Just give it a couple of twists of the grip and it should start without the chokes. I never need them. (of course I'm not in the cold country) My Eldo came with Amal carbs with the choke removed, and I starts and runs fine even in cold weather. Just flood the carbs and it fires, but in cold weather it takes a while to warm up enough to idle.
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