i rebuilt the carb a couple weeks back; now its burning a ton of fuel through my tailpipe. the only modification i made was bending the float to match the specs i had in the rebuild kit. the bowl seems to be filling just half way with fuel. my question is, would a lack of gas in the carb cause it to burn so much off? this is the first ive ever rebuilt and would just like to know before i take the damn thing out again.

if the fuel level is 1mm below or above the dot on the glass, you are good to go. did you retune the carb? if you dont use the choke plate, why not remove it? better air flow i guess...

took it out again, adjusted the float, still burning fuel. chock is open most of the time, i dont see a need to remove it

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Good. That's exactly where it is supposed to be.

Be absolutely certain the choke is open fully when the engine is fully warmed. If it is not, it will burn too much fuel. The solution is to adjust it (rotate it), not to remove it.

A very common rebuild problem is to put the carb top gasket on backwards, on crooked or to select a similar-looking but incorrect one. All these can cause it to use too much fuel (depending on where the gasket mismatch is).

in malaysia the climate is tropical, the temperature and humidity is pretty constant throughout the year, many carburettor user has removed the choke plate, as they dont need to choke during cold start.