I have this same issue with my 06' 4rt. After a ton of trouble shooting I have found that there is no spark, unless you kick it like you want to kick the foot peg off the bike. 1 very hard kick produces a spark. Any sort of lazy kick, no spark. It drives me crazy. So crazy that I just bought a 315 to see if I like it. What I like is it starts on the first kick. Every time!
Once the 4rt is running it does run really good. I have found 2 slow kicks followed by 1 really hard one will start it. If the idle is so high that it is crazy. Yes it does seem to start with 1 kick. But again, other guys with 4rts don't run the idle this high and have no issue starting.