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What type of Carb? A kehein CV is going to give you the best response on your ironhead; Mikuni and S&S will both work okay with more fiddling.
Ironheads take a LOOOOONG time to warm up, like 20 minutes at 50 mph according to my manual; and you need to make any carb adjustments when fully warmed or it will be fuck-o.
AFTER IT'S WARMED UP: First you increase the idle speed to ~1500, THEN you set the A:F to halfway between stumbling from too rich and too lean, and THEN you set the idle back to ~1100 or wherever your manual says it should be.
This is a great book on tuning Ironheads.
I'd ditch the drag pipes or install some "lollipops" to help with low end response. (Drag pipes are tuned for DRAG RACING aka wide open throttle)
Straight pipes are not very responsive at idle or when just bumping around town.