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If you take the head off the engine and turn it over, you will see that there really is not any metal that can be machined off. I have wondered if the top of the cylinder could be machined...which would give a similar result...maybe...maybe not. However, there is a way to raise compression a little without doing any machine work, and that is to use a thinner head gasket. The Savage head gasket is made of 3 aluminum layers which are 0.15mm each, for a total thickness of 0.45mm. The outside layers of that set do have the outside edges molded a little so that when the head is bolted down there is a "crush" effect that will aid in sealing.
If, instead of using the gasket as it is, take it apart and use only one or two of the layers...affectively lowering the head and raising the compression. However, the result would only be about 1 or 2 tenths of a point...not enough to make a difference.
I have seen in the parts books that the Savage and DR650 used a common piston in the mid-90's, so perhaps there is one for the DR that might work for the Savage.
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