50cc Hard to "Cold" Start

[rlshepard]

So I pulled the fuel system apart. replaced the fuel filter, drained the the tank and replaced the carb with a brand new one from Scrappy Dog Scooters, plopped in and now she starts pretty consistently but somethings still not right. I still have to give her a bit of throttle to get her to start, not much at all but just a little. The worst part is that she has no power now. Sitting on the center stand she fire up and I can hit the throttle and all seems good. put her down and go to take off it's like one of those "power wheels" cars... won't hardly pull at all. It's like it's stuck in high gear...

Maybe it's something to do with the variator? Perhaps I'll look in to that...

I'm so confused, I feel like I'm over looking something simple... Thinking about pulling the head off to see if something is stuck in a valve or something. But then I think... nah that's aint it....