Finally got er' running good. No more black smoke on the idle. For the first few mintues I would get a bit of black smoke when I would throttle while idling. Its gone and she runs nice. I got her on the second richest setting on the dial a het, a bit of pop, pop backfire here and there, however I need to fix a small leak in my muffler. She runs sooo well. My friend on his GS500 notice quite the acceleration right across the power band. Mileage seems pretty good to. I just came back from a 130km(roughly 80miles) tour with my friend through some twisty roads along the river. She handles soo well. Its a whole different bike.  Still getting used to leaning more into curves and turns with the new drag bars. The beast has finally awoken.

how much different are the drag bars handling wise compared to stock?

how much do they cost? i might put them on my christmas list lol