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I see. So I probably should have synced them with one of these: https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-carb-sync-gauge-set.html

Revisiting this old thread now for a [great/stupid] question: What was the purpose of the right hand side vacuum barb in the first place? The left side had a vacuum hose attached and apparently only one was needed. Would there be a reason to add an additional hose? If not, why wouldn't this...

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OK. Thanks.

I don't know what happened there. One appears chipped.

OK. Didn't know about "JB Weld". I'll have to try. You said, wipe away "inside the mount". Can I leave the carb on the bike when I apply it or do I need to remove it?

Stock I believe. They need to be welded? How did they stay in the first place?

have a 1981 XS650. I went to start it today and something flew out from the carb and hit me in the right leg. I picked it up and it appears to be a vacuum barb / nipple thingy. The carb manifold for the head on the left side has a vacuum hose that runs from the manifold to the petcock. But the...

I have a 1981 xs650 I bought last summer (2016). Ran a bit rough but okay. I started putting pure gas in it and it ran better. Well the last time I rode it last year (~October) it gave me problems. I was out on a somewhat warm day and as I began to slow down to come to a stop it would die. Not...