SuzukiSavage.com - The Project: Phase 2

MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #45 - 03/20/11 at 13:22:40 The paint mentioned above seems to have worked, so I did the rest of the crankcase. And I did the starter in black. The cover behind the starter (what's it for anyway?) will be done the same color as the frame.
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Abbey Normal YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 24	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #46 - 03/20/11 at 15:13:46 Yeah, what is that cover?? I painted mine satin black.
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Reply #47 - 03/20/11 at 16:08:10

Back on my first thread about this project, someone asked if I would be replacing the cam chain guides since I had the top end apart and would be installing a new chain. Here's what my guides look like after less than 9,000 miles. I can barely feel the "worst" spot when I run a fingernail over it. The other areas just have the slightest of rub marks.

So, no, I won't be replacing them.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #48 - 03/20/11 at 16:09:38 Abbey Normal wrote on 03/20/11 at 15:13:46: Yeah, what is that cover?? Maybe it's for bugs to live under when we don't ride enough.
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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #49 - 03/20/11 at 18:10:34 Glad you posted the picture and information. It is just as useful to know what wears well as it is to know what causes trouble.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #50 - 03/20/11 at 18:32:45 Hurray! I learned my Stage 1 cam is making its way back to me.
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randyradio Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 54	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #51 - 03/21/11 at 10:15:28 I'm just starting to get acquainted with my 8" buffer. I see you wear protection and gloves. I'm sure finding that the wheel will grab some items and sling em but good. Randy BTW have you ever put in a cam before?
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Reply #52 - 03/21/11 at 10:25:48

That's my friend, Steve. He's wearing coveralls and gloves because he was doing a brake job on his wife's car. I just wore nitrile gloves to keep the wax off my hands and body oils off the aluminum.

I've never done a cam, but after reading the instructions, it doesn't seem hard. Just get the flywheel TDC mark and the horizontal marks on the cam in the right place.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #53 - 03/21/11 at 12:40:19 The new 18" front rim arrived today. I shipped it and the hub out to Woody's Wheel Works to be laced and trued.
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jandaso Full Member Offline Do you want fries with that? Posts: 145	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #54 - 03/21/11 at 13:30:01 Why did You went with the stage 1 and not the stage 2 cam?? Just wondering since I'm trying to upgrade for one of them and also upgrade the piston to a Wiseco 97mm.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #55 - 03/21/11 at 13:32:43 Seems like the Stage 2 is fine if you're going to be blasting abound at top speed most of the time. I just wanted to smooth out the power band.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28996 L.A. California Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #56 - 03/21/11 at 13:46:13 stage 1 is generally know as a mild cam. It will wake up performance w/o overstressing the valve train. As it broadens open time w/o openning the valves any more than stock.
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Reply #57 - 03/21/11 at 13:56:36

Is kind of ironic of my part that last year I had an accident on a yamaha R1 and told myself never to be stupid again and take it
Slow. Main reason why I wanted an old school cafe racer. Then I came across the RYCA kit and the Suzuki s40 (one cylinder and really simple to work on). Now that I have the S40 I just want to modified till it
Cant handle no more. Undecided

. I'm pull hard on the throttle all the time and is because I'm young and seeking thrills (that's why I
Do skydiving also Cool

) .....

I went off topic there....sorry. So stage 2 gives me more power but I don't want to be hurting The engine. Recommendations???

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #58 - 03/21/11 at 14:07:09 Lancer is the guy with all the info.
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BrettKeiselsbeard Full Member Offline 2007 S-40, 2003 GZ250 Posts: 146 Sebastian Fl Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 2 Reply #59 - 03/21/11 at 14:19:41 Yes, but where is he? Anyone know when he will be back? Waiting for a jet kit so I have a vested interest. :'(
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