Will GS250 seat fit GS400?

[sk88er44]

Hey guys,

New to the forum here. Just picked up a 1981 GS400L and it has a terrible