Hello

I recently bought a 72 R50/5 (first BMW)
It had sat for a little while so I disassembled and cleaned the carbs (deluxe rebuild kit from Bob's BMW)

I have a question (issue) with what is the correct float height?
The Bing book and Clymer say to adjust the height so float arm is parallel to carburetor base (~0.4" from base). This is significantly different then how the old floats I took out were set. They were set so the floats were at about a 15 degree upwards angle (as seen on bike). My issue is that if they are set parallel to the base then the Ticklers (fuel enrichener) do not reach the top of the float So they can not be used to add additional fuel for cold starting (ie no "choke')
This seem to me like there might be something is wrong (eg tickler to short?) or I am misinformed

FYI, I also installed new coils, plugs, wires, points and condenser and have had it running (a little rough) with both old float height and 'correct' height I say running a little roughly as in I have not had much experience balancing the carburetors and that may take a little practice to get correct I have not checked the value clearance and know I need to. It is the next thing I am going to do
But back to the float height, any advice? or any thought?

thank you for your time
cheers malcolm