up in smoke

i went over to buds house and left it running when i came back out it was revving kinda high and it was smoking alot turned it off quick let it cool tried starting it but it took a while for it to start and on the way home it started kinda spurting wanting to shut off if i let off the gas when i got home it just shut off on its own also previous to this there was a leak coming from what im sure is the head gasket please help i know its not the carbs

 

ps if its the head gasket what do i need to fix cause i know need more then just the one gasket

 

*If* it's the head gasket, and there's not really info enough to tell there, you would get a top end kit that has all the gaskets and o-rings you need. Then you need some kind of manual. You might just need to fix your VALVE COVER gasket. But that is only for the leaking and smoking. As for the revving and dying, that could be a vacuum leak issue or enrichment circuit problem or who knows what. And by the way, you mean smoking out the exhaust? I hate when people say this, it's a bit of a sore subject with me, because I think it's over-emphasized on this forum, but (sigh) how are your valve clearances? You say it's not your carbs, why is that?

 

well im going to check valve clearance again just in case but i dont think its the carbs becasue i just went throught them and the bike was running fine until this incident i think what happen was the bike maybe over heated from sitting so long then oil starting leaking alot from that spot where the gasket is bad and it just began to burn