Turning the fuel back on, the right carb was now leak free and checked the rest of the fuel system for leaks. No leaks so I slipped the key in the ignition switch, turned it on and flicked the kill switch to the run position. The choke lever was pulled out and I stepped onto the footpegs for the first time in months. I pulled out the kickstart lever and slowly pushed the engine through compression a couple times before really getting after it. The Old Girl fired on the 3rd kick, ran for a few seconds and stalled. I tried again and she wouldn't fire so I clicked off the choke, twisted the throttle wide open and tried again. She lit on the 1st kick and then settled into a rough idle, belching white smoke like crazy. I opened the throttle a bit and she smoothed out and I let it run there for a couple minutes before dropping back to idle and making a couple small adjustments on the air screws.

I figured since it was running, I'd let it warm up to normal temps before shutting it down. I checked the coolant level before it got too hot and was happy to see the level hadn't dropped at all. I checked all the lights and they worked as planned; Fender lights only at the low beam setting, all 4 on the high. Even the taillight worked right off the bat. I thought for sure I'd have a few electrical problems since I'd "rolled my own" harness.

I shut her down after about 15 minutes and looked around. Looked like fog had rolled in from the ocean and the smell of 2-stroke was in the air. Glorious! My wife came out to complain about smoke getting into the house so I set up a large industrial fan to vent the smoke out of the garage - it still took about 20 minutes to clear the smoke out.