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mountaintrout YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 16	being told different or misleading information. 10/29/08 at 07:55:27 I am getting a 2007 s4 Suzuki this week. i have been told it has little power and wont go 75 on the interstate. i am getting conflicting reports from other people. i was hoping you could give me some facts. im 6 ft tall and 180 pounds. i will use it for commuting to work and just pain riding fun. than you all kindly.
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Fourby YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8 Beavercreek, Ohio Gender:	Re: being told different or misleading information Reply #1 - 10/29/08 at 08:01:43 I own a 2007 S40 and have no trouble maintaining 75 mph on the interstate. Without a windscreen that is about the maximum I've run although the bike will run more, just haven't tried it.
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Bleemus Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 106 Mt Pleasant, SC Gender:	Re: being told different or misleading information Reply #2 - 10/29/08 at 08:10:48 It will go 75 but you will want a windscreen. My bike seems happiest around 65.
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Reply #3 - 10/29/08 at 08:19:05

Its low power, but its light ... no problem till you hit an indicated 90 or so.
Pipe it, K&N it, Cam it or smooth bore it ... or both ... or all 4. for more speed, but watch out, you can float valves or stuff at high speeds. You'd want a tach ... for sure and stay under its redline anyway ... gear it taller etc etc after you make more power.
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Reply #4 - 10/29/08 at 08:37:36

I have a '96 and was nearly stock when I got it.
Came with a windshield and had no trouble doing 90 when traffic allows.
Very comfortable tooling about 70/75.
I have a hill on my route that fully laden truck move at a pedestrian pace up thats my performance monitor. 70/75 at the bottom WOT to the top at 87. That's uphill incase you missed it.

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mountaintrout YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 16	Re: being told different or misleading information Reply #5 - 10/29/08 at 08:58:13 thank you all for the quick reply and great information. can you tell me more about the kits and stuff for more speed..im not a speed freak, id just like a little zip in my trip so to speak
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Reply #6 - 10/29/08 at 09:23:58

srinath wrote on 10/29/08 at 08:19:05:

Its low power, but its light ... no problem till you hit an indicated 90 or so.
Pipe it, K&N it, Cam it or smooth bore it ... or both ... or all 4. for more speed, but watch out, you can float valves or stuff at high speeds. You'd want a tach ... for sure and stay under its redline anyway ... gear it taller etc etc after you make more power.
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Wuhhh? It wont redline if the rider changes the gears. In low gears it May tach out all the way, but in high gear? Nope, wind resistance is too much for it.

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" i will use it for commuting to work and just pain riding fun. than you all kindly."

I see youve heard about the seat!

This little bike IS Zip in the TRip. Its a cross town running little dude. Short hops are its specialty.Tho, some here have taken theirs cross country with great success. BeatDuck went from Florida, to Arizona( ir one of the Desert States), North to Canada, East to above New York & back to Florida. Alone! What a great adventure..

It pulls away from a stop as quickly as is needed. Any quicker would raise eyebrows & get tickets. Really, I can rip across town a quickly as I ever dreamed of. Someone on a crotch rocket might get there quicker, but this bike lacks nothing IMO.

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Reply #7 - 10/29/08 at 09:30:47

First you ride it and break it in.
You can swap muffler then pipes, flows more and makes more noise ... May have to rejet.
Then you get rid of the intake side, and slap a K&N. A must rejet.
If that isn't enough ... you swap the cams for the ones lancer makes.
At this point, you have to have a tach and you would be better off fitting a larger OD tire. Again Lancer here will have details.
Then fit the smooth bore carbs again lancer.
If definetly you want a lot of power (maybe go and test some one's K&N and pipe equipped bike before saying yes) skip the first few steps, cam, smooth bore and pipe and taller rear tire.
I am working on getting savage #4 running. Once it is, it gets sold as a stock bike ... nearly stock.
The chopper I am building out of the savage gets a little performance mod ... I may just do pipe ... definetly dont want the K&N and that may mean I have to stay away from smoothbores, so pipe and cam maybe ... or pipe only ... I am not a power freak ... that bike has been lightened ... over 40-50 lbs is now in the dumpster ... Rear fender, rear seat, rails and rear pad, rear everything ... front T/S'es, front wheel is aluminum 21 inch, Buck horn bars swapped for feather weight drag bars and aluminum risers, which are a bit bulky for my liking, but still feather weight compared to the stock bar.
I dunno what I will do with it, but pipe already is on it.
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mountaintrout YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 16	Re: being told different or misleading information Reply #8 - 10/29/08 at 10:00:34 thank you justin and siranth so much. im so excited about the bike. i get it tomorrow. i need a great helmet. one of the things my wife asked of me and i was more than willing to comply. what would you suggest? i am looking at an icon for 250.00. please give me a thought or two. thank you all again
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sjaskow - FSO Senior Member Offline Posts: 371 Frozen Tundra of MN Gender:	Re: being told different or misleading information Reply #9 - 10/29/08 at 10:04:05 I'm 5' 8" and 220 on a good day. My stock '06 with an OEM wind screen will do 90 indicated with a little throttle left. I had it up to 80+ with no wind screen but it was really hard to hold on.
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Reply #10 - 10/29/08 at 10:12:02

Helmets - Icon is fine, so is much of the rest.
The surprising thng is how well the cheapo helmets have been for safety. Fulmer, Z-max I think etc etc have rated very well.
The trade off is, cheaper helmets have larger shells, makes for a pretty safe helmet cos the thing has styrofoam ... lots of styrofoam and that is what protects you ... the cheaper helmets also have poorer venting and they are less aerodynamic and more noisy ...
Like they are less air flow when vents are open and seal up less efficiently when vents are shut. They are almost all noisy at all speeds ... but what do we care, savage never gets fast enough to matter.
Anyway, buy for fit, comfort and feel, not for paint or decals or brand. Helmet does not have to match the bike ... bike in fact does not have eyes. Neither does helmet. Cant go too wrong with all the popular brands.
I have of late become a shoei head. Used to be a Bieffe head, but shoei has been fitting me well the last 4-5 years. Have a RF - 900 and a RF 1000 hayabusa I bought cos I got it for 125 bones. I have never had a hayabusa ... ever ... dont plan to get one either.
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srinath Serious Thumper Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5349	Re: being told different or misleading information Reply #11 - 10/29/08 at 10:12:46 Z1-R not Z-max. Cool. Srinath.
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Reply #12 - 10/29/08 at 10:20:04

As far as your question about the helmet. Get one that fits. See how many you can try on in your area and then get the one that fits best. I got a Shoei because it fit better than the other helmets I tried (quite a few) and haven't been sorry, when you figure the cost over the number of miles it doesn't even come on the screen. I'll get another one before too much longer, and again I will try lots of different helmets for fit.

As far as top speed on the Savage and rideable speed on the interstate, I'm probably in a minority of one on this website, but I don't think (and am willing to say) the Savage is an interstate type of MC. There are a number of reasons for this, but if a fair amount of your riding is going to be interstate I think before long you'll want another MC. As always, I'm not trying to offend, and I think the Savage is a great MC, just not an interstate tourer.

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mountaintrout YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 16	Re: being told different or misleading information Reply #13 - 10/29/08 at 10:20:36 which would you recommend full face, of flip up?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 29042 L.A. California Gender:	Re: being told different or misleading information Reply #14 - 10/29/08 at 10:57:12 yes
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