Spydre
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First off, I just wanted to say hi, since this is my first post. I've been lurking here since I first got my Savage (1998) a few months ago. Overall, my bike was in good condition with less than 4k miles on it. This was until I let my girlfriend get on it when I was trying to show her how to ride it...
Basically, in first gear, with the clutch most of the way out (just slowly cruising along), she stopped and started to lose balance on the bike. As she slowly started lowering it to the ground, she red lined the throttle for a good 5+ seconds before the bike shut itself off. The good news is that for about 2-3 of those seconds, she had the clutch all the way in and only let go a little for the last couple seconds (but held the brakes).
When I stood the bike back up, it would start (reluctantly) with the choke out, but whenever I gave it any throttle, it would stall out and shut off. I had it towed back to my place and waited a day as my friend said it might be the carburetor. The next day, it reluctantly started up again, but let me give it some gas without shutting off, which was good. I'm going to go home tonight and maybe try to go for a short ride on it to see if it will run properly.
Being someone who knows very little about mechanical maintenance of motorcycles or cars, I was wondering what everyone here thought and if it's probably safe to ride assuming it runs somewhat fine tonight.
Thanks a lot
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