got a 87 gs450l trying to change the seat and tank tooo???

[eviper21]

Just got my bike 87 gs450l and i wanna turn it into a cafe-esq style bike. The older 70s tanks look nice but is there a gas tank with that lower profile that will just bolt on? or are they custom mounted??

and same for the seat. i wanna keep the 2 seater option but don't like the HUGE step up between the front and rear seat. I think i seen an early 80s 800 with a lower profile step between the seats yes? again are any of these interchangeable without any hacking or with minimal hacking.

any suggestions on the seat/tank??

i ride dirtbikes, this is my first street bike, and i work on cars mostly...so please excuse my ignorance lol

thanks guys

[Guest]

The earlier 450's are reasonably interchangeable with minor mod's to mounting points (80 - 82) but not sure if things changed up to 87.

You'd have to take some measurements to check it all out I would think...

The T seat also was a direct replacement for the L seat, but again measurements would be needed to compare on the 87...

[eviper21]

whats a T seat and L seat??

[JEEPRUSTY]

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[eviper21]

oh alright cool, sounds good. thanks guys