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    '82 GS1100E Gas Tank on an 1100GL?

    Would this work. I like the agressive style of the E tank better. Can I just swap them out?

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    Not without a great deal of work.

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      Yep, a LOT of work involved.

      You will have to change the front end, because the fork tubes on the leading-axle forks are pulled back by the upper and lower triple clamps. Not changing the forks (and clamps) will have the forks bang into the tank, because it mounts farther forward.

      Yep, the tank mounts farther forward, meaning you will have to fabricate new mounts for the front of the tank.

      No idea whether the rear mounts will match up, and I doubt that the seat will match up to the back of the tank, too.

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