[terry251]

I grew up in the era of no chokes and cable operated chokes. Learned to work around cold and hot starts with careful application of throttle input and lots of curse words! However, those lessons came back in a good way with my 418W and Demon carb sans choke. The cold starts are actually pretty easy; the winter-gas starts with a warm engine proved to be a beeyatch! Lessons from long ago proved invaluable, along with letting the fuel pump run for a bit before engaging the starter. The occasional backfire through the carb reinforces my belief that only real men can drive these things!
(Whatever works in your fantasy!)

All that being said, I'm thinking FI might be in the cards down the road!

Terry