gs850 gs1000 similarity's

[Silverhammer]

Hi All,
I'm selling a 79 gs850 motor and a guy called me and asked if some of the bottom end parts would fit on his 78 gs1000.... He said he was mostly interested in the sidecovers and starter clutch assembly.. What do ya think...
Thanx
Silverhammer

[Griffin]

Pretty much none of them are interchangable. The 850 is a shafty and the '78 1000 is chain driven.

What you could do to see for sure on each specific part is go to www.babbittsonline.com and check in their oem parts section. Find the part he's interested in on your 850G by going through the parts drawings, highlight and copy the part number, then go back to the original parts finder page and paste in the part number. You will get a list of all bikes that part will fit on.

It's a very handy tool.

[bwringer]

I don't think so -- I know the stators and stator covers (and starter drives) are different, and I'm pretty sure the clutch cover is different, but I'd have to check.

The ignition covers are interchangeable between lots of models, although the graphics varied.

[salty_monk]

If his is a Chain driven 1000E from 78 then virtually nothing. If it's a 1000G then some of the bits will fit, but not too many. Sidecovers should fit...

Dan