Well, I guess I'm just not hearing the music yet.
Item #1
It continues to run rich, would not start yesterday, pulled #4 plug. It was carbed up, soooo I took out all & replaced with D7EA plugs. These are one range hotter, hoping this helps the issue. If not I'll look at the float setting again, maybe this time set a mm higher on the floats, 27 vs 26 mm. Amazing how well it starts on new plugs!
Item #2
Starter has started spinning without turning the motor over. choices are:
Buy a set of stiffer springs
Buy a Kit from K&L that replaces the springs, caps and rollers
Buy both and install
I want to take it to Ft Myers in January for a month, hoping to be thru this debug stage by then.
This is a picture of the clear protection I put on the tank to prevent the seat from scratching the paint. the original tank was worn to the silver base coat of the original paint.