Nice looking beastie there, The rack is cut down, clearly had a dual seat on, oddly, doesn't look to have pillion pegs, any holes drilled in the swingarm for them?
Re the carb, if all's set up it'll start on the Amal fine, mines on the original Amal, third kick from cold, first or second hot.
I recommend kicking off the bike you can use right or left foot but given that leaning the bike right and kicking with the left leg is simply unnatural even to old farts like me who started on kick bikes.
You can kick it on the mainstand or not (sidestand needs to be folded but it's easy to hold upright) all you need to once you've cleaned and fettled is find the 'knack' unique to your bike.
Mine is, fuel on, choke on, couple of spins with decomp in, white in window, tiny bit of throttle, hefty kick, if it doesn't start in three kicks same with the choke off, if it doesn't start after that, i've run out of petrol, (did that years ago outside a friends on my new first stroker, kicking, swearing checking plug leads and allsorts till he said, is there petrol in? bloody stupid question, course there is, mind you, hang on, reserve, kick, vroom, i felt rather embarassed, he laughed, a lot)
Have a look at my cold start video to get an idea.
http://youtu.be/wZV0JJZCo28
Not from a lack of trying, Land lord came over today and said "wow I sat my test on one of these, can I have a go?" I say "sure If you can start it." Walks up to it bold as brass and within ten minutes time he was sweating and swearing at it 
Air filters good, oils good, timings good, so I'll give the carb a good clean out and the tank, hopefully that will help.
