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dcubansavage YaBB Newbies Offline I think therefore I dont know! Posts: 10 Coconut Grove, Florida Gender:	Need for Speed! 07/24/13 at 21:13:58 Today for the first time I decided to take my '99 Savage past 70mph but when I hit around 75mph it turned off completely (my speedometer goes up to 100mph). I pulled over on the side of the highway and it started right up so I tried again and the same thing happened. Can anyone tell me what may be happening? Thank you in advance.
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Re: Need for Speed!
Reply #1 - 07/24/13 at 21:50:43

It may be Raptor time....
When you go full throttle, and hold it... engine vacuum drops very low... and your petcock is vacuum operated...
Switching to a manual, Yamaha Raptor 660 petcock allows flow at all vacuum levels...
Read here...
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1251932429/1

It's also a write-up in the Tech section of Rider magazine August issue 2013...

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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #2 - 07/24/13 at 22:29:33 Remember a stock bike will only do 87 to 92 mph anyway. To get to a genuine 100mph will probably take much tuning. Make sure you get a 660 Raptor for a motorbike and not a smaller quad. there are different outlet sizes.
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Reply #3 - 07/25/13 at 04:43:58

The Raptor petcock we recommend is the original Yamaha part number 5LP-24500-01. You can get it from your dealer, Ron Ayers, Bike Bandit....or even eBay as long as you see the part number and a white box from Yamaha with the part number on it. A lot of eBay sellers have chinese copies and the outlet is smaller. These smaller outlets may flow a bit less, and make it so your stock fuel hose and clamps will not adequately seal and you will have a leak unless you use a screw clamp or a smaller hose.

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Reply #4 - 07/25/13 at 04:54:22

Youre being given for free an education that was paid for by others ahead of you. Ive seen guys buy the part & then have pain because of the size of connectors. Check w/ a local dealer, look online, consider freight & wait time, I went to the dealer so I could see the thing & know I was getting what I needed, coulda saved 3 or 4 bux online,, meeehh,, for the peace of mind & to spend my $$$ locally, & no waiting, went to town & took my old petcock, I knew I had what I needed,,

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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #5 - 07/25/13 at 05:22:45 dcubansavage wrote on 07/24/13 at 21:13:58: Today for the first time I decided to take my '99 Savage past 70mph but when I hit around 75mph it turned off .... If it is the petcock it is easy to check -- switch to prime. When you hit 85 you know you have the problem and the fix is easy.
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Re: Need for Speed!
Reply #6 - 07/25/13 at 06:10:10

Exact symptoms of my failing vac petcock. I did not know I had a problem until I was on a day trip with friends. We were running about 65mph into a 20mph headwind. The engine was working hard and engine vacuum was very low. I didn't get any sputtering or anything, I got a hard engine kill, just like needing to go to reserve. I suspected the vac sucker because I had an almost full tank of gas. Switched to prime on the fly and the bike immediately began firing again.

I would switch back to "on" and within about 5 miles, it would happen again. I finished the ride on prime, keeping close tabs on my mileage so my lack of a reserve wouldn't cause a problem.

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dcubansavage YaBB Newbies Offline I think therefore I dont know! Posts: 10 Coconut Grove, Florida Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #7 - 07/25/13 at 17:44:04 Thank you all so very much. This bike has really been so reliable even after I crashed it (someone made an illegal u-turn in font of me as I was switching lanes) and I do not have the funds so fix right now. Thanks to u guys I'm saving money and will just keep it under 70 mph until I can afford the Raptor Petcock. Thanks again.
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Beagle Full Member Offline 1998 Suzuki Savage Posts: 217 Ohio Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #8 - 07/25/13 at 19:11:57 Yeah, the Raptor Petcock helped my motorcycle too and it was super easy to install!
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dcubansavage YaBB Newbies Offline I think therefore I dont know! Posts: 10 Coconut Grove, Florida Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #9 - 07/26/13 at 15:03:49 Does it matter what year the Raptor Petcock 660 is? My bike is a '99 and the ones I see for sale say Raptor Petcock 660 2001-2006.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #10 - 07/26/13 at 17:10:45 I walked into the shop with my petcock. Told them I needed a raptor 600 petcock. it hit the counter. i compared,, paid about 23 bucks, no drama, no worries, no waiting, how much you gonna save online?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28642 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #11 - 07/26/13 at 17:23:13 All years of Raptor 660 petcocks are the same... just make sure it's for a 660... not a 350 or 250... and buy factory... not a Chinese knock-off...
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18096 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #12 - 07/27/13 at 08:15:23 dcubansavage wrote on 07/26/13 at 15:03:49: Does it matter what year the Raptor Petcock 660 is? My bike is a '99 and the ones I see for sale say Raptor Petcock 660 2001-2006. Get this one.....seriously. If it has no part number, or a different part number....walk away and go find the right one. Yamaha part number 5LP-24500-01.
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Grayowl Junior Member Offline Always learn from yesterday Posts: 56 North Texas Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #13 - 07/28/13 at 07:46:52 I ordered the Yamaha P/N 5LP-24500-01 locally and it bolted right up no issues. It cost me $26.00 at the stealership, just like JOG & Dave said no worries about whether it was the right part or not. Took all of 30 minutes to install.
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dcubansavage YaBB Newbies Offline I think therefore I dont know! Posts: 10 Coconut Grove, Florida Gender:	Re: Need for Speed! Reply #14 - 08/01/13 at 17:22:32 Just ordered the OEM part# 5LP-24500-01from a local dealer (no speed limit, miami, fl) and it should arrive by Monday. I will install and run it soon thereafter. I will update as soon as I get my results. Thanks again everyone.
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