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Reply #15 - 05/12/06 at 07:41:44

Jim_R wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:

well thanks for all your comments and tips. One day Ill scout out a flat road and maybe a large hill and dog it hehe. I do kinda believe the road I have been using is too short because of a curve.
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well hell jim,if we're all going to the shooting range sunday theres miles and miles of open road and a couple big a$$ hills,and with a little tweaking i know yours will go 100 mph.

a good question would be, what is the top speed of the savage on the 1/4 mile, because thats a little more like everyday driving.and a straight 1/4 mile of road is easy to find.i know for fact that our sporty does the 1/4 mile at 110mph.i dont know about everywhere but our local hooters has a dyno on bike night.

note:bugs feel like rocks at a 100mph Shocked

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Jim_R Ex Member	Re: TOP SPEED Reply #16 - 05/12/06 at 14:30:05 NO WAY!!!!! Hooters and a dyno I think Im in heaven. We will check. Who knows maybe we can ride down to leeds. GULP ( I better bring my monkey butt creme)
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Re: TOP SPEED
Reply #17 - 05/12/06 at 15:25:21

Been able to get my savage up to 93mph three or four times, took under a mile of flat straight highway to get there and I was tucked in tight. Still had some left in the engine so 100mph is within reason but a bit insane for a bike that light. A lot seems to depend on how the bike was assembled in the first place and if the clearances in the power plant are tight, loose or just right. Throw in different weather conditions along different weight riders and you will find a large range of top speeds on bikes tuned the same.

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Reply #18 - 05/12/06 at 17:20:44

i weigh 156 lbs , my 98 will hit pass 95 before i back out. passed a radar sighn set out by the cops going 35 on spedo radar said 38. went by again at 60 radar said 65 so i dont know what to think. but iknow 65 ina35 is to fast . id bet the farm the savage wont outrun a cop.new pipe did help get past 95 though. i run 80 all the time i like it just fine.

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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: TOP SPEED Reply #19 - 05/12/06 at 19:39:28 torque wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05: .... sporty does the 1/4 mile at 110mph. I just love to play with "fast" loud HD's on the road with the guzzi - turning into a hobby.
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Reply #20 - 05/12/06 at 23:52:14

Prior to installing the apehangers, I could easily bury the speedometer needle on my 98. I do run it right on the ragged edge of hole the piston lean though. I've had the pipe glowing red, once. Bike still runs fine.

With the apehangers, top speed is in the 85-90 range, and fuel economy dropped from 77 mpg in town to 55/60 mpg.

Can your average, bone stock off the showroom floor Savage run 100 mph? Maybe. Should it? No way, the brakes and suspension are far beyond under-engineered for high speed operation.

Don't read that wrong, I rather like the Savage.
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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: TOP SPEED Reply #21 - 05/13/06 at 03:25:59 KLX does 100mph @ 7500 (red line) in top because that's all she's geared to do. Clive W
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Reply #22 - 05/13/06 at 21:36:48

This is the first bike I've never topped out. I know of a great wide open highway with light traffic but there's ALWAYS a cop or two there & I've already gotten one speeding ticket this year. Had it to around 83 or so & it felt like it would do 90 or more if I gave it time but the back end was bouncing all over the place (before my Progressive shocks) & I didn't trust that front brake to do much if a critter crossed the road. Maybe one day I'll just take it to a track & let it rip.

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Reply #23 - 05/14/06 at 04:15:04

If there are cops at that location all of the time, you might stop and ask them to help you by doing a speedometer check with their radar guns...then take off and do a speed check going away and one coming back again. You never know, they might go fo it, and you could ask if you could go up to 80 or so just to be sure that everything is working properly.

babbalou wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:

This is the first bike I've never topped out. I know of a great wide open highway with light traffic but there's ALWAYS a cop or two there & I've already gotten one speeding ticket this year. Had it to around 83 or so & it felt like it would do 90 or more if I gave it time but the back end was bouncing all over the place (before my Progressive shocks) & I didn't trust that front brake to do much if a critter crossed the road. Maybe one day I'll just take it to a track & let it rip.

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bikingb Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Love to Ride! Posts: 278 Appleton, WI Gender:	Re: TOP SPEED Reply #24 - 05/14/06 at 17:49:08 I was wondering where you guys ride that fast. I'd like to try. But, I'm afraid of a ticket.
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steelwolf Serious Thumper Offline "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Posts: 847 Trinity, NC Gender:	Re: TOP SPEED Reply #25 - 05/14/06 at 18:02:16 Arfaid of a ticket? LOL Tickets can be paid, reduced, or even thrown out all together. The thing to be arfaid of is the blowout caused by the tiny little piece of the broken beer bottle that some cage driver threw out on the way back from a beer run. If you can ride without thinking about that, you could probably get 90+ like I did.
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Brewbrother Serious Thumper Offline Just lending a helping hand. Posts: 953 Gender:	Re: TOP SPEED Reply #26 - 05/14/06 at 18:20:31 bikingb wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05: I was wondering where you guys ride that fast. I'd like to try. But, I'm afraid of a ticket. No guts no glory. I suggest the interstate in the wee hours of the morning. If you really want to find out you will find a way. Excuses are just that... EXCUSES!!
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: TOP SPEED Reply #27 - 05/14/06 at 18:41:01 i always use long country roads so i dont kill anyone but myself if sh!t happens,always cruise the road first to make sure theres no dead animals laying around in 5 days i'll see how fast this little bugger will go!
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