1st short ride to work:
It started just a bit easier this morning, I didn't have problem before, but it was very quick to fire.
I could take it off the choke in about 10 seconds. Normally, for a morning like this, 1-2 min. on the choke.
It ran about the same as before, with one difference, little to no backfiring on deceleration!!!

I will update this after I have ridden it for a few days with more definitiveness on the results.