clattery & unresponsive at low throttle

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vegasrett
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don't know how to describe this except to say my motor is clattery and unresponsive at low throttle. also have a little smoke from one pipe

Ive just been through the carbs and waited to sync them before I started complaining. don't yell at me but I didn't adjust valves first. the cover is rtv'd on and I know once I get in there I will have to re-sync. because I just rebuilt the carbs, ive got it in my head that I screwed something up. but I was careful and that could just be a general lack of confidence in my first carb build. I did re-jet while I was in there.

the bike will idle fine enough although it seems a little rough. once I grab any throttle it gets rough and tries to die. if I baby ( and I mean REALLY baby) the throttle up and through the rough spot the motor seems to level out. it will make power well and quiets down to what I can gather from other posts is an acceptable clatter. no idea where the rough spot is as the gauge cluster was removed long ago.

any thoughts on where to start?

thanks all
rett

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