Yes, removing the snorkel will lean out the mixture.
You should've rejetted to make it right.

Both bikes had the needle raised. the one with the taller gearing had a pilot jet one step up.  But I think the stock set up at this altitude was just fine.  The "stock" bike never needs the choke to get going.  The "modded" savage almost always needs the choke when cold.  Go figure.

Yeah Gary, I understand how a cv carb works.  The point I was trying to make is that these two bikes were set up the same (excluding the larger pilot jet on the modded bike.  And for some reason when I reinstalled the snorkel my mid range was way better.  Why did I not have a puny mid range with no snorkel and stock gearing?  All I know is that with taller gearing and no snorkel it did not run well.  Tall gearing with the snorkel installed, it runs great.  Could it be that when I had no snorkel with the stock gearing it was running poorly but I could not tell the difference?  Seems unlikely.  My take away from this conundrum is that the factory knows a lot more than I ever will.