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First of all, glad to see there is a forum out here and it looks like a really good community!

Now for the problem - I bought a 2003 Venox a few years back, rode it quite a bit, but eventually garaged it more and more due to the insane Texas heat. Yes, riding in August fully armored up is like riding in an oven and not very enjoyable. After being parked for a while with a low level of gas in the tank, it began to run rough, so I assumed there was moisture in the tank, so I pulled it, cleaned it out and put in fresh gas. It ran great after the cleanup - so good that for whatever stupid reason, I decided that it was idling a bit higher than before, and I made the poor decision to turn down the idle by using what I assumed was the idle speed adjustment screw/knob on the right side of the bike. The idle dropped and the bike was still running great when I shut it down for the day.
A week or so later when I went to go for a ride, the bike cranked right up and ran while the choke was fully engaged, but began to run rough even after being warm and would only run with the throttle applied and never idled again. From there over the next few years (yeah I know) I've mildly tinkered with the bike (new plugs, attempts to use the adjustment screw) but it's only gotten worse. Strong battery and good spark, but now the bike turns over runs for only a few seconds and then dies.
From my experience restoring cars and a 1977 Kawasaki KZ750 and looking around the posts here I'm guessing something in the carb is blocked or gummed up. If there's anyway to avoid tearing it apart, that would be great to know since my rebuild of the Kawa's carbs wasn't 100% successful and required a trip to the shop to get everything sorted out.  If anyone can give me some good advice on where to go from here, it would be greatly appreciated. I'm looking for the shop manual, and noticed on some other posts that some users are willing to zip it up and email it, so if you're offering, I'm more than willing to take you up!

Thanks,
Eric