Wasn't it Murphy that said, "If anything can go wring it will?"

I tried to drill out the brass plug for access to the idle mixture screw.  I was extremely careful not to drill to deep or too fast, and I was doing a pretty good job at that.  OK, so I have a nice hole there to put in a wood screw and pull the plug out, so far, so good.  Well, as I pulled on the screw, the point broke off inside the plug!  The screw was much harder than the brass and would not drill too well.

After a couple of tries at drilling into the side, at an angle or whatever, I got a very small punch and knocked the tip in, I should have thought of that first.  Carefull drilled some more, to get the screw started back in and pulled the plug out.  Yeah!

I turned the screw 1/2 turn counterclockwise and did not see any change in the motor.  Now things were still cold and I did not have time this afternoon to let her warm up, much less ride (It was raining as well).  Tomorrow, I hope to get this taken care of.

Is there a magic setting, number of turns whatever to start with?  I expect it is really a matter of tuning, a little here and a little there to get it right.

Thanks
Mike

OK.  After a couple of rides, I think I have the problem fixed.  I turned the screw 1/2 turn counterclockwise.  the first ride I let her warm completely up, in fact I got sidetracked when I went to get my coat.  Next I let her cool completely off, cranked her, put on my helmet and took off as usual.  No more bucking or snorting.

I did not mess with the spacer, I was going to take the old one to town to get a replacement, but at this point I do not think I am going to bother with it.

Thanks for all the advice.  I will holler if I need more help.

Thanks again
Mike

i 2nd diggers comment. I spent 20 minutes a day for the first 2 weeks I had the thing trying to tune the carb and couldnt hear a lick of difference no matter what until I turned down the idle speed. Once I did that it took about 3 minutes. Back fire on shutdown is now a "pfoot" kind of sound rather than a shotgun.

'95, 15+k mi (9k when I got it)