Hello everyone! I'm thinking this is the most appropriate thread to post in, but if not I apologize. I just picked up a new (to me) bike, 1983 Kawasaki 1100 LTD. The guy I bought it off of pulled the airbox off and installed pod filters. It has a 4-1 header but still has its center stand! It's currently running rich and has some gas dripping from the left outside pod and smokes pretty bad when running. I'm not really sure if it's burning oil or not causing the smoke or if it's just from running so rich. When I first looked at the bike before I purchased it, the owner started it up, cracked the throttle a few times and ended up shooting some fire out the exhaust. I've done a little reading about these bikes and aside from addressing these issues, I was hoping to do something along the lines of an oil cooler system. It has 17,603 miles and appears to be a clean bike overall. It also sounds as though it has a misfire. When riding, it seems to flutter and lose power between 3000-4000 rpm but tends to grab and accelerate normally after about 4200 rpm. Haven't rode it more than 20 miles so far, picked it up a few days ago (needs new tires as the ones that were on it are bald). I did change the oil yesterday with a Kawasaki filter and Kawasaki 10w-40 4 stroke oil. The oil that came out was horrid, I've seen some grimy oil changes but there was a lot of chunks of I don't know what at the bottom of the pan I drained the oil into. The oil itself was quite dark and looked like it had been quite some time since the oil was change. I believe the guy I bought the bike off of only had it for a month and became strapped for cash. That's all I can think of at this point.
Issues summarized:
1. Excessive exhaust smoke
2. Gas dripping out of pod filter
3. Running very rich
4. Sluggish between 3000-4000 rpm
