Please help!! Sissy bar fitting question.

[nicholascott]

Hello,

Will a sissy bar from a 1983 GS850 fit on a 1980 GS450l? I have the opportunity to by one and I just want to make sure it will fit. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
Scott

[qslim]

Good luck. I'm on my 3rd bar now, and I'm putting her back up on Ebay from whence she came. What a pain in the ass... You'd think that a lot of these bars would be the same, but that is not apparently the case. If any one wants up on this seat and grab bar I bought that I can't use, PM me and I'll sell it to you cheap.

[kalessin]

I don't think it'll be an easy fit. The best method I've found is to closely study the pictures in the gallery on the main GSResources site, and then head to a bike boneyard; eBay is only really good if you know *exactly* what you're buying.

It's actually easier for the L models because they don't have bodywork behind the end of the seat, just the chrome fender. There were a few companies producing kits, KG made one that is found on many GS-L models, it has sliding parts to make it fit larger or smaller bikes.