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my mate has a rapido 225 which has 30mm delorto carb the plug has a good spark it takes lots of kicks to fire up from cold once warmed up its ok we find putting hand over bell mouth helps out any ideas of jetting for carb and the problem lad is thinking of going back to a vespa thanks

First job, is the choke working correctly (trail and error) try pulling the choke cable manually and kicking off..

My 225 with a 30 PHBH needs the choke on and throttle completely closed when I kick it over, usually fires first kick. As mentioned, check that the choke piston is lifting, there should be very little play in the cable. My choke jet is a 70 and the pilot is a 55, I think that is fairly standard ?

Cols right 70 choke is fairly std but I've seen 50 and 60. Changing it may help.
Simple first check though is to see if the plunger is lifting all the way. Putting your hand over the bellmouth does show the choke either isn't fully opening or is too small.

You could re-fit the flip choke and see if it starts, then you,d know its only a choke adjustment problem.