here's pics sorry for the crap quality (cellphone)
the choke cable (3rd pic) was like that when i got the bike, i have had the engine running fine like this but it has been running funny lately. When i say funny i mean it hates to start it sounds really "weak" when it does start running, it coughs/splutters and when i rev it, it dies. i have adjusted the idle many many times but i still have this problem.
i put these problems down to a fuel issue, if you guys think it is something else let me know, i really want this engine to run.