-be-happy-with-it-too."

What does it matter to you guys? Let the guy just try it! Waste his time and money on it if you want to think that but hey, we all benefit from the research whether it works or not!

Just can't delete them all. if I could I would obviously delete them.some of the people on this forum have everything all figured out. Good luck

I'm sorry if I offended ,but I am also concerned  about all the newbees that chimed in and want to follow you down the garden path,knowing little about the drawbacks they are facing . Comments like "using a separate oil tank and electric oil pump to supply a turbo" for one. They have no knowledge that the alternator on the savage won't support the amount of power it would take to drive a couple of driving lights much less any type of motor.I believe most of the people on this site love the Savage because of it simplicity and reliability ,and what you are intent on doing changes both, and I want them to know it may well be a dead end road. AS for thinking outside the box I might be the only person that has no spring under the pawl on my cam chain tensioner, I extended it at 19000 miles due to ware, and threw the spring away,( allowing the tensioner to act as a shock) most on the site said I was nuts ,and said time will tell , I'm fast approaching 33000 mile and still running the same chain that came with the bike in 1995.That's just one example of thinking outside the box ,the list goes on but I don't want to bore you.

Savagebob, no one said that you couldn't do it (at least I never did) but you can 't tell me you were successful when you were at highway speeds and the motor started pinging, and you nursed it back home . You said you might try and retard the spark and I sent you a PM about one way you might do it .(and any way you do it may work) I also said that you might have to drop the boost or the compression ratio and you said you didn't want to because you 'd lose performance.(no kidding! ) but that's not logical! I would give up some performance to have a bike that I could ride under all conditions, and you could test it easily by changing pulley sizes.If boost pressures have to be lowered when using a blower or turbo to avoid damage will they produce as much hp or  less than a 97mm piston and stage 3 cam,  which have been proven safe? while I think a blower may be the better approach ,I cannot in good faith recommend forced air for the Savage.

batman wrote on 01/18/18 at 00:07:30:


That's just it though isn't it. It's not your bike. We aren't all here to cruise around on our simple and reliable bikes. Yes I can say it's a success as it's a project. I wanted to boost the motor and I've done it. So it's a success for me. And if other people want to follow in my path all power to them. It's just bizarre to me to have people try and shoot down ideas just because they wouldn't do it, cos it's expensive or not sensible or whatever. Have fun, be adventurous!

Some people like me and GT61 just want to tinker and build crazy stuff and it's tiresome coming on here and having to justify it to people. I don't bother anymore which is why I'm rarely on here now.

savagebob wrote on 01/17/18 at 20:14:45:


I was replying to Bob. Cheerleading something that doesn't make sense just to be supportive is disingenuous.
You have access to special tools and equipment and people. You're in a unique position. If it's a fun project for you, get all over it.