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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1945 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Winter Riding Reply #15 - 12/09/24 at 07:18:57 My first Savage was a purple ‘04! My Purple People Eater! It was in really good condition when I sold it. The guy that owns it now has been kinda rough on it, but he’s added over 10,000 miles and he’s only done a couple oil changes, air filter, and new tires. We’re about to get together to replace the front brakes.
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Reply #16 - 12/09/24 at 09:46:21

ThumperPaul wrote on 12/09/24 at 07:18:57:

My first Savage was a purple ‘04! My Purple People Eater!

It was in really good condition when I sold it. The guy that owns it now has been kinda rough on it, but he’s added over 10,000 miles and he’s only done a couple oil changes, air filter, and new tires. We’re about to get together to replace the front brakes.

That looks like a Harley Dyna muffler you had on your purple Savage.

I have various parts coming from various places, including a pair of Dyna mufflers.
Did you need to do anything to the carb to get it to run right ?

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Reply #17 - 12/09/24 at 18:14:26

Yup, that’s the good ole HD Dyna muffler. If I recall correctly, I had a #50 pilot jet, #152.5 main jet, and I replaced the white spacer on the needle with 2 #4 washers.

That’s a good ballpark for jetting. I’m in Houston at sea level. A 50 pilot jet and 150 or 152.5 main jet is a good starting point for jetting with a stock air box and OEM style flat panel air filter. The Dyna doesn’t require a big jetting change. Stock jetting is only slightly lean.

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Reply #18 - 12/12/24 at 06:18:21

Mostly commuting for me. If it's going to be over 55 in the afternoon, I'll ride to work if I can handle the morning temps. I've learned that I can handle just about anything for about 20 minutes. After that it's a race to the office on cold mornings.

But my morning limit has changed over the years. Several years ago I was willing to ride if it was mid 30s. A few years ago it was mid 40s. These days it's been closer to the mid 50s. lol

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Reply #19 - 12/12/24 at 07:14:08

ThumperPaul wrote on 12/09/24 at 18:14:26:

Yup, that’s the good ole HD Dyna muffler. If I recall correctly, I had a #50 pilot jet, #152.5 main jet, and I replaced the white spacer on the needle with 2 #4 washers.

That’s a good ballpark for jetting. I’m in Houston at sea level. A 50 pilot jet and 150 or 152.5 main jet is a good starting point for jetting with a stock air box and OEM style flat panel air filter. The Dyna doesn’t require a big jetting change. Stock jetting is only slightly lean.

I'm at 2000 feet so hopefully I will not have to mess with the jets.

I'm going to do away with the vacuum tube as I have a new petcock coming. ( what's the best way to block that ?)

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Re: Winter Riding
Reply #20 - 12/12/24 at 08:02:27

ohiomoto wrote on 12/12/24 at 06:18:21:

Mostly commuting for me. If it's going to be over 55 in the afternoon, I'll ride to work if I can handle the morning temps. I've learned that I can handle just about anything for about 20 minutes. After that it's a race to the office on cold mornings.

But my morning limit has changed over the years. Several years ago I was willing to ride if it was mid 30s. A few years ago it was mid 40s. These days it's been closer to the mid 50s. lol

I can totally relate to this! Old bones just can’t handle the cold like they used to!

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Reply #21 - 12/12/24 at 08:17:40

You’re probably okay with stock jetting at that altitude. You may still want to do the “white spacer mod” on the needle if you get excessive backfire (‘after-fire’ technically) on deceleration.

For a professional finish, use a vacuum plug (see photo). I don’t have a stock carb anymore and can’t remember if a 1/4” or 5/16” fit better. You can get an assortment at the auto parts store for cheap.

For a hack job plug (redneck engineering), you can cut the vacuum hose off about 1” above the nipple on the carb and shove a bolt or golf tee or something into the end of the hose to plug it up.

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Reply #22 - 12/12/24 at 08:51:09

ThumperPaul wrote on 12/12/24 at 08:17:40:

You’re probably okay with stock jetting at that altitude. You may still want to do the “white spacer mod” on the needle if you get excessive backfire (‘after-fire’ technically) on deceleration.

For a professional finish, use a vacuum plug (see photo). I don’t have a stock carb anymore and can’t remember if a 1/4” or 5/16” fit better. You can get an assortment at the auto parts store for cheap.

For a hack job plug (redneck engineering), you can cut the vacuum hose off about 1” above the nipple on the carb and shove a bolt or golf tee or something into the end of the hose to plug it up.

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Reply #23 - 12/12/24 at 09:03:00

Hello Blod

Hay when I put a fuel shut off on my S-40 , I found it easier to leave the vacuum hose on and just plug it. Yes , lube up the inside of the hose with silicone and slide a plug into it then wait for the silicone to dry. After cutting it to length. I'm lazy so I normally look for the easy way . Roll Eyes

There is a 1.5 gallon E-Bay spun aluminum fuel tank in the rear trunk "T"-ed into the fuel line with a inline shut-off.

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Re: Winter Riding
Reply #24 - 12/12/24 at 09:15:28

MMRanch wrote on 12/12/24 at 09:03:00:

Hello Blod

Hay when I put a fuel shut off on my S-40 , I found it easier to leave the vacuum hose on and just plug it. Yes , lube up the inside of the hose with silicone and slide a plug into it then wait for the silicone to dry. I'm lazy so I normally look for the easy way . Roll Eyes

There is a 1.5 gallon E-Bay aluminum fuel tank in the rear trunk "T"-ed into the fuel line with a inline shut-off.

Nice saddle bags, MM! Cool idea with the auxillary fuel tank!

But the lazy easy way for me is to go to the auto parts store and buy some vacuum caps. Too much work to silicon a plug into the hose and wait (I need immediate gratification too!) LOL.

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Re: Winter Riding
Reply #25 - 12/12/24 at 09:24:07

But the lazy easy way for me is to go to the auto parts store and buy some vacuum caps.

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You can buy plugs already made ! I looked all over my shop and never found any ! Grin

I'm glad you found an easy way ! Cool

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The original tank is lower than the extra tank , so you have to wait for the original tank to run low before opening the extra fuel valve.
I got the largest one that would fit inside the Trunk. ??

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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1945 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Winter Riding Reply #26 - 12/12/24 at 09:41:02 The original tank is lower than the extra tank , so you have to wait for the original tank to run low before opening the extra fuel valve. I got the largest one that would fit inside the Trunk. ?? That's the way it should work. A reserve of the reserve! Yes, Trunk is the right word!
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