u/Masksarentsobad

Hello! I have a 2002 Yamaha PW80 that will not run. It starts on choke and runs for a second or two then dies. It takes 20 kicks to get that to happen. I have taken the carb apart 5 times and have checked the reeds (I'm not an expert though). There is lots of blue spark on the plug. It will not even attempt to start if the choke isn't on. Absolutely zero signs of life.

The only time I got it to run without choke is when I put the carb back together without the needle on the float (fell out when I was putting in the pin but I didn't notice) and the carb was overflowing onto the ground. It ran fine then (minus the environmental disaster)

Any thoughts?