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Yeah cv carbs are quite fussy about their air-filters. No air-box, or too much or too little oil on the foam filters can make them behave real bad.

Good! That worked probably a combination of carb and air filter.

Ha.. Gremlins. Good to hear it's coming right. I'd try and get the fuel tap. Float needles that work just fine all day long can still be leaking a tiny bit, not enough to upset the running or cause any problems in a day, but they can slowly fill the sump when the bike's left for a few days. It's probably not meant to be able to start in gear either.. It's a safety feature. Stupid safety !

I got it going today started right up. There was a little faint puffing out exaust for a while. I added another 1.5 gallon 93 octane instead of the 87 octane. So far it holds its idle with no surging or gas leaks. There's a sort of petcock mounted to the frame. Funny thing about it is, there's nothing on the back side of it. 😂 All this time I thought I was shutting off the fuel when not riding it lol! Somehow the gear shift got moved into reverse. When started it wound up pushing me backwards about 20 feet before I could shut it off. Someone must have messed with it while I was in the house. 🤔I sure thank you guys for all of your help! 🙂

I never oil my filters no particular reason, i guess so if i see them oily im having some engine blow by. , i do oil 2 stroke filters, they get oily anyway. I like the pliers it took years to get that amount of patina, priceless. What oil are you going to use, i think they are all good, just curious as to what other members are using.