Reelthing wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06:until you do the carb thing you'd be far better off to put the air box door back on and leave the snorkel where it is. The engine already runs very lean and these changes will make it more so - it needs more gas before you give more air.
Agreed. I think I mentioned that the snorkelectomy would do no good with a stock bike and opening up the airbox in any other way (cover removal, drilling holes, etc.) accomplishes the same thing as it adds the
potential for greater airflow. Whether the stock exhaust will permit greater flow is still questionable but it would make a lean condition worse if it did.