LMAO! pretty close....
My problem was heat and a SERIOUS lack of swingarm. I mean, I'm running 93 octane and I couldn't keep it down in third gear without letting off the throttle and it was pulling the front tires off the ground in 4th! LOL, makes for a great trail ride though!
at least we were able to get it back together so quickly.... a quick bit of "noobs" and "dude" magic had you back out there before anyone else knew it.
Honestly, at first I feared the worst and then when you said "it's got no thumb but idled all the way to the end of the track" I knew it couldn't be TOO bad. Might be time to look into a replacement PJ cable adapter though. The way that 6mm hex is wore out is bad bad mojo. Also, get a stock thumb throttle assembly and I'll take really good pics of mine to show you how to get a 36+mm carb to open on a stock thumb throttle without having to cut out the side of the thumb throttle.