Yo Savages,

so, here's an odd question: I came down with a cold, bike sat for around 4 days during the hurricane. (Bike lives outside on the street, covered.) After feeling better today and getting back in the saddle, exhaust sounds really muffled and I've got a loss of power. I thought it might be possible I left the petcock in the ON position and the crank got some gas in it, but I don't smell any gas in there. It almost feels like it's running rich. It doesn;t seem to want to produce much power in the higher gears. Any ideas on where to start diagnosing this?

First night of the storm it did get plenty wet, I was thinking the muffler may have taken on some rain water but I dont see much smoke to indicate that.

I hope to pull the spark plug tomorrow to see what it can tell me.

I assume you live in FL or SC.  Glad you are OK.

Is it possible your parking area flooded and the water level rose above your muffler?  If yes, then of course your muffler could be filled with water.

Don't overlook your air filter.  It may be soaked.  Easy enough to check.  If the air filter is full of water, you should probably drain your carb to make sure you don't have water in the float bowl.