That was one problem, a vacuum leak was discovered when my wrench was replacing engine mounts and isolator. It runs better, holds an idle very well, but I have excessive vibrations once off idle. It seems to jump more at idle than I remember it, but nothing terrible like when at speed. The vibes are worse at certain RPMs and never smooth out. The bike is very uncomfortable to ride at this point.

I've checked compression and I have 151 psi on front, 149psi on rear. The bike starts well, has good power off the line, and at speed. Plugs look good.

I'm at a loss. The symptoms seem to have been gradual over the last 5-8 thousand miles. I recently had the timing chain replaced too. Sprockets were checked and verified OK. Not sure where to look next.

 

Joe Minton was a selling a PAT (pass a truck) kit for touring bikes. It came with a mikuni jetted as mentioned, an andrews ev13 equivelant and a set of slip on mufflers. It was designed for an 80" evo. If you talk to the people a Mikuni, they will tell you the new carbs are jetted pretty close to what most people will need. They will also tell you that the 70 accelerator pump jet is on the rich side, so many drop down to a 60.