Got back on the horse this afternoon, the Ironhorse that is. although the choke butterfly looks like it is closed in that throttle setting there was 2 - 3 mm play when you manually moved the shaft linkage. Very important to lube all the moving parts with the throttle assembly then adjust the cable so as the choke butterfly is securely closed, bad angle that the cable is set at and not sure if the genuine Suzuki's are the same ? Last two cold starts have been 4 and 5 pulls, runs great with not too much smoke using 25 to 1. There is also a mixture ? screw on the top right side but when everything is assembled is near impossible to get a screwdriver on the head of it, especially if the engine is running so I presume it is something was intended not to be touched. I did remove it to have a look and for the record it is a tapered screw that is 2 and a quarter turns out from it's seated position.
What in your opinion constitutes an engine that is hard to start ? is 5 - 6 pulls on the starter too many ? with the 4 strokes I think any more than 2 is an issue.
