Should there be something connected here?
 

Yesterday night/this morning I went to my bike and it would start and die after a few seconds. I was in the nightclub area surrounded by beatuful people and this was a little embarrassing. I pulled out my handy folding tool from under my seat and raised the tank to discover that my PVL had shaken loose. I reattached it and left without incident, however during the removal process I dropped a tank screw into no mans land. I took that tank off today and found the bolt. however I noticed this

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Should that unconnected nipple be connected to something? I am not sure but its seems like if there is a nipple there should be something on it.

Mine looks like that too. I think it is plugged with something jammed inside there as well. Hasn't caused a problem in the last 30,000 miles. The previous owner removed the carb heating hoses. I always assumed that the bare nipple was related to that.

But I could be wrong. I'm sure somebody else can more accurately confirm whether it is normal or not.

Honda put that nipple there to mislead owners. it's solid. nothing connects there.

No.

Thanks guys. I was not sure. Tricky Japanese.

That connection is for the liquid ABS system....;-D