bogged down during ride,now no worky. what could do this??

so im riding home and everything is running fine and then BAM, bike boggs down like crazy. itl idle but but all throttle is gone, the bike either roughly dying or fighting the rpms. air leak? stuck float? electrical? been busy with work but gonna dive into it hopefully tomorrow. any ideas? honestly dont know were to start. sounds like it could be a millon things. when i try and start it it turns and turns and slowy begins to start up. any and all ideas welcome.

 

It's a gas problem. Did you run out of gas? Double check! Petcock on off, or ON when it needs to be on reserve?
Check and possibly replace the fuel filter.
Check the airfilter just in case, but I bet it's the gas!

 

what are you riding? does it have a fuel pump?

Fist thing I would check would be the vacume line to the petcock, then the petcock it's self (assuming it is gravity feed or has a working fuel pump).

 

so i found that the tip off one of the float needle vale thingys was broken off, blocking the fuel from entering the carb. got a new one and put it all back together but now the bike wont rev past about 3k without choking out. feels like an air leak somewere cause when i put the choke on it will reach a little higher but still same problem. any ideas? got spark and gas in all the bowls. must have been something after putting the carbs back on cause this is a different symptom than before. any help is much appreciated

 

Sounds like gas is still not being delivered properly if you have spark.

 

I'm having running issues too.

One of the best advice I was given was to pull the plugs and see how the bike is running by the color and condition of the plugs.

Good luck