Sounds weird and in this day and age if it sounds to good to be true it probably is. Lets start from the beginning, im 36 years old, ive never ridden a motorcycle before, but ive all of a sudden got this urge to ride and customize a bike. i looked around at every and all bikes, the savage is the one i fell in love with. i dont have the kind of money to buy a new one, so i saved up some money was doing pretty good toward my goal, i was watching craigslist for deals, it looked like s40's with about 7000 miles on them were going for about $2500, like i said i was almost there and life happened, so i cut into my savings, and then out of the blue one of the ads i had responded to and wrote off wrote back he had a 1996 Savage with 200 miles on it, he said he had bought it for his wife 15 years ago and she just quit riding and it has sat in the garage ever since. Im heading over in the morning to look at it and if its everything he says it is im going to get it. my question would be what do i have to do to a bike that has sat for so long, What i think i know, is flush the gas tank, clean the carburator or maybe rebuild it, new battery maybe even new tires and after that i dont know? any advise would be much appreciated. i have been vicariously ready posts on this site for a few months now without even owning one, i now have a great oppertunity or if there is something im missing a money pit. please help.

I don't believe it runs, so even if I have replace the carb altogether could the rust have traveled into the motor or probably stopped at the gummed up carb jets? If there is rust in the tank should I not get it?