Quite interesting - I had gapped the coil down to 11 thou yesterday without improvement. I just went out and gapped it down to 9 thou - just above Honda's min spec
Fired and ran first pull on choke, then ran like a new one - also threw one of these platinum plugs in
https://www.repco.com.au/en/parts-s...-plugs/bosch-spark-plug-wr8dp/p/A9340193 .
Apparently less voltage is required with platinum plugs - maybe it helped. But I had the same one in there yesterday at 11 thou coil gap and made no difference to a copper plug
Bought 20 odd as they were the right price on clearance - hope they are $1 over east as well
Speedy, I hope yours goes the same way