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Thanks for the replies. I am going to try some things this weekend. I'm letting it warm up for more than a minute on the stand and the gas is "on". I am going to add some "new gas" and maybe try some carb cleaner. Will keep you posted! I welcome all suggestions!

I need some wisdom and figured this was the place! My '06 650 Classic has been garaged all winter and high and dry. I charged the battery and then started her up. But every time I go to close the choke a bit, after the bike seems warm, it shuts down-like it's not getting gas. I checked everything I can think of: air cleaner, etc. and took everything apart looking for mice nests etc. -none of that. It's also making a kind of mechanical "clicking" noise when I turn the key. Almost like you would hear with a car that has a dead battery, but the bike starts. It just won't keep running without the choke wide open. I shot a phone video to get the sound and will send it along to anyone who would like to take a shot at diagnosing. I'm baffled and so is my friend who is pretty good with bikes. It's almost like a fuel pump, but I don't think the bike has pump (thus the choke, right?). Ideas? and thanks for taking a look at my post.