My Dad just bought a new harley, new to him anyway. Its a 1996 Sportster 1200, only had 700 miles on it! thats right a 96 with 700 miles!
So whats even more surprising is that the bike is a virgin, stock pipes stock AC and all. A perfect slate for customizing.
But my dad is an old fart and pretty much wants to leave it alone for now. Leaving the stock pipes and AC is fine because i dont think he really plans to race it or like it loud, but i know these bikes from the factory are set up really lean. Re jetting it would help performance help it run cooler etc. So what would be good jets to run on a stock set up?
Would it be good to just go one size up (more rich) and call it good?
This is my first time working with a stock carb, all i've worked with before is the HSR Mikuni thats on my big twin.

 

I would just remove the plug covering the idle mixture fuel screw
and turn it out between 2 and 3 turns from LIGHTLY bottomed.
Maybe a 1 size bigger pilot jet.
Because this was a "garage queen" it probably needs a good carb
cleaning/check. If it runs good when first started and is not too
cold blooded (no hiccups) then just leave it and ride that poor bike.

 

Alright man thanks for the advice, ill get to it once i get my hands on a new pilot jet. I'm really glad my dad got this bike, now i have the chance to do some work on a sportster and of course I'm learning, if anything gets messed up its his bike and not mine!

(Joking of course)