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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Delete compression release? Reply #15 - 11/29/19 at 10:11:30 If you go online for parts you should be looking for the LS650P / S40
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Mavigogun Serious Thumper Offline We roll farther together Posts: 775 Progressive Texas	Re: Delete compression release? Reply #16 - 11/30/19 at 07:13:58 DesertCat wrote on 11/29/19 at 05:18:11: Sometimes when people use the model name "Savage" I think they are referring to LS650s up until the name change to "S40 Boulevard". WHO thought "Boulevard" was a good idea? They might as well have called it "Maynard".... or "Civilized".
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Reply #17 - 11/30/19 at 07:48:21

Mavigogun wrote on 11/30/19 at 07:13:58:

WHO thought "Boulevard" was a good idea? They might as well have called it "Maynard".... or "Civilized".

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It is a stupid name. Savage or LS650 was fine with me. I guess the LS650 had to conform to the Boulevard name like the rest of the cruiser line. Meh.

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Fast 650 Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 393 Valrico, FL Gender:	Re: Delete compression release? Reply #18 - 11/30/19 at 08:45:52 I think Suzuki must have hired the guy that named the Hodaka models. Hodaka had the Road Toad, Dirt Squirt, Super Rat, Wombat, and Combat Wombat in their lineup. Suzuki joined in the game with the Gaucho, Colt, Duster, Apache, Savage, Rover, Intruder, and VanVan model names.
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Reply #20 - 12/01/19 at 02:19:35

Fast 650 wrote on 11/30/19 at 08:45:52:

I think Suzuki must have hired the guy that named the Hodaka models. Hodaka had the Road Toad, Dirt Squirt, Super Rat, Wombat, and Combat Wombat in their lineup.
Suzuki joined in the game with the Gaucho, Colt, Duster, Apache, Savage, Rover, Intruder, and VanVan model names.

I was a at a classic bike event, here in Australia, a couple of years ago and I saw a couple of Combat Wombats (I think they were flat-trackers). I assumed they were some kind of team theme. I had no idea they were actually a brand! Grin

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Reply #21 - 12/01/19 at 09:47:59

Hodaka made bikes for 14 years. How they ever sold them with names like that is baffling. Road Toad does not conjure up images of outstanding performance or handling, and Dirt Squirt sounds like what happens to you when you drink the water south of the border.

Then along comes Suzuki with the Intruder and Savage that sound like the names of bedroom toys. Roll Eyes

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Reply #22 - 12/01/19 at 10:16:01

I don't see why the compression release couldn't be removed in any case. If the battery is in good shape ,and the piston stalled as it was coming up on the compression stroke , you could simply turn the key off , place the bike in gear , pull the clutch in, and push the bike forward a foot or two, pop the clutch forcing the piston past TDC , and restart the bike in the normal fashion.

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Reply #23 - 12/01/19 at 10:30:17

Batman
I was going to cheat and buy the Ryca one, but they are sold out. It's a simple piece of metal with a hole in it.
Found a piece of aluminum angle that should be a good starting point.
No biggie.
It'll be interesting to see if the release is needed.
Prob once the bike becomes a high compression 695, it'll be a different story.

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hotrod Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 326 NC Gender:	Re: Delete compression release? Reply #24 - 12/01/19 at 10:57:33 If the solenoid is removed what must be done with wires to cancel out current there while starting ?
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Reply #25 - 12/01/19 at 11:27:53

You don't have to do anything, but you'll get a more reliable machine if you also delete the decomp controler... little black box above the carb.

While rare, this box can fail causing the starter to engage and launch your bike into the wall.

Pull the controller and jump the wire from the starter button to the starter relay with a short bit of wire and 2 spade connectors.

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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Delete compression release? Reply #26 - 12/01/19 at 11:54:43 Armen ,Can I assume you have the clutch switch bypassed?
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1431	Re: Delete compression release? Reply #27 - 12/01/19 at 12:54:06 I got this bike in boxes and crates. Doing the Motogadget M-Unit thing. The only original wires are from the alternator/ignition trigger to the ignition box and reg/rect. And from the ignition box to the coil. Pretty much everything else has been removed or replaced. All anti-stupid switches have been tossed.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Delete compression release? Reply #28 - 12/03/19 at 11:26:49 There's really only one disadvantage to the Ryca thumb lever, that it requires the bike to be in neutral so you can use both hands, a bit inconvenient if the bike stalled in traffic, but hardly the end of the world, but Dave's cable release on the bar eliminates that problem .
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Re: Delete compression release?
Reply #29 - 12/03/19 at 12:10:47

Fast 650 wrote on 11/30/19 at 08:45:52:
Hodaka had the Road Toad, Dirt Squirt, Super Rat, Wombat, and Combat Wombat in their lineup.
Suzuki joined in the game with the Gaucho, Colt, Duster, Apache, Savage, Rover, Intruder, and VanVan model names.

Hey, those are the bikes of my youth. I'm guilty of having owned:

'75 Hodaka 100 Dirt Squirt
'73 Suzuki TS50 Gaucho
'74 Suzuki TS125 Duster
'75 Suzuki TS185 Sierra
'76 Suzuki TS400 Apache

All great bikes. I owned all at the right time/age but the TS400. I was only 16 and it was way too much bike for me. Don't get me started on the TM's (TM125 Challenger, TM250 Champion & TM400 Cyclone) we had. Sadly Suzuki dropped the funny names with the RM's.

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