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    Quick carb ID help please!

    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!

    #2
    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.
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      #3
      Thanks- got some pics today











      Hard to see, but the tag mfg 9/79

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        #4
        9/79=1980 model year thus, the CV carbs.

        Eric

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          #5
          BTW, you can't properly rebuild the carbs unless they are taken apart fully.
          Ed

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