Please Help I Miss My Ride

My bike hasn't started for a week now! Last Thursday or so my bike ran a good 14 miles to work. 4 hours after my morning ride I tried to take the bike out again and it started up started cutting out, and every now and then make a sharp popping noise. So I had it picked up to fix at home.

So I initially thought that I was not getting a spark because the engine would barely make a deeper growl when pulled the throttle. Though that still may be the problem I just ordered and replaced both the magneto and the CDI and the engine is still not turning over.

Please can someone shed some light on this I was just getting used to riding 30 miles a day and loving it.

It works!!!

So I got the bike running again. Turns out it was the magneto or the CDI. After installing both of those new last night and it not working I waited a couple hours. I then realized I may have installed the mag upside down and re-checked the notes I made when taking it apart. After flipping it over and putting the case back on voila! Bike's running again but it is still not getting the "umph" it used to.

I replaced my spark plug with a NGK B6HS in hopes I would get back the strength I had in the beginning. Also, I removed, cleaned and replaced the air filter on the carb. I think you may be right and that my bike may be running too rich. Unfortunately I am not too sure the proper way to fix that. I understand the spring-loaded screw coming out of the carb controls the richness. How would I gauge different settings for that?

Do I tighten it a quarter-turn and then ride to feel a difference? And just keep tightening or loosening a quarter-turn at a time? Or is there a better way to do this?

Thanks for the info Saddle. The bike should be pretty broken in by now though. I have ridden it 30+ miles everyday for a couple months. And though my bike was idling fine a while ago now the engine just cuts out as I come to a complete stop.

Any suggestions?

I hear what your saying about those wires, I noticed their quality the moment I unpackaged them. I plugged them in and wrapped each setup in electrical tape just to be safe.

Thanks. I guess I was just looking for an easy answer. But where's the fun in that? I believe I have gotten the idle screw set just right now. One more idle question though, I noticed that running without a muffler my idle performed much differently. I am replacing the muffler this week with a different style and was wondering if I will have to re-set my idle?

By the way, the carb is a stock NT, something I didn't know last week. It was not pre-assembled with my kit, but I assembled it roughly 3 months ago. Either this week or next week I will be replacing the carb as well with either a Dax RT or a CNS V2.