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Message started by verslagen1 on 09/07/08 at 16:46:37

Title: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/07/08 at 16:46:37

I went for a ride today after fixing the Headlight rattle, R&R'd the license plate and topped it off with oil.

Just some street cruzen hopping from store to store. Hop on the freeway to come home, I get up to 3500 rpms and it's whoa nellie did some one just hit from behind... nope nobody there. 3500 again and whoo hoo hold on. OK one more time... 3500 and it's clean up in lane 3.

So what do you guys think? Loose nut between handlebars and seat?

I think I'll start and the headlight :o

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 09/07/08 at 16:55:01

Maybe your license plate has been dragging in the wind and holding you back. While you were in the headlight can, were you careful not to disturb the arrangement of the dilithium crystals, inducing spotaneous hyperdrive overload?

Naaaahhh, I like the loose nut theory better. :)

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by motokid on 09/07/08 at 17:12:42

Would you care to share the speed at 3500 for various gears, for us who don't have a tach.

On the unrelated note, what is the diameter of the stock handle bar? I'll be traveling this fall and will be looking for the accessories like those cool watches to attache there.

thanks a lot,

K

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/07/08 at 17:12:56

my helmet's bigger than the plate, so ducking behind the windshield should produce a similar effect... nope.

Hmmm, possibilities here, maybe loose connection on the headlight coincidentally disengaging at 3500 rpm causing a sudden reduction of solar wind.

The loose nut is a fact jack, and it's there all the time.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/07/08 at 17:17:49

32302B3034363B5F0 wrote:

About the speed just before changing gears when moderately accelerating. Or just above when lowfing.

1" diameter, same as HD

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by T Mack 1 on 09/07/08 at 18:24:05

I'd go with the nut... ;D 3500 , somewhere just above half throttle maybe??? Or maybe just above 1/3....

Motokid, 3500 in fifth is somewhere between 50 & 55 (with my slight worn IRC tire.... )

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by serowbot on 09/07/08 at 18:40:43

beans again?....

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by serowbot on 09/07/08 at 18:47:13

wait a minute,........That's not a problem,....

Tell me what you did, so I can do it too...

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/07/08 at 19:50:51

metinks the slide is sticking.

or it's cause i promised some MMO and didn't.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by Oldfeller on 09/08/08 at 00:52:33

Did you just oil your air filter? Filter oil can make a CV slide act wonky for a week or so until the excess filter oil works out of the system.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by serowbot on 09/08/08 at 01:07:55

2F0C0406050C0C0512600 wrote:

Did you just oil your air filter? Filter oil can make a CV slide act wonky for a week or so until the excess filter oil works out of the system.

Really?..Didn't know that...I bought special "filter oil" and man is that stuff sticky. I used to use plain old 30wt and it was fine. I might go back to it. Thanks for the info....

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by Oldfeller on 09/08/08 at 02:15:48

Now just be glad you have a Savage instead of a modern bike with polution controls, computers and oxygen sensors.

Folks have put a sexy (very expensive) K&N filter into a brand new GSXR and over oiled it and immediately killed $400 worth of oxygen sensors (which sorta thing is not covered by Suzuki's warranty, BTW)

Count your blessings, the worst you can do is a week or so of wonky.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by SV og LS on 09/08/08 at 03:06:31

1C3F3735363F3F3621530 wrote:

Folks have put a sexy (very expensive) K&N filter into a brand new GSXR and over oiled it and immediately killed $400 worth of oxygen sensors (which sorta thing is not covered by Suzuki's warranty, BTW)

Someone's pulled your leg I'm afraid. There are no 'oxygen sensors' in any of the GSXRs or other Suzukis AFAIK. Throttle position, air pressure or intake temp sensors maybe? They should be cleanable anyway as they're not 'hot wire' MAF type sensors which are prone to overheating and burning out if they get oily. Only bikes with MAF sensors that I know of are old K series BMWs.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/08/08 at 11:24:45

Stock air filter, blew it out last week.

K&N still in package.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by Oldfeller on 09/08/08 at 15:46:35

duh, I'm out of guesses then ....

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by ZeroStar on 09/08/08 at 16:06:54

3D3B3A3825233839570 wrote:

While you were in the headlight can, were you careful not to disturb the arrangement of the dilithium crystals, inducing spotaneous hyperdrive overload?

Star Trek nerds unite! (Sorry I couldn't let that reference pass!)

