That is the bracket to hold the front of the seat in place.

The fuel tank has rubber grommets in the rear mount, and that piece goes on top of the rubber grommets with the tab facing rearward.

If they had a game show called "Identify That Savage Part".....I could be a worthy opponent!

I gotta' hand it to you for taking on a Basket Case project....when you have never seen where the parts came from.

Well thank you for those kind words, it certainly is an interesting project. Dave, I took your advice and installed the mesh oil screen. Your were right it was no big deal. I would say (for the benefit of anyone who might be inspired by my small success) that what saved my day was having a 1/4 inch drive socket set. This was the only thing small enough to get to the bolt that is under the inlet valve cover. Anyway onwards and upwards I am now off to find some 10mm locknuts for the rear engine mounts, then off with the rear wheel and on with the drive belt.
Once again many thanks for all the help
DavidP

I carry a small 1/4" drive set in my bags all the time. ��

Hello again,
Sadly another question although in my defense I have scoured the four corners of the internet, the manual and this site to no avail. I am trying to connect the fuel tank and the carburetor but am confused as to what goes where (remember I didn't take this apart). What I know is,
This is a California bike and therefore has a carbon cylinder in front of the rear wheel. I am pretty sure that the vent line from the fuel tank crosses the frame and connects to a line on the left side which looks like it heads off to the canister. On the right side there is a line coming up that maybe connects to the carburetor on the right side.  There is a large line from the petcock which looks like it should be the main fuel line and the petcock also has a smaller line which goes where? Here is an image of the right side and the left. In the foreground you can see a line that just seems to go up into the frame. I know that anywhere else in the world that could be a vent line but I find it hard to believe that California forces you to have closed system and then vents vapors to the air. On the left side you can see another line that seems to go no where again I can't believe it vents to air.
Thank you in advance
DavidP

The canister connects to the nipple on the backside of the carb on the right side....the nipple that looks like it vents to the top of the float bowl.

The small line form the petcock attaches to the nipple on the front right side of the carb....the nipple that looks like it goes to the intake nearest the engine cylinder.

The two nippleson the backside top of the float bowl that are a bit angled....one on each side that match.  They have hoses that just go up and tuck inside the frame tube above the cylinder...they are vents.

(Still scratching my head about those screws....I just don't recognize them as a Savage part).

Thank you for your help guys, if you don't recognize those screws then I am sure they don't belong on the Savage.
Well I got it all buttoned up today but to prove that every silver lining has a cloud my new battery is 1/4 inch too tall, despite Amazon promising that "This is a fit for your 1997 Suzuki Savage". Oh well a trip to the returns department tomorrow.
I did hook up an auto battery just to test the electrics and that leads to two simple questions. Everything works but should there be a light in the speedometer next to the neutral light that tells you that the side stand is down? If there is I guess the bulb is blown. Also the high beam tell tale does not work (the high beam itself does work) please tell me that the bulbs can be changed from the top because I had a dreadful time getting the tank on and I don't relish doing that again.
Anyway here she is. One lady owner gently driven and from 5 feet away she looks pretty much like new.
As always thanks for you help.
DavidP