SuzukiSavage.com - Savage Scrambler Style?

justin_o_guy2

Serious Thumper

Offline

What happened?

Posts: 55279
East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.

Re: Savage Scrambler Style?
Reply #15 - 10/28/20 at 08:19:00

Looks like a desirable machine..

Suzuki T500 Titan Years produced: 1968-1976 Claimed power: 47hp @ 7,000rpm Top speed: 105mph (observed) Engine type: 492cc 2-stroke air-cooled parallel twin Weight (dry): 408lb (185kg) Price then: $899 (1970) Price now: $1,400-$3,000 MPG: 50mpg (observed) From the mid-Sixties to the mid-Seventies, 2-stroke motorcycles ruled the roost.

Back to top

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.- Edmund Burke.

IP Logged

MMRanch

Serious Thumper

Offline

Evil flourishes if
Good Men do Nothing.

Posts: 6023
LYNCHBURG TN
Gender: male

Re: Savage Scrambler Style?
Reply #16 - 10/28/20 at 08:50:18

with all the new tech. and advancements we have ... two of my modern machines still are :

48 HP - 50 mpg - 412# - Guzzi V7II
50 HP - 50 mpg - 440# Kawasaki W650

maybe we ain't so advanced after all ? Roll Eyes

and not to leave the Savage out - 30HP - 50 mpg - 360#
....................................

Anybody have a Suzuki TU250 ?

or

One of the newer RE Twins ?

Back to top

I see and feel the Holy Spirit in the world , as does anybody who has eyes to see.

IP Logged

LANCER

Serious Thumper
Alliance Member

Offline

Savage Beast
Performance Parts

Posts: 10803
Oklahoma
Gender: male

Re: Savage Scrambler Style?
Reply #17 - 10/28/20 at 12:20:57

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/28/20 at 08:19:00:

Looks like a desirable machine..

Suzuki T500 Titan Years produced: 1968-1976 Claimed power: 47hp @ 7,000rpm Top speed: 105mph (observed) Engine type: 492cc 2-stroke air-cooled parallel twin Weight (dry): 408lb (185kg) Price then: $899 (1970) Price now: $1,400-$3,000 MPG: 50mpg (observed) From the mid-Sixties to the mid-Seventies, 2-stroke motorcycles ruled the roost.

The Titan was one of those motorcycles I had always wanted.

Back to top

IP Logged

Dave

YaBB Moderator
ModSquad

Offline

SuzukiSavage.com
Rocks!

Posts: 18314
Camp Springs, Kentucky
Gender: male

Re: Savage Scrambler Style?
Reply #18 - 10/28/20 at 14:49:34

Back in 1972 when I was in high school I worked part time at a Suzuki dealer at Action Sports Cycles in Alliance, Ohio. I would take the motorcycles out of the crates and assemble them. The T500 Titan was a cool bike and we had one customer who had a blue bike with 40,000 miles on it that looked and ran like new. At the time that seemed like a lot of miles on a motorcycle.

I have a couple of friends who currently own them - but neither of them run. The crank seals have gone bad and need to be replaced. This is a big job as the crank needs to come out, and the crankshaft needs to be taken apart to replace the seals between the left/right cylinders. Taking the crankshaft apart and putting it back together is not a job for amateurs.

Back to top

Someday I will be old......But not today!

IP Logged

Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29282 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler Style? Reply #19 - 10/28/20 at 16:44:32 I had a 2-stroke Hodaka... Always carried 2 spare spark plugs. I think my lube paranoia made me overcompensate. Cursed by caution. Better to foul than strike out. 4-strokes make me feel safe...
Back to top	Ludicrous Speed !... ... ... IP Logged

ohiomoto

Serious Thumper

Offline

SuzukiSavage.com
Rocks!

Posts: 2825

Re: Savage Scrambler Style?
Reply #20 - 10/28/20 at 18:31:27

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/28/20 at 08:19:00:

Looks like a desirable machine..

Suzuki T500 Titan Years produced: 1968-1976 Claimed power: 47hp @ 7,000rpm Top speed: 105mph (observed) Engine type: 492cc 2-stroke air-cooled parallel twin Weight (dry): 408lb (185kg) Price then: $899 (1970) Price now: $1,400-$3,000 MPG: 50mpg (observed) From the mid-Sixties to the mid-Seventies, 2-stroke motorcycles ruled the roost.

--------

I had a73 when I was a 20 year old kid. Thing was a screamer. Fun to ride but the vibrations made your whole body numb after a couple of hours of riding.

Back to top

IP Logged

Edub

Full Member

Offline

SuzukiSavage.com
Rocks!

Posts: 167
Arizona
Gender: male

Re: Savage Scrambler Style?
Reply #21 - 10/29/20 at 00:07:35

ohiomoto wrote on 10/25/20 at 05:45:38:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1371091600

http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/911ee19f179ced45269a9ab158aff22b.jpg

My two favorite builds in the same thread; this one and yours, Ohiomoto! This build lurks in my dreams, I can't shake the urge to build a scrambler. I'll be looking for a new project myself post-coronavirus. Are there any other scrambler builds out there?

Back to top

IP Logged

Edub Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 167 Arizona Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler Style? Reply #22 - 10/29/20 at 00:12:52 Found this one on YouTube from Poland: https://youtu.be/XnXQsOuZ0wk I hope others will add links to others here!
Back to top	IP Logged

Dave

YaBB Moderator
ModSquad

Offline

SuzukiSavage.com
Rocks!

Posts: 18314
Camp Springs, Kentucky
Gender: male

Re: Savage Scrambler Style?
Reply #23 - 10/29/20 at 03:53:21

Edub:

Well the engine and lower forward part of the frame is Savage. So is the battery box and air cleaner assembly. The electric decompression solenoid was moved down and forward on the frame to make room for the fuel tank.

The front forks, hand controls and handlebars, seat and upper rear frame, swing arm, and both wheels and brake assemblies are from something else.

This may be the best way to actually get suspension that works well off road.

Back to top

Someday I will be old......But not today!

IP Logged

Edub

Full Member

Offline

SuzukiSavage.com
Rocks!

Posts: 167
Arizona
Gender: male

Re: Savage Scrambler Style?
Reply #24 - 10/29/20 at 09:25:29

I hear you, I for one am not a good enough off road rider to want a serious dirt bike; if I wanted one, they’re really easy to find out here in AZ. I’m thinking more along the lines of a decent gravel road bike. We have a lot of gravel roads out here, and I’d like to be able to ride more of these without having it become a white-knuckle affair.

Back to top

IP Logged