At least you wont be bored while unemployed mate, I was unemployed for 3 years once, bad timing as kids were at high school and everything they did cost money, I got my taxi licence and drove for a while before becoming a limousine chauffeur, drove for the government all over the country.
Hang in there bro and report back on that hot tune stuff, is the bike any faster? 
As for faster... not at my elevation.
Or at least not enough to notice.
At 8900 feet elevation, yeah it is a bit more noticable.
much less bog.
But the jets I was using were:
1) too big(112's)
2) wrong type - I used cb750 jets, the head is 1-2mm taller, meaning the jet sits 1-2mm lower in the bowl, thereby enrichening the system(and the jet needle probably never really seated properly) Thread is the same, just taller head.
So I've started my next tank, and I'm trying to consciously be gently to the throttle to get better MPG.
If they bust 50mpg, I may not put the cb750 carbs back on.
Gawd I love these carbs.
Old&Rusty...
Yeah I do.....
Somewhere. If you use a '81/'82 inner fender, it still bolts up as the stock '79 fender/airbox does with the chrome rear fender part.
You do loose the mount for your CDI's, and the voltage reg/rec I believe.
Something to think of if you do it.
At one time I ran with a similar setup, and used an aluminum plate cut and bent to bolt to the frame under the seat and allow the bits to be re-located onto it from the airbox.
Somewhat of a PITA, but the clean look is worth it if thats your goal.
But so are pods.
As for the "hot tuning"
No dyno, he used a LED screen that hung on the bars that allowed him to read the exhaust temps as he rode.(He wouldn't let me ride with the thingy on)
He adjusted the jetting/needle position accordingly to get "optimum" temps at peak HP(RPM) for the motor.
I ended up taking out the carbs 1 too many times IMO, ok mabey 4...
So I got to ask him where he got it, and he said a buddy that works in a muffler shop hooked it all up for him several years ago.
He swears by it.
Nothing more than 4 temp sensors, a little black box about 4 inches long and 2 high, about 1 1/2 - 2 inches thick.
4 LED screens show temps in real-time.
The temp sensors are held on by rare earth magnets, he says the only motors he can't tune(well) with this is turbo systems.
The exhausts of turbo's can get hot enough to make the exhaust non-magnetic at times(or so he says).
Dunno, I'm happy.
With my range going from roughly 170 miles to 215 miles a tank is good to me.
The less $$ I have to shell out at the moment is a gosdsend.
l8r
