Before finding this one blocked port, I was able to get wire and/or compressed thru:
-Idle inlet to idle jet
-Idle jet to mix screw
-mix screw to port in carb throat
-mix screw to small ports under butterfly(altho only one of two on left side carb)
I now have air flow to the second port as well.
I can't reason out any other places the idle circuit should be connected to. Nor can I explain why blocking the idle inlet made the cylinder start running.
But I'm going to reassemble the carb and try the bike again.
Thanks for your continued help with this, I'll report back, hopefully soon.