Alrighty, several things to report. I turned in the gas and it starting pouring out of the L side carb that I had just gone through and replaced. WTF! I had checked the float level and it was spot on 25mm. I did start the bike to run what I could out of the lines and it did run very good compared to what I had. Pulled the carbs back off and the float level was still really close so I pulled the float and shook it. Yep I got a leaker, float test confirmed.
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I checked another set I had and they passed so a swap/set and back on the bike they go. Petcock on and no leak! Yay! Bike started right up and runs great on the L side but I’m getting a little popping out of the R side now. Pull the R wire bike still runs, pull the L and it dies. What a PITA this has been. I’m getting closer and learning a lot in the process. I need to figure out what I did and if it was me although I am the common denominator here. I wonder how it would run with the air boxes installed as the R carb was giving me absolutely no issues before.