carb question?

[meczar76]

can anybody help me out. will aset of carbs from a 1978gs750e will these fit my 85gs700e? wondering because i can get these off a running bike with no title any help will do
thanks
Tony

[Rein]

I don't think so, those are a different type of carbs. Usually, carbs of the same year will work, just need to change the jetting.

[tlepac]

carbs 78 to 85

From the reading I don't think they will be an easy swap and you would need to make some changes of the boots etc at the very least but it is doable---Most of the notes I see in the forum are going the other way as the VM's tend to have more maintenance challenges!
I assume the 85 had CV carbs. I suggest you look up these two subjects in the forum search engine and hopefully someone with more experience can help you out with specifics.

Good Luck!

[Rein]

From the reading I don't think they will be an easy swap and you would need to make some changes of the boots etc at the very least but it is doable---Most of the notes I see in the forum are going the other way as the VM's tend to have more maintenance challenges!
I assume the 85 had CV carbs. I suggest you look up these two .subjects in the forum search engine and hopefully someone with more experience can help you out with specifics.

Good Luck!

I was a bit too hasty in my post. I do think they will work, but they wont be plug and play