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Aha, roger that. They are black bars. I'll have to strip the bars under the housings then. That's kind of a b*tch. Should have just bought non-painted bars and painted them myself after the fact then. Thanks for the heads up. This is the first time I've tried to use non-chromed bars on a bike.

So I had checked the vacuum lines again and they seemed fine. Took the carbs apart and cleaned them again. Checked to make sure the screws were at 3.5 turns. Still had nothing. I read that there were a lot of problems with the vacuum systems of these old bikes having leaks in gaskets and such...

I recently bought an 81 xs400 special, picked it up on Tuesday afternoon since the weather in WI is finally riding weather. She had been sitting in the sellers garage for half of the winter without a battery tender, so I knew the battery was dead. Brought a new battery with me to pick it up...

Hey guys, my name is Adam and I'm currently in Green Bay, WI. I just purchased a 1980 Yamaha XS400 Special earlier this week for $400. The PO was doing what looks like a rat/bob on it already, which is fine, because I plan to finish bobbing it anyways. She has drag bars, aftermarket pipes...