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Quick carb ID help please!

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I just picked up a '79 550L and I'm getting ready to get it running. It's been sitting since 1990, so... Gonna need a rebuild. All the info I come up with says that BS carbs were only starting in 1980, but that sure is what I have. Could it have been factory? Late '79? Or maybe a PO swapped them out?

Just wanna make sure I get the right o-rings

Thanks!
 
Put up a picture here but yea, the 550L didn't get the BS carbs until 1980. Now, it's possible your bike was made in the latter half of 1979 and would technically be a 80 model.
 
Thanks- got some pics today


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Hard to see, but the tag mfg 9/79
 
BTW, you can't properly rebuild the carbs unless they are taken apart fully.
 
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