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    Need help with 1983 GS1100E airbox....Which one is correct?

    I'm working on a 1983 GS1100E and have two different airboxes and do not know which one is correct. Looks like they both will fit but I want to get the correct one on this bike.

    So, anybody have, or have owned, a stock 1983 GS11000E that can tell me which one is correct?

    First this one:



    Then this one:



    So which one is the correct stock airbox? Or do I have two incorrect airboxes for this bike?
    Ron
    When I die, just cremate me and put me in my GS tank. That way I can go through these carbs, one more time!https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/core/images/smilies/cool.png
    1978 GS750E - November 2017 BOTM
    1978 GS1000C - May 2021 BOTM
    1982 GS1100E - April 2024 BOTM
    1999 Honda GL1500SE

    #2
    The second one I believe, the other is fir an 80/81 I think.

    V
    Gustov
    80 GS 1100 LT, 83 1100 G "Scruffy"
    81 GS 1000 G
    79 GS 850 G
    81 GS 850 L
    83 GS 550 ES, 85 GS 550 ES
    80 GS 550 L
    86 450 Rebel, 70CL 70, Yamaha TTR125
    2002 Honda 919
    2004 Ural Gear up

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      #3
      My "83" 1100E has the one in the 1st pic, the smooth one. I didn't buy the bike new, but have owned it for ny-on 20yrs. no reason to believe it doesn't have the orig. air boxes.
      1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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        #4
        Thanks guys! Almost every picture that I found on the ole' interweb, of a 1983 GS1100E bike that doesn't have pods, shows the smooth one.

        That's the one that I put on the bike. Looks like I lucked out this time!

        Now on to the next issue!
        Ron
        When I die, just cremate me and put me in my GS tank. That way I can go through these carbs, one more time!https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/core/images/smilies/cool.png
        1978 GS750E - November 2017 BOTM
        1978 GS1000C - May 2021 BOTM
        1982 GS1100E - April 2024 BOTM
        1999 Honda GL1500SE

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          #5
          83 smooth sides.

          82 ribbed

          80/81 chrome side covers.
          83 GS1100ES rebuild:

          http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=170032

          Budget GSXR Conversion:

          http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=200563

          New to me bike: 2008 B-KING

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