ccar512,
I would be changing the spark plug with an NGK BPMR6A first. If you are getting a carbon build up(grey looking on electrode) that might be the problem. When you get carbon on the electrode it shorts out the plug (No spark no go).
1. What is the air filter like?
2. Take the fuel line off the carby and check the flow of fuel.
Try these things first and let us know.
