Tonight I finally got the project Savage put back together and ready to try and start her.  No luck!  The starting system seems to be working fine.  The starter cranks right up and you can hear it trying to start the bike.  Every once in a while I can hear a single "pop."  When trying to push start it, I get about the same results.  Oh, by the way, in reference to push starting.. OH MY &^$ ... This is the lightest bike I have ever owned and also by far the hardest to push start....what's up with that?  

Anyway..My question is this.... pushing the starter button and having the starter trying to fire it work fuel out of the tank and into the carb then the cylinder?  My logic tells me no..... I don't claim to know too much about motors, but I am learning.  It seems to me that the vaccuum somes somehow from the piston moving downward in the cylinder.  Yes or no?  How can I get the fuel down without tearing the whole thing apart and taking the bowl off the bottom of the carb?  

I'm soooo close that this is killing me...

Thanks.

Robert M^cCracken

you might want to check for a spark in the spark plug, although with the occaassional pop, I'd be more tempted to think fuel (or timing).

Along with others... It you are getting a stong spark, chances are the problem is in the fuel system. Finding out where can be tricky. What is the temp where/when you are trying to start? What choke/throttle proceedure are you using? Possible flooding?

Oh... and just a couple of nit-picks: Internal combustion power sources are "engines." Electric powered is a "motor." Also, has nobody ever told you to never leave a battery sitting on a cement floor (or directly on the ground)?

Good luck with getting it going!

Well, the Savage started right up tonight.  I ended up with a bit of an issue with the throttle cable needing adjustment, but she is running like a top now.  Thanks to everyone for their assistance on this problem..... talk to you all with the next problem