So I wished I was joining this forum under better circumstances, but unfortunately as my luck may have it I'm not...
So basically, I bought my bike ('97 Suzuki Savage LS 650 with 6k miles) in sept 09 from a buddy of mine, rode it in 09 for 700 miles filled it up with gas 100% added some stabilizer (just in case) unplugged gas tube from carb and clogged/clamped it, and ran the engine till it died... stored in heated garage for winter. I had my charger on the battery all winter, went to go start the bike 2 week ago and my battery died, oh well nuts happens I bought a new battery, got it wed installed bike started and ran fine... rode it in 2 days 240 miles or so, and gassed up twice... last night I gassed up at shell, rode home np... today... got on the bike, 10miles after, bike starts backfireing weirdly (in the engine as in kind of dying off for a split sec then lunging forward) I figured maybe I was feeling this, who knows... rode for 30 miles, kept happening and I ignored it.... happened once more, loud POP 2 miles down the road, bike cut off... started the f**ker up, rode for 1/2mile, died... I was pissed and on a busy intersection... started er' up again, rode for 1/2mile died... (side note to HD guys, they are loyal bikers, they saw me on side of road and stopped to help!) anyways, I got the bike to my friends house (barely) kept the rev's at I'd say 3-4k if I had to feel it on 3rd gear (was running loud but better than dying out on busy intersection) I left my bike at her house for about 1.4hrs, came back fired the bike up ran around the block ran fine... parked the bike and waited for the female to dress (looooong wait) got on the bike and was about to ride, listened to the idle and noticed a hesitation in the engine every so often, I knew I had a problem... I rode the bike 1/2 mile, bike died, and basically stayed dead... got back to my friends house looked at everything, all looked good... called my buddy he said the carb might be dirty, but he just cleaned it in sept, so the only other thing I can think of is the gasoline I purchased...
So my question to everyone here... what do I do, I fell an empty void in my soul without a bike...
If I have to clean the carbs, please link to FYI (I have searched and found nothing helpful about cleaning or taking apart)
I have seen a post that said check the tubes (which I will as soon as I get to her house Friday)
I am also going to get a new rubber tube for the carb air vac, one of mine popped off (left front side) and it seemed short since I couldnt put it back on, so I'll get a new tubes and make it longer so it's not super tight...
What else?
Also, I believe the bike runs LEAN... I have a blue elbow coming out of the engine, bike shoots off blue flames when rpm is lowering and during shutoff with a PUFF, bike has a HD exhaust with white porceline (or looks) covering the point where the exhaust attaches to the header?
Btw, names Alan
from Chicago