Ran out of Gas! Lean Condition?

[roughneck]

Well the other day I was finally riding my Vino after getting the arreche manual choke kit installed. First of all I started it with the knob on the choke in and then pulled it out? I can't figure out which postition is choke, it would seem like pushing down with drop the plunger (choking it) and pulling it up would give it air by pulling plunger up. Anyways...I head down a 45 mph zone at full throttle (after proper warmup) approx. 50+ mph. uphill, when the scooter sputters and acts like it soft seizes. I'm like freaked out of my mind, it's my first ride in months. So I go off the road and push it up to a driveway. I open the tank and it is dry. So I'm wondering if running it dry will cause a lean condition and hurt the engine? I haven't run the scooter since. I would also like to know what position the choke should be in to run, maybe a ran it in choke and ran gas through it too fast. I thought I had enough gas to run down the road a few times... Any help?

[burnt_toast]

Running out of gas is never good on carbed vehicles.. throws things off balance and yess will lean it out when still running and almost out of gas.

Pulling choke out is chocke on, leaving it in is off.