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troll or not read the manual they can be found on the mega welcome you got a while back
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Well lo and behold, he doesn't seem to be a troll after all. You have some good advice from the previous poster....read the manual.
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natesGS1000
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Thank you! And got some of it figured out. The petcock was bipassed for a fuel shutoff valve. Weather it was broke or something. But the petcock is there, it just has a hose coming off into the valve. Previous owner stuff I wish I knew more about
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I would have to guess the stock petcock started to fail and was leaking fuel when it wasn't supposed to. The PO put a shut off valve in to deal with the situation instead of replacing the stock petcock. Problem is fixed with a new petcock. Your bike appears to be a 1980 GS1000L. You can verify this by looking at the imprinted numbers on the steering stem. You can figure out what a steering stem is by reading the manual.
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natesGS1000
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Okay thank you very much. Do you recommend that I keep the shutoff valve or should I get rid of it.
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Get rid of it. Now when I say you have a 1980 GS1000L, I am going by your pictures. You could very easily have some parts on your bike that are from different models. Check your frame numbers, your engine numbers and measure the the distance between your petcock bolts before you order a new petcock.
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natesGS1000
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The steering stem and crankcase say gs100g
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Yes, the 'G' signifies you have the shaft model not the chain model.
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natesGS1000
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Ahh thank you very much for everything. especially avoiding the 600$ expense
