FUEL SYSTEM
When I got the bike I noticed that the throttle was stuck. Little did I realise the full extent of the reason why. Although I got the bike running with the cleaned up carb I couldn't get a reliable tickover. I know from experience with my 900ss that worn carbs = unreliable tikover; and with a single it's bound to be worse so in the absence of buying a new carb I replaced everything apart from the main body parts and the floats.