The other day I went on a 7 mile trip and ran my bike at mid throttle most of the way there. There was lots of hills and I was carrying a load on my bike rack of about 15-20 lbs along with my weight of about 210lbs... On my ride home I noticed the motor was struggling and I felt it stuttering as I would turn the throttle. It almost stalled out a couple times and then finally did. Once i started it back up, i noticed the throttle did not feel normal as I would turn it, like it would rev in and out as I moved forward. It was stuttering. When I finally got it home, I checked everything outwardly and noticed there was a crack underneathe the choke, on the carberetor. I don't have the tools really, or the experience to fix it but I want to learn. I made an amateur move and placed electrical tape over the crack in attempt to temporarily fix it. I would really appreciate any suggestions and/or insight on what kind of issues I'm facing and how to approach them as an amateur to engines.
Thank you guys so much!
(Also, after checking everything once I got back, I also noticed that the plastic casing where the screw is for the throttle wire is broken right where it connects to the throttle handle from the wire and I'm wondering if this could possibly be an additional cause to why the engine is stuttering. I taped it the best I could but it doesn't seem to be any better.)
Thank you guys so much!
(Also, after checking everything once I got back, I also noticed that the plastic casing where the screw is for the throttle wire is broken right where it connects to the throttle handle from the wire and I'm wondering if this could possibly be an additional cause to why the engine is stuttering. I taped it the best I could but it doesn't seem to be any better.)