So after a lot of tinkering and way way too much bleeding I think its sorted.
I've had to change out some of the friction plates which got me a little closer, then back to the stock pressure plate...almost there but hard to find neutral when running, and it would stall easily.
Then I thought I'd see if there was any adjustment on the lever, like Darren mentioned. All I have is a screw, but it was pre set and filled wax. So I took out the wax, screwed it in by half a turn at a time...and this made all the difference! 4 full turns later and I have a nice clutch movement, I can find neutral and the bike no longer wants to stall easily. Now my only question is does screwing it in this far cause any other potential issues?