need some help with my 85 tri z

[okieRrider]

hey guys, i went to the dunes this weekend with the midwest trikers crew and when we goin out to the dunes for the last time i had a problem. the machine started bogging down and then it acted like it was flooding out then it died. i restarted it and when it would fire it sounded like there was compression coming through the carb and it would back fire through the carb. i was wondering if any of you have had this problem with your 2 strokes before. i am thinking that maybe it is a broke reed but i don't know. i am planning on taking the carb off and the reed cage later this week when i have some time and check that out but thought i would ask on here first. the engine still has good compression so i don't think it was a scored piston or anything like that and also when i pulled the plug it was running rich. by saying it was running rich the plug was black and sooty on the end not wet. thanks, chris

[wolfspider]

hi chris i`ve never had this problem with my tri z but my kart used to be fickle and bog if the oil fuel ratio wasn`t right, did it do it after you mixed some fresh gas? any difference with a hotter plug?
steve.

[BIG BAD RED]

if it is backfiring thru the carb then i would check your reeds...for like 60 bux cnd you can get some boyseen dual stage power reeds....they work awsome

[okieRrider]

well thanks for the help guys but i found the hissing problem...lol it was the line that goes from the bottom of the cylinder to the fuel pump came off i guess while i was riding it.....but now it is getting no spark.....are there any problems witht the stators on these things like the tecate has? i'm gonna do some tests on it tommorow so i can try and figure it out......thanks again,
chris