[kskippi]

Thanks so much - everyone has been so helpful so far on here and on the Facebook group It's a great community!
I've managed to find a manual online which is really useful and I'll read through it carefully.

Will definitely check out the carb heater wires too, because yeah my bike dies whenever I'm stationary..
Then floods when I try to restart. Then battery went flat... haha so yeh it's been an adventure so far but I've only ridden about 5 kms without a hitch!
All good, part of getting to know my bike

So it turns out my choke does exists but is a makeshift mechanism - two washers at either end of some wire near the top right hand side of the engine. Have you heard of this kind of fix before?

Thanks heaps again
Kat