Ok, I'm getting somewhere ... I replaced the decompressor lever with the later pn as in the doc - then I added a new set of cables in paralell to the existing ones and took the starter motor to bits and cleaned it a bit. Fully charged the battery and changed the oil (10w 50) and filters. Coldish night last night and the bike was near impossible to turn over on the kicker. ?? it would sometimes turn over on the starter but only a few farts - no proper running. I tried the kicker again and with the choke on it would start and run but only for about a second. It would not even fire with the choke off. Maybe the pilot jet is too weak and/or the choke jet too rich ...??
Anyway - ended up jumping the bike from the car and again sometimes it turned over fast and sometimes very very slow - weird. It still wouldnt fire so I did something that never works - opened the throttle right up and hit the button - it nearly made me jump out of my skin when it fired up insatntly on full throttle!!!
After that I took it for a short run and was rewared with it re-starting instantly off the button each time after that - hey maybe I've cracked it!!??!!
Funny about the hard kicking though - maybe clogged with fuel mixture...?
Anyway - ended up jumping the bike from the car and again sometimes it turned over fast and sometimes very very slow - weird. It still wouldnt fire so I did something that never works - opened the throttle right up and hit the button - it nearly made me jump out of my skin when it fired up insatntly on full throttle!!!
After that I took it for a short run and was rewared with it re-starting instantly off the button each time after that - hey maybe I've cracked it!!??!!
Funny about the hard kicking though - maybe clogged with fuel mixture...?
