had only a short window of time and wanted to check on some of the property so thought I would jump on the CT and make a quick run...could not get it to start n run...mind you, I just had it out about 5 days earlier...but trying to kick it over, choke on or not..she'd fire up and try to run at low idle for a couple seconds and then die..can't give it any throttle or it quits instantly...after kicking it over and over, I was already more tired than if I had pedaled my mountain bike out...didn't have any joy of riding, and was basically frustrated....did not have time to pull the spark plug...which was just changed about 3 weeks ago....but I had always hoped and dreamed that I was going to own a 1 or 2 kick start bike..not one that is going to make me loose my sunday school training.