As long as the float floats then it should work just fine. However, you may not have it properly adjusted. It may be flooding out due to the float level being way to high. Also you may have some debris that clogged the pilot jet again. When you cleaned the carb, did you remove and thoroughly clean the jets also, or did you just clean the bowl and put it back together? You say you don't know much about carbs, so I just want to be sure that it's good and clean. Just spraying some cleaner in it won't do; you usually have to actually run a physical object through the jet to clear out the junk that has accumulated over years of sitting. I use one or two strands off a wire brush usually. All it takes is a pin head size piece of grit to clog the pilot jet and really have a negative effect on the way the bike will run. Just don't try to shove something through it that is bigger than the oriface size. That will damage the soft brass jet.
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