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Message started by mavrik on 07/07/07 at 12:55:53

Title: POP!! goes the Savage
Post by mavrik on 07/07/07 at 12:55:53

Hello Savages
OK we all know Suzi backfires, but today on our group ride she was particularly LOUD.

Frequently when I would back off the throttle she would POP, but a couple of times then BANG.

You wanna see people duck, some of our guys think their being shot at seriously!

I was going over a bridge full of Asian fisherman and yup you guessed it BANG!!

They all jumped 6" high

So I then filled up with regular and no more backfires

Could it be a gas problem?

Enquiring minds wanna know?

Title: Re: POP!! goes the Savage
Post by Strafford_Guy on 07/07/07 at 13:21:31

mavrik. I had the same issue today. Not as funny as Asian fisherman though ;D. I filled up with mid grade gas yesterday. Have not ridden till today. Wouldnt you know it. The bike has not back fired since I got it but after getting that gas It has started back firing on me. Well looks like I will go back to the cheap stuff, if you can call it that, and see what happens.

Title: Re: POP!! goes the Savage
Post by mavrik on 07/07/07 at 15:06:38

Funny it was really BAD today then I filled up and it went back to normal.

You know, still backfires but sporadically.

My riding club hates the noise they are always bitc*ing about it.

I think I'm gonna change my muffler and rejet

Title: Re: POP!! goes the Savage
Post by ratdog472 on 07/07/07 at 17:29:54

Well some backfiring is normal for the Savage. If they complain tell em it is just the bike clearing her throat. Everything I have seen is that high octane doesn't agree with the thumper. She's a dirty girl.

Title: Re: POP!! goes the Savage
Post by Strafford_Guy on 07/07/07 at 18:01:24

Thats seems to be true. What octane did you go back to? 87 seems to work the best for me. There are alot of mods that I would like to look into doing but I just picked up the bike a short time ago and I was to run it awhile before I start tinkering.

Title: Re: POP!! goes the Savage
Post by mavrik on 07/07/07 at 18:07:01

I never changed the Octane

I run regular all the time

Bad gas maybe?

When I refueld it seemd to go back to normal???

Title: Re: POP!! goes the Savage
Post by ratdog472 on 07/07/07 at 22:31:49

Could it have been a little water in the tank?