HELP! Differences in airboxes 850 - years

[Guest]

Help please.

I'm putting together a GS850 from a box. I've gotten the carbs rebuilt and mounted on the bike. When I got ready to put the air box on, the boots looked shot and wouldn't go on no matter what I did. So i went looking for boots online, and discovered that my 1980 bike has a 1982 airbox. Airbox boots for 82-83 seem to be different and harder to get. Does anyone know if the 80-81 boots can be used on that airbox? Is the hole spacing different or the same? I REALLY don't want to get a different airbox at this point. I'm so close to firing it!~!! I really need this thing to be done in a week!

[BassCliff]

Hi,

The '79-'81 airbox is a different shape than the '82-'83 airbox. The airbox boots are also different part numbers, which usually means they are not interchangeable.

But the online OEM parts fiches that I have checked still show the '82 airbox boots as available, part# 13881-49070, about $12 from partshark.com.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[86turbodsl]

But the big question is, can parts shark get them quickly? Like Z1 quick?

[Dogma]

Call Z1 and Part Shark to see what their estimated delivery is. Z1 can get anything the others sell, they just don't show things on their site which they don't have in stock.

[86turbodsl]

My impression with Z1 is they have most stuff in stock, and most other dealers have to order this old stuff from Japan. All my orders with GS Suzuki have been 2-3 week wait. Z1 was 2 days.

I'm never giving myself a time limit on a bike build again. Too much stress.

[86turbodsl]

Ordered boots from a dealer.

One set available in USA. Yay vintage.

[Steve]

My impression with Z1 is they have most stuff in stock, and most other dealers have to order this old stuff from Japan.

Not quite true.

Everything they show on their website, they have in stock. They can order anything else that you might want, but they have to order it from the same people that the dealers do, so some stuff will take a couple of weeks, too.

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[850GT_Rider]

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