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    #61
    79 (solid discs, round blinkers, looks like the old hockey-puck calipers) with an 80+ engine.
    Worth while replacing those old rubber brake lines at the very least.
    ---- Dave
    79 GS850N - Might be a trike soon.
    80 GS850T Single HIF38 S.U. SH775, Tow bar, Pantera II. Gnarly workhorse & daily driver.
    79 XS650SE - Pragmatic Ratter - goes better than a manky old twin should.
    92 XJ900F - Fairly Stock, for now.

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      #62
      Did the 850G's go to painted front fenders in "80"? I know my "80" 1000G had a painted one.
      1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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        #63
        Originally posted by rphillips View Post
        Did the 850G's go to painted front fenders in "80"? I know my "80" 1000G had a painted one.
        The Euro 79 and 80 had the chrome fenders. Very prone to rusting out from underneath, which is why mine have had plastic fenders for years.
        ---- Dave
        79 GS850N - Might be a trike soon.
        80 GS850T Single HIF38 S.U. SH775, Tow bar, Pantera II. Gnarly workhorse & daily driver.
        79 XS650SE - Pragmatic Ratter - goes better than a manky old twin should.
        92 XJ900F - Fairly Stock, for now.

        Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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          #64
          Originally posted by Grimly View Post

          The Euro 79 and 80 had the chrome fenders. Very prone to rusting out from underneath, which is why mine have had plastic fenders for years.
          Interesting. The switch from chrome to painted in the U.S. was definitely 79-80. I bought the first '80 model to hit the dealership in Dec '79 and it already had the painted fender. .
          Believe in truth. To abandon fact is to abandon freedom.

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          80 GS850G / 2010 Yamaha Majesty / 81 GS850G

          Claimed by Hurricane Irma 9/11/2017:
          80 GS850G / 2005 Yamaha Majesty / 83 GS1100E / 2000 BMW R1100RT / 2014 Suzuki DL650

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            #65
            Seems mine is a mixture of several years.
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              #66
              Originally posted by Diver View Post
              Seems mine is a mixture of several years.
              In the word of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle via Sherlock Holmes.....'"when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"​
              Rich
              1982 GS 750TZ
              2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
              BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
              Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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                #67
                Originally posted by Diver View Post
                Seems mine is a mixture of several years.
                ​
                Agreed. Nothing at all wrong with that, you just have to be aware of what's what when your maintaining and repairing it.

                I think the proper term for your bike is "bitsa". Bitsa this, bitsa that...
                ​


                The badges are interesting. In the US at least, the 1979 side covers were wearing a "GS850" badge with no final "G" and of course I don't recall any models with a model badge on the tail. Maybe someone got a good deal on GS850G badges.

                We also don't really have a good solid idea of what differences there were in these bikes between Ireland and the US or other countries. For example, headlight switches disappeared in the US in 1980 by Federal mandate. (Well, some disappeared; some were just hastily modified at the factory to stay "on".)
                1983 GS850G, Cosmos Blue.
                2005 KLR685, Aztec Pink - Turd II.3, the ReReReTurdening
                2015 Yamaha FJ-09, Magma Red Power Corrupts...
                Eat more venison.

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                  #68
                  I may have missed it. Eng. # ?? The "chart" says GS850GN eng. #'s (79 model) started at 100393 and GS850GT eng. #'s (80 model) 116520. if you eng. # is between those it should be a "79" eng. higher than 116520 should be an "80" or newer eng, according to the chart.
                  1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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                    #69
                    At least I have identified it as a Suzuki GS850 Bitsa.
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                      #70
                      Well, we got it narrowed down to after 1978 and before 1989... Also if registration says 1979, and that registration has same number as frame, It's gonn'a be hard to make folks believe it ain't a 1979
                      1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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                        #71
                        Reckon so. Thanks for all the help.
                        Best regards
                        Chris.

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