Yea, i believe thats it. The same thing with the hole in the slide everyone was drilling out for better throttle response. i was about to consider doing that when i finally read a post saying the 05's are already drilled bigger. so i guess they rectified a few carb things in 05's that they saw everyone was wanting. Sadly i think my quest for more power might be over. I decided against the freak, so theres really nothing left to try ! Bike runs nice but i never did get it quite to the point where i'd imagined it being when i first got the bike. Close, but no cigar. but there still seems to be a flat spot in a certain point in the midrange depending on the RPM and gear i'm in. Getting rid of that was what i'd hoped for with the needles.