carb id help

[t-money]

hi...
i did search..and got more mislead the more i searched.

does anybody know for certain which carbs are on my
1980 gs 1000 gl?
the title says gs1000gls the side cover jist says L

1st i saw 34 for a gs1000..but i swear the manual says 26 for the L model...is my gl not considered an L?...
then i read (on another site) 28 for the gl?

it is shaft drive.
i saw the breakdown of what the G, and the S, and all that mean somewhere..but now i cant find it.
can someone please point me in the right direction?
thanks.

[azr]

Yours should be the BS34. Your bike is the "L" model. The "G" simply signifies it is a shaft model. The 80-81 1000 either came as a straight "G" model or the "GL". The "L" means a few cosmetic changes, ie, frame, seat, bars ect....the drive train remained the same basically. Any carbs from an 80 or 81 1000 should work.

[t-money]

thanks... thats what i thought.

do u know why the "suppliment" in the maual says the L model has 26mm carbs?
maybe i was readin it wrong..

thanks.
t$

[azr]

Your manual if probably referring to the older model bikes. Starting in 1980 they switched to the CV type carbs, model BS34 for the 1000 engine. If I'm thinking right all the displacements (750/850/1000) and models (E/G/L) from 78 and 79 maybe even 77 used the same VM26, kind of handy that.