[BonChaton]

I have to check closer for a gas smell.
After playing around with the carb, there is gas all over the place and its hard to catch gas smell from the bike.
Although I can tell you, when I open the float bowl drain to work on the carb there is plenty of gas in it.

Here is the weirdness of the weirdness.
I roll start the bike and ride it around. Everything is fine. Maybe a little stuttery on idle but not too bad, especially after it warms up.
I stop and turn the bike off.
Two seconds later I try to start it.
It turns and turns and turns but doesn't even cough once. Not even one pseudo - start. Nothing but turn turn turn. :shocked:
But if I roll it again - vroom. Starts right up again. :skeptical:

I guess when the engine is running maybe there is enough vacuum to overcome a cloggy carb, which starting might not be able to overcome.
I might try to drop some carb cleaner into it and take it on a long spin to see of it gets any better.

The ultimate of confusion to me though, is that when I try to start it, regardless of conditions, it doesn't even get close to firing. Not even one cough. sputter, skip. nada. For a bike that will run, something about that screams 'bad timing on start' to me.

Thanks for your comments. They have me thinking.

More later.