ok so heres my story... i bought the savage in the beg. of last summer... i put on all new blinkers, taillight, handlebars, mirrors, sportster seat, straight pipe and redjetted the carb.  I also fabed up a licence plate mount and bought those led licence plate bolts and wired everything up.  I sanded, bondoed, and primed all the tins and took em to maaco (which by the way they came out great and only cost me $112)  NOW I had the bike finished LAST summer right around september.. Put gas in the tank and found out there was a pinhole leak and it ate up my paint b/c i didnt catch it and left it overnight... So i planned on fixing it in the winter and hanving it for spring.. Problem was that im only 16 and im not pullin in to much money... so i didnt buy a new tank all the way until spring.  I refinished the tank and had it painted maybe last week.. Got all the parts and put her back together again.. Finsally gased her up and changed the oil before trying to start her.  Which btw b4 fixing her i did make sure she was a runner.. So i start her and my battery was dead so i bump started her and she ran GREAT.. I rode around my neighborhood for an hour or so just to make sure i wouldnt get stranded if i took it further.  So i get about 5 miles from my house and she stalls.. Remember my bat is dead so i finally get her up again but now the idle is real high and at idle there is a bit of white or black smoke comming out of the exhaust.. the bike boggs down at low rpms but once you rev her up it stops.  I thought maybe it was bad gas or maybe there might have been some sand particles in the tank from the sanding so i drained the tank and took the carb off and cleaned the carb and put her together again.  (and i didnt think of it until now but i should have made sure the jests were tight since i rejetted it but im pretty sure the were)  But after doing all this the bike is still idleing real high and running like.. well shi*.. I dont no what to do.. I think its in the carb but im not sure, i dont know if it would be something electricle or what... I dont know were to start and i was really hoping to have the bike for bike week in wildwood which is a week away..

Quote "at idle there is a bit of white or black smoke coming out of the exhaust."

Pay special attention to the color of the smoke...black is carb, or rich, too much fuel,...blue/grey, is oil burning, usually valves or rings,...white is water, usually cooling system (hard to do in an air cooled bike), but maybe water in gas....
and finally,...check your vac line for gas,...goes from petc0ck to right-side of carb,...should have no gas in it at all...

good luck, and congratulations on what you've done, by the time you're 18 you'll be an expert....

One other thing. We need pics, we want to see what you have done.  

Thanx everyone.. i rode the bike today and it was still bogging down and it was white smoke which it all stopped and cleared up after some riding so i think it was just water in the gas... it was hard to figure this out earlier bc my bat was dead and i was gettin to tired lol.. pix hopefully commin 2marrow

You said in your blog you were 16,in your profile it says 22,?
what year is the bike?
I would take the carb off and give it a good cleaning,remove the throttle grip and clean up any electrical componants,connect wires properly,try a new spark plug,I use a iridium myself and I really like it.
Any way, congratulations I love to see a young guy getting his hands dirty 'in a very short while you will be an expert,we will all be asking you for advice.