Hey there! Please help! I just bought a 2003 Suzuki Savage LS650 and haven't been able to ride it yet
My Issue:I took the battery out earlier to get it charged because the bike wouldn't start. Now it starts but as soon as it starts up it revs really high and shakes
. This is without me even touching the throttle. When I do touch it, it just revs more. Constant, steady rev... doesn't go up and down at all. No backfiring or sputtering. I've been Googling and reading the Clymer's manual all day and spoke to a friend who works on motorcycles of his own. This is what I've tried and nothing has worked yet
-loosening the throttle cable a bit
-messing with the choke (didn't matter if it was all the way in, all the way out, halfway... started up and revved the same)
-tried turning the idle adjust screw counterclockwise first
.. didn't work
-tried turning the idle adjust screw clockwise and it didn't work
I'm not sure what to try to get it to stop revving so aggressively. Do you guys have any ideas for things I can try?
Some background info: I just bought it a few days ago. It's the first motorcycle I've ever owned. I've never worked on a bike or any other vehicle. But I'm dying to learn, and I'm pretty competent. I felt accomplished getting the battery out and back in this morning
. I have a bunch of tools at available for me to use so I'm open to any and all suggestions for solutions!
The guy I bought it from said he knows nothing about engines and on my way to pick it up he told me the battery was dead but confessed that he had no idea what he was doing. He said he hadn't driven it in a couple of weeks. He drove it over to my house without issues though, was able to shift just fine and everything seemed legit. Got it to the house, put it in the shed and didn't touch it again until today (bought it 2 days ago). It wouldn't start this morning and I figured out that it was the battery. So, I took it out and went to get it charged. The battery was good to go after a few hours of a trickle charge, so I reinstalled it. Now it starts well and immediately. It's just loud AF and revs way too much.
There's no rpm gauge so I can't tell how many rpms it's at while high revving but it's up there, and the bike didn't' sound like this when the guy I bought it from had it running before dropping it off at my house.
So...
Any ideas as to what it could be???
I don't know what else to try
I'm looking forward to some insight!
Thanks in advance