Here's another hum dinger.. I'm looking up petcocks and i'm having a hard time figuring out what a stock petcock even looks like. The petcock that was on the bike when I got her looks exactly like the raptor petcock.

After reading this it appears I already have a raptor petcock.

Saxon

i have no clue what a "pod" is, nor am I sure that my rambling will help you... but that's never stopped me before.
Apparently, and I hope the big thumpers will correct me if i'm steering you the wrong way, there is a multitude of nonsense that will make your bike do strange things. since our bikes are kind of similar, and mine runs amazing (thank goodness for the big thumpers on this site) i have posted a picture of mine just as a plane visual of the types of different setups that work.
First, I do not have a raptor petcock, In fact I have no idea what kind of petcock it is,, But the important thing to note is that there is no vacuum connection on it. I plugged that little vacuum hose at the carburetor.
Secondly, With the k&n cone filter and the Jardine exhaust she is breathing pretty freely. I believe this setup or something similar is the way to go.
Thirdly, I've gone through the carburetor with a fine tooth comb like 6 or 7 times,, getting familiar with it, playing with the whole jet needle white spacer mod deal, and messing with the Jets to find the right combo. I believe this is necessary to make the connections mentally between how your bike is running and what physical modifications have been made. for the longest time I could not get up to freeway speed for more than a mile without it dying due to gas starvation because my bro that had it before me messed with the Jets incorrectly.
Most recently my bike ran horrible at low rpm and even had to be push started (thanks to Dane for being a super human with super mutant strength). It turned out to be a bad regulator. it took some troubleshooting with verslagen1 to get that straightened out (thnx versy).
Just some stuff to think about. Don't fret, we will get it straitend out.

Stop copying my bike bro.. haha. Man I love you guys.. sorry for being such a nub.

You have a pod filter. Just an aftermarket filter that is small and sticks on your carb. At least to my understanding that's what people call them.

I will have to figure out an easy thing to plug up that open port with. Someone had said the little caps that plug the battery holes but don't know how the hell i'll find one of those by itself. Any other ideas?

Man i'm lost.

Saxon

TheSaxon wrote on 06/25/13 at 18:16:25:

On a day that is not very dusty, go out to a stretch of road where you can do a full throttle run in top gear from maybe 40 to 60 with the filter on.

Then do the same thing with the filter off, and see if anything changes.  If what I am saying is true, it'll run a lot better.  If nothing changes, it'll just prove, once again, that I don't know everything.

And more confusion. I removed the metal plate that the actual pod sits in that restricts the pod from even trying to recieve air to the breather on the top of the carb. You can see what i'm talking about here

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1347609265

How could it be getting less air now? I just took a snap of what the filter looks like inside.. I literally just cut out a slot.



So like I said this pod actually fell off one day and what it did was basically the same thing that was happening when i took her around the block with the new pod accept it literally wouldn't go at all.. not sound bogged out for a second on starting up the throttle. Throttle did next to nothing... stopped and looked at the bike and saw the pod was off, re attatched it and was on my way.

It all sounds like this is all in the carb but it still dumbfounds me the difference in going 80 or 55 is all in a tiny pin hole. Then again i don't know jack.

Saxon

I already ordered a new filter. This was just something I tried while I wait you know? Been dumping rain for days now and I don't want to mess with the carb in between downpours.

And no I mean the little port on the top of your carb that these pods I have restrict. You would have to read that thread I posted to see what I'm talking about maybe? I have found a bunch of resources on this site for fooling with the carb.. I'll be diving into it as soon as the sun comes out. I figure that's what vars is waiting for.

Saxon

Either dump your airbox and get a big enough K&N, or go to a UNI brand foam slip on filter. That looks a lot like an Emgo knock-off you have on it now. Pure junk, trust me, I used to turn customers away from them all the time. They may look decent, but they are so restrictive that you'll damage the engine. Stock airbox and paper element on mine, oversized jets right now, basically open exhaust (legal where I live)...  It'll lift the front tire off the ground w/o breaking a sweat.

The Mikuni BS40 that our bikes come with used to be a kit upgrade for Sportsters... you just have to let the carb inhale as much as the engine demands.