In the Savage the battery needs to be in good shape in
order to crank up a good strong spark in order to start,
otherwise it's a no-go.
When in trouble i do the following:
1) simply push start it in
3rd gear (3rd works best for me)
either with the help of
a) a slight street inclination or
b) another
hooman to help push, if alone most people WILL help gladly to
push if asked nicely. Pushing starting it yourself on a flat street is
an art I have yet to master as I have successfully done it only twice.
2) Start it with your car's battery and jumper cables, easy as pie!
Pop open your hood, attach cables to battery, attach (-) to clutch
lever on right side of motor, attach a long screwdriver to (+) and
turn ignition key on, put bike on neutral and pump gas a few times,
THEN uncover the starters rubber cap to expose nut & bolt, touch
the (+) scredriver there and only there and VOILA! the savage
suddenly comes alive a la frankenstein! works EVERY time.
** touch the positive (+) WHERE???
Here, under the BLACK RUBBER CAP behind the speedometer cable:
http://www.bikez.com/pictures/suzuki/2000/367_0_1_2_ls%20650%20p%20savage_Cop...Good luck.