Glad to see there are other Key West riders out there. Its a nice bike. I got mine 2 springs ago and have put on 4,200 miles on it in 2 short season of riding in Minnesota.
My knowledge on maintenance and mechanical stuff on scooters in very limited but I want to learn.
It sounds much like the problem someone had in a prior posting but I have had a little problem with my bike I was hoping someone might be able to help me with.
It was derestricted by the dealer and does about 45. Its ran great until last summer when it started having problems getting over 30. One day while riding it lost power going full speed and then would start fine and ideal great but when I reved it up it almost worked like a reverse throttle and seemed to flood it out if I have it more than like 1/4 throttle. After about 20 minutes of feathering the throttle it got going again fine. Then a couple days later it did the same thing and didn't want to go over 20-30 again and would die if I have it gas. It has been off and on. I never know when it will run good and when it won't, it will just stop running well out of nowhere. I replaced the spark plug without any difference. Its almost like there is a small pebble that gets stuck in the carb that gets lodged then becomes clear.
When I stopped riding it in the winter for couple months, it didn't go full speed and was having the same problems but when I took it out last week it ran great but seemed to be blowing alot of blue smoke, more than usually out of the exhaust.
And its not very reliable I want to change that.
Doe sit sound like its getting too much oil and can I adjust that?
Or is just a clogged carb and is that diffiuclt to clean for a first timer?
I was also told I might be able to run a slightly hotter plug and that may help. Any suggestions? THanks in advance to anyone willing the help. I would really appreciate it.
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