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 09/08/08 at 18:55:40

Was that from Star Trek? I thought it was Star Wars. I just pulled it out of the memory banks without verifying its source. I never got into those sci-fi flicks much.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/08/08 at 19:21:05

21272624393F24254B0 wrote:

Was that from Star Trek? I thought it was Star Wars. I just pulled it out of the memory banks without verifying its source. I never got into those sci-fi flicks much.

I know dilithium crystals is from star trek, I can only guess where you pulled hyperdrive overload from? :o

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 09/08/08 at 19:29:10

I made it up. I'm weird, but I try to hide that fact most of the time. I wish I was better at it.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/08/08 at 22:44:56

You'd probably like Space Balls.

and the answer is... (drum roll please)

Sticky slide.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by YonuhAdisi on 09/08/08 at 22:49:55

594A5D5C434E484A411E2F0 wrote:

You'd probably like Space Balls.

and the answer is... (drum roll please)

Sticky slide.

I like both Star Trek and Star Wars but I absolutely despise Space Balls.

Glad you got it figured out.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/08/08 at 23:44:12

SINCE this thread was about a squeaky belt, I would like to say that when I changed the belt to a used one, It ddidnt squeak, Now that its had about 1,500 miles & seen some rain, it is an Incessant squall! I was rolling thru a little town & there was a kid just staring at me, I can hear the squeak, over the exhaust, even with earplugs in. Ill loosen it a bit more, & slap somw wax on, but at this rate, Ill be doing a ton of work on it this winter.Gotta solve the oil useage thing, needs better shocks, needs a fork oil change, & if that belt can't be socially acceptable, I can see a chain on Bull next Spring.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 09/09/08 at 04:51:29

Actually, I have Spaceballs sitting in the cabinet under the TV. Often I feel just like the evil warlord when he is at the helm and his crew is introducing themselves... "I knew it! I'm surrounded by ........" :)

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by skrapiron -FSO on 09/09/08 at 05:20:22

Sir! Our radar has been jammed!

Hmm. Raspberry. Only one man in the universe would dare to give me the raspberry! LoneStar!

Nope, never seen that movie....... ;)

Which slide was sticking, Verslagen? Side or top?

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/09/08 at 07:29:29

the one with the really big spring and hoola skirt.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by bill67 on 09/09/08 at 10:55:56

Use SeaFoam in the gas every couple of months and the slide want stick.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/09/08 at 12:52:48

One thing I did notice, there was a lot of a oily substance (nearly varnish?) on top of the slide.

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 09/09/08 at 17:59:44

283731362B2C1D2D1D25373B70420 wrote:

Looks like it's your day in the barrel, Justin O. Ready? Here it comes...

huh? ;)

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by verslagen1 on 09/09/08 at 18:30:14

67787E7964635262526A78743F0D0 wrote:

Sorry Justin, this thread is about a performance issue that turned out to be a dirty carb...
Could someone please help him find his way home?

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/09/08 at 21:43:01

Ill just shuffle off to the Customer Service desk & ask someone to page my Mommy... dangittt,,

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by EssForty on 09/11/08 at 12:59:58

2D2B2A2835332829470 wrote:

Maybe dilithium crytals aren't here yet, but lithium ion powered choppers are in development-kinda sounds like Mad Max meets C3PO. (They don't use a flux capacitor so the hyperdrive overload issue is moot. )

Here's the article link

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/4216271.html

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by YonuhAdisi on 09/11/08 at 13:25:35

242633282829342E34470 wrote:

[quote author=2D2B2A2835332829470 link=1220831197/0#1 date=1220831701]Maybe your license plate has been dragging in the wind and holding you back. While you were in the headlight can, were you careful not to disturb the arrangement of the dilithium crystals, inducing spotaneous hyperdrive overload?

Naaaahhh, I like the loose nut theory better. :)

Title: Re: Odd problem
Post by EssForty on 09/12/08 at 03:16:36

Every time I turn around I bump into another spaceship mechanic. You have a little hesitation with your hyperdrive, someone says just pour in some "Spacefoam" with your next tank of dilithium. Next guy says you're wasting money with Spacefoam, just use a banana peel. You spend good money on a new flux capacitor but then someone points out that on page 77 of the StarClymers (if you had RTFM) you simply remove the flux capacitor to inspect the positron magneto, but you do not replace it until the 10,000 parsec checkup. I feel like such an idiot. :P