Well i bought my savage some years ago, and for the last 2 years i had it without starter. So after replacing starter and took to mechanic for service we found out that the air filter had a tape around it!!!! For what reason someone did this?
Anyway, i bought a new filter and now my bike doesnt go smooth, it does something like its out of gas as im riding.
Any opinions on what to do?

So you mean you didn't ride it for 2 years? The carb needs to be cleaned.

All of it was covered with only just little space. The carb was cleaned.
RanDaMan is it safe to put tape?

pantinosm wrote on 08/29/12 at 12:37:51:



i wouldnt cover the air filter some people have reccomended it only as a test to see if your jetting is correct. putting tape on it will restrict some of the air flow, is there anything after market on the bike? is the airfilter stock?

Maybe it was running bad before you bought it because of a restriction in the carb. somewhere causing a lean condition. And maybe some one who wasn't real mechanical taped the air cleaner to choke it out some to richen it. I think a good carb. cleaning would be a good idea. Carl