Isn't it amazing that Mr. Orange and Wernwilk and now CafeJim all have about the same starting symptoms and they always respond that they have already done everything you suggest (or immediately respond that they have done that, but later on you find that they really did something else that was "just as good" but not what they were supposed to do).
Then after six pages of laboriously dragging them through the steps of trouble shooting, they disappear and a few days later a new name pops up with about the same exact symptoms ....
Which do you think best applies? (you can vote for multiple items)
There sure are a lot of Really Really screwed up Savages out there
Some folks like to talk about their problems more than turning the wrenches to fix them
Some sympathy is nice
Some attention is nice
Vac petcocks sure do suck, so do carbs and charcoal cannisters
People sure are nice around here, let's come back for seconds and thirds
Mebbe we can explain it better this time, or else mebbe they can
Hey, lets start up 2-3 threads on the same bike/issue and make it REALLY REALLY confusing for everybody.
Hey, let's pour all the nasty rusty watery gas out of your gas tank and change out your fuel filter with a brand new unclogged one after flushing everything out good with fresh gasoline, except this time do it the very first thing instead of the very last thing after 6 pages of chattering on about it.
Hey, you could invent some new symptoms for a brand new problem .....
Be aware our list is haunted by the ghost of a carb problem troll who cannot ever rest until his rusted hulk of a Savage can go 90 mph (which mine can't even do on a good day)
Realize it is Halloween, and "trick or treat" can happen even to the best of us .....