lee.pb wrote:i'm a little confused about the air hole location?

Realsitically it's not wise to just use some of the nc30 hrc carb setup parts, the setup was designed to be run with all the parts/settings. You can get replica parts from Rick Oliver. What you can't get is the hrc velocity stacks, and you'll need to do some mods to get the carbs to work without them.
You can cut down the standard stacks nicely and easily to improve top end power a little, but they don't have the function of the hrc stacks.
The standard air jet opening is what's causing your running problems when you have no filter. This took me personally ages to clue onto until some members posted the technical workings of carburetors on the old forum, and many people made the mistake of trying to remove the filter/airbox and expecting the bike to run properly prior to this information.
The hrc velocity stacks are designed to restrict the carb air jets by shrouding them:
I think you have 2 options to get the bike running properly:
1. Restrict the air jets if you want to run with no filter. The hrc stacks are very hard to get now, but you can restrict them in other ways which is just as effective. An easy way is to tap the air jet hole to take standard carb brass pilot jets, and then drill these to the required size (2mm). This is just restricting the air jet opening to 2mm (standard is about 4mm I think).
Without the air jets restricted and no filter (your current setup) you'll need to run 160+ size main jets, and it will probably have a big midrange hole that you might be able to ride around. This is what your bike is doing now but the main jets are so small that it won't even rev through this midrange hole. The engine can't handle the change from needle to massive main jet fuel requirements.
The answer to get around this is simple - restrict the air jets. With the air jets restricted you'll need 138-150 sized main jets (depending on the size you restrict the air jets to - start with richest jets first and work down) and it will rev cleanly all the way through even when the jetting is out a bit*.
If you decide to restrict the air jets to use the hrc setup, you'd be best off getting the rest of the hrc replica parts:
- needles (Rick Oliver replicas or possibly NC24 [8ZC] needles)
- emulsion tubes (Rick Oliver replicas - although it is possible to mod standard ones to hrc spec)
- pilot jets (standard keihin parts)
- main jets (standard keihin parts)
- hrc fuel tap mod and fuel line coupling so you can disconnect fuel easily
The hrc setup will give more slightly more power over a well dialled standard type carb setup (the open carb setup pretty much uses all the air it can get without resorting to low levels of forced induction like ramair), and gives quite a much stronger throttle response which is nice. And it sounds agro!
2. Install a standard filter (not aftermarket!), and set the carbs up to suit. They might need anything from 120-128 main jets depending on what standard air filter flaps/shrouds it's running. If you can see exactly what induction parts it has then you can get the jetting nearly right without much testing.
Whichever you decide it will be a joy on the track when it runs properly!
*Off topic, but I see that many ram air setups have the air jet holes blocked entirely. This effectively lowers the main jet needs even further (probably in the range of 132-136 size). You could block the air jet entirely with the hrc setup, but I chose to go with the recommended honda nc30 hrc setup. Some flow through the air jet is desirable apparently as it helps emulsify the fuel in the tubes. No seat of the pants data to verify this!