Trouble Reving

[mcintyre_aerospace]

Well I cant really think of a way to sum up my bikes problems. Yesterday I tried to start it, and got nothing at all ,almost ran the battery down trying everything I could. Today I removed the carb and cleaned all the jets and holes and anything I could think of, I also checked the float hight. I reassembled it and put it back on the bike a little while ago. Now the bike sometimes has real trouble starting, but on occasions it'll start right away. The biggest problem I have is that it will not rev past id say about 2000rpm when the choke is off. Somehow it runs with the choke on, i don't really understand why. Third when try and test ride it I hear a lot of popping sound from the muffler. Does anyone out there get any of these kind of problems?? Please help.