nope, had the bike on the side stand. but all is good now. just have to replace the throttle cables. think I might have kinked them when reinstalling them back on the carbs. they don't go back smoothly unless I manually move them. they're the original cables that were on the bike when purchased in 05. Thanks for responding.
going back in, and loosening the lock nut on the cable adjuster on the carb body, turning it a half turn, and tightening the nut again, and making sure the cable isn't "bent" where it meets the adjusting barrel/ferrule screw, alleviates that "binding" 90% of the time.