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I may be able to help ya. I sent you a PM.

Originally Posted by Pinstripe

Yep, very common problem, mine used to do it all the time. Was a common complaint when they were new as well, so I hear.

I managed to cure it with a new pilot jet needle thingo. Thumped away at 1200rpm no problem. Should be about 2 and third turns out from memory.

Good luck!

Thanks to all, I will have a co this weekeng and try to get the old girl a tad more reliable at idling...

Yep, very common problem, mine used to do it all the time. Was a common complaint when they were new as well, so I hear.

I managed to cure it with a new pilot jet needle thingo. Thumped away at 1200rpm no problem. Should be about 2 and third turns out from memory.

Good luck!

They all do that. Just wind the idle speed up and ignore it.

These things are prone to just this problem. I've been into a couple of them which have been doing it and it appears that as they age either the ignition pickup becomes less sensitive or the trigger loses magnetism - if it ever had any.
The cure is a pain of a job - closing up the air gap between trigger and pickup. It's sidecover off, measure air gap, slot pickup mounting holes, close up gap to approx .015in. I've found that the gap ex factory is usually around .035 in so you're moving it quite a bit.
Starting and running is much improved - and most important for you, idle is much more reliable.