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The filters are new and I use choke to start it and it revs up to about 5000 rpm but once I bring it down to about half choke it idles at 1200 rpm till it dies after a couple minutes. The spark plugs are new so I will try adjusting the valves and check for vacuum leaks.
forgot to add that after a few weeks of letting the bike be a parking spot ornament because I haven't had time to work on it, I took the cover off and tried to start it. She started right up after a few tries and would rev really high at first and then die unless I gave it a little throttle, but...
Okay to start off I just want to let everyone know that I am brand spanking new to motorcycles but I am fairly mechanically savvy. So to start, I bought the motorcycle a couple weeks ago thinking that it ran perfectly, which it did for the 15 minutes they had it running, but after the paperwork...