Well thank you for doing this. I will keep an eye on this thread to see how this works out but now I've got the confidence to get into mine, I think I'm running a little rich as well. I want to pull my carb and check it out, just got to wait until I have enough time to do it right.
Also thanks to all you guys on here who are so willing to "help a brother out"!!

You'll need to take out the pilot jet and see what is stamped on it, a magnifying glass will help. since the main jet sounds like a DJ, that is not where you are eating gas, your cruise mileage is gas from the pilot ckt, stock pilot jet is a 35.

Pilot jet doesn't have stamp on it I can find

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Mikuni's are stamped on the side, about 1/4 inch down from the top. All Mikuni have a box in a box symbol on them and then the number. Sounds like this is not a Mikuni and could have very well been replaced, a #35 is stock size. Can't tune a carb with unknows, If the pilot jet is too large, not even closing the pilot screw to it's leanest position will help if the pilot jet is way big.

So I need to get a 35 DJ pilot jet? While I had everything off I went ahead and changed to these iridium plugs everyone has been talking about I think I read in one of Musky's articles that the plugs needed to be new or almost new when you were doing this, is that right or should I leave the old ones in till I get the jets figured out and the right size??

So as it stands right now I have trimmed the choke knob, put NGK Iridiums in it, and moved the clip on the needle from the fourth to the third slot from the top, I moved the clip thinking if it lets the needle fall farther down it will not let in as much gas?!?!? Hopefully that is the right move and thinking, since I don't have another set of jets and there is no marking on the pilot jet (even looked at it with a magnifying glass, and nothing on it) the weather here is way to nice, not to mention a buddy of mine who rides a Harley sat in my garage all day talking a bunch of MESS that my bike was not running and we couldn't ride on such a nice day. I put everything back together and will go on a long ride tommorrow and see what happens from there? You guys were partially right it wasn't THAT BAD but dang sure not something that I would want to do every day.

It's not a dj pilot jet, their numbering system is different than mikuni. Here's the stock part number:

SKU: 4KM-14142-35-00 $3.84 at yamahasportsplaza.com
JET, PILOT (#35)

I tell you what I have no idea what I would do without you guys, ERB you are THE MAN! Thanks so much, thanks everyone, will get it ordered and in the mean time see what she acts like tommorrow.

Call me crazy but WTFO???? I was gonna order the pilot jet that erbman found for me and it just a jet for $3.94 then the shipping they wanna tack on to it is $14.19 are you kidding me??? Erbman please don't get me wrong THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FINDING THIS FOR ME.......... But there has to be a cheaper way for me to get this...found cheaper shipping but damn best I could find was 6 bucks shipping this seems crazy but need it and what the heck can't take money with me when I die so better to put it in this great bike