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Sorry, there's sort of an overview of prior history and I wouldn't mind commentary on it, but there's a tl;dr with my question at the end.
Well, I got 1998 Suzuki Savage that's been sitting for about eight months outside, and probably more prior. Finally got around to draining the gas tank, cleaning out the carb and replacing the dead battery with a Big Crank. As an aside, the Big Cranks have terminals that face perpendicular instead of parallel to the bike body, making the experience of installation a little annoying, particularly on the negative side. Somewhat worried that the connection between the terminal and lead isn't enough with the screw or that it will contact with the body of the battery box, but it honestly seems pretty okay.
Anyway, so I dumped two gallons of fresh gas in the bike and test it out. I hadn't set the idle screw correctly earlier, but I was impatient wanted to ride it a bit. It started fine, drove it a bit, though with the idle not in place, it kept dying at any stop. Once I got about half a mile away from my house, I try to fiddle with the idle a bit, realize I can't really seem to get a grip on it. When I start the bike up again, it revs and then I get a loud pop noise from what felt and sounded like right below me, but the helmet I had on may have distorted things. I immediately released the throttle and let it shut off again. Next time I tried to start it up, it would turn over, rev up and then die on me. My guess is it's something to do with the carb or the air intake, but I don't know what exactly to check for. Any suggestions?
tl;dr When I try to start my bike it turns over, revs high and then dies. What the devil is wrong?
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