Hmmm sometimes when the electronics get hot they do loose power. If your coil were failing you could get a weak spark after running her for awhile. Check it for cracks or pull the plug wire attach a second plug and check to see if it has a spark. (when it's hot)

Just another suggestion, the thread is the longest I've seen, so I didn't want to be left out.
Good Luck with it Don, I know how frustrating it can sometimes be.


Kevin

Don,
I'm having a a very similar problem.  Have tried jetting, carb, spark, blah... blah...
After reading about pet-thingy and pet-thingy conversion I'm leaning toward conversion.
Some posts say p-t goes bad and leaks into crankcase, some say p-t goes bad and sucks fuel into mix, bypassing pilot.  
Ding! Ding! Bells are going off in my head!
I'm rich at idle even with mix screw full in.  Stumbly idle, worse when warm.  Hard starting.  Bad milage.  
I think I might have gas in the pet-thingy vac line feeding into the idle-mix.
Mike M may be on the right track.
Hope it helps us both.
Not alone in this nightmare,  Bob

You could use clear tubing on the vacuum line to see if it's getting fuel in it... and either a clear line or clear filter on the fuel line to see when it has fuel.  If you suspect you may be getting excess fuel dumped into the carb, whether through the fuel or vacuum line, please check your crankcase oil to be sure it hasn't been contaminated.  If you think it may have been but aren't sure, it's definitely safer to change it.

I looked it up at bikebandit.com and it's available seperately. $69. Perhaps you misunderstood the dealer ???

Here's the page. There's other parts in the $400 range.

Link

Here's what  my local mc shop said .
He says that the stator itself is ok but the "pulse generator"
is shutting down( see page 212 of Clymer manual-part number 2 on the diagram). He  described it as a kind of magnetic switch.  He says that part is all part of the stator assembly and is not available separately.
The big issue as far as I know is that the Clymer book he is using is for 1986-1988 Savages ! My bike says "2000" on the
front fork id plate.
Does anyone know the differences in these years regarding these parts?? For example would  the older year parts fit if they are easier to get ?
The bike bandit  site parts don't look like Clymer info at all!

You've confused me on the year but the stators are the same from 1988 to 2002. I compared the pictures at Ronayers and  Bikebandit and they're identical.

I do see the part he's referring to. It's  the electronic ignition pickup and he is right - it's part of the stator assembly.

That part was changed for the 2003 model year (according to bikebandit).

Bikebandit shows it as available. Ronayers shows it as discontinued. I don't understand this because Suzuki is mandated to keep parts for 10 years by the government I think.

I'll let someone else advise you as to the difficulty of replacing it yourself. If you go that route, you'll probably be charged the labor your mechanic used to diagnose the problem + towing or whatever. You might also p!ss off your mechanic a bit