Just an update. After going back to stock exhaust the Blast did run better but still had an occasional backfire, not misfire. since the wife and I were building our own bike trailer to take them to the Buell Homecoming there was not time to look into other causes of the backfire. Well, while at the factory we get ready to leave and her Blast started but would stay idleing and the eventually wouldn't start at all. The head mechanic at the factory took the bike inside and tore into it. He found that the low speed jet wasn't clogged but was gummed a little bit, so he cleaned it. He then took off the intake boot and sure enough it was cracked halfway around under the clamp (not visible to me since I didn't take the clamp off). After putting a new one on and buttoning it back up it ran like a champ. EZBLAST, you got it right again, I just didn't have the opportunity to look into it.