Shit yeah, after 2 months of pissing around rebuilding carbs and sorting various fueling issues (at the rate of 1hr a week) and ordering the wrong parts I finally got the beast running. Although it's still a little rough, idle mixture need more work and needs to be synched properly it was good enough to blast down to the reserve next door, piss off surfers enjoying their serenity at The Farm, do a lap of the suburb and stir up the neighbourhood dogs.
Turns out it's biggest drama was the inlet boot rubber O-rings leaking. The best bit, after feeling pretty low after being told by the local Suzi dealer that OEM O-rings are no longer available the place I tried (Cram Hydrualics) found a suitable replacement in a stash and gave them to me for nothing.........that's right zip. The biggest problem took about an hour to fix and cost nothing.
Anyone recommend somewhere down the Illawarra to get her synched properly before I start getting carried away?