[osborne]

I understand and agree Jon.......the choke and clutch are two independent things. But........with the clutch safety lock out on these bikes te clutch lever must be pulled back to start the bike. My point was that operating the choke while also pulling in the clutch {at least in the current state on my bike} is difficult at best. The "current state" in this case being the choke lever snapping back to the forward position. I'll open it up and have a look but from the feel of it there must be a fairly strong spring somewhere in the choke mechanism causing this to return so forcefully.