Thanks Taffy. That's another thing to correct from the prev owner. When he had trouble starting the bike (probably why he sold it), it seems he overlooked the fundamentals like valve clearances and cleaning the ignition contacts/plug etc, and instead went straight to the carb and bent the float fork into a piece of modern art and lowered the needle :roll:
I'll be the fastest bloke 'down our road' by the time I've finished