I have a 1975 Kawasaki G3SSE that I was able to get running last summer, but I have not ridden it much. The oil pump is disabled and the previous owner said he would mix with a 40:1 ratio. Yesterday I took the bike out and needed to add more fuel so after spending some time reading online I decided to do a 32:1 mixture because I was going to be riding it a lot more than usual.
I was able to ride the bike just fine for about 10 minutes and then it suddenly died on me. I pulled the plug and and it was pretty black so I scrubbed it with a wire brush and the bike kicked over and ran for about 30 seconds, but as soon as I gave it gas it died again. I couldn't get it to restart after that. I tried cleaning the plug and made sure I was getting a spark, I pulled off the carb and used a some wire from my brush to try to clean out the jets, and checked the air filter to make sure it was clean.
Any idea what could be going on? My first thought is that I had too much oil in the mixture and the jets are gummed up and I didn't get them clean enough. Any other ideas?
I was able to ride the bike just fine for about 10 minutes and then it suddenly died on me. I pulled the plug and and it was pretty black so I scrubbed it with a wire brush and the bike kicked over and ran for about 30 seconds, but as soon as I gave it gas it died again. I couldn't get it to restart after that. I tried cleaning the plug and made sure I was getting a spark, I pulled off the carb and used a some wire from my brush to try to clean out the jets, and checked the air filter to make sure it was clean.
Any idea what could be going on? My first thought is that I had too much oil in the mixture and the jets are gummed up and I didn't get them clean enough. Any other ideas?