I bought a 86 and took it apart to paint the fenders/tank.  Bike ran fine prior to me messing with it.  The bike sat dismanteled for about 9mo. I put it back together and it wouldnt run. I've since replaced the fuel pet thingy, new plug, cleaned the carb with carb cleaner, cleaned the diaphram on top of carb, set the float, replaced the solinoid.  I can get the bike to idle by continually spraying starter fluid into the air box but the bike just doesn't seem to be getting fuel. I just cant figure it out. I also bought a cheap battery at walmart and it wont start unless I hook jumper cables to it and start it off my truck. What am I overlooking????????

I'd pull the carb back off and make sure the diaphram was sliding up and down creating a vaccum to pull fuel into the carb.