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Stupid Headlight Questions

850 Combat

850 Combat

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My nephew blew the headlight in the '79 850G I sold him. It has a sealed beam. My '80 GS1000G got a cracked headlight lense from road debris.

First, is it a 7" head light? (I'm away from my bikes and can't check them). Second, is there anything different between an H4 set up and the sealed beam on my nephews bike? The parts Fisch I was looking at at Bike Bandit looked like the bezel and or inner ring may be different. Is the plug the same?

Where can I buy decent parts to repair these bikes?
 
850 Combat said:
My nephew blew the headlight in the '79 850G I sold him. It has a sealed beam. My '80 GS1000G got a cracked headlight lense from road debris.

First, is it a 7" head light? (I'm away from my bikes and can't check them). Second, is there anything different between an H4 set up and the sealed beam on my nephews bike? The parts Fisch I was looking at at Bike Bandit looked like the bezel and or inner ring may be different. Is the plug the same?

Where can I buy decent parts to repair these bikes?
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For starters, I would post this in the wanted parts section of the forum. I have aquired many parts that way for very reasonable prices.

Rick
 
The H4 headlight is a perfect swap for a sealed beam. you should be able to find a used 7" headlight capsule (glass body and lens) in the parts for sale, or on e-bay. you will need the capsule, H4 bulb and the rubber boot the goes over the bulb to keep out water. you might also use one of the aftermarket sealed beam to H4 conversion kits.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1003799&postcount=9
 
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The '79 and '80 GS850G's are 7" as is the '80 GS1000G.
 
Rustybronco set me up with my H4 conversion on my '79. It is 7 inches. Works nice too, Thanks Dale!
 
salty_monk said:
I think they might be an 8" unit... my GS1000G one is.

Dan :)
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Then you got lucky Danny boy...Someone hooked you up, or you did yourself.


THE ONLY GS's with the coveted 8inch freight train headlamp are the 82-831100E, The 84?85? GS700/750E and the 1150s... Everything else is 7 inches.. REMEMBER on the 8" headlamp..THE GLASS is 8" across, not the whole unit...
 
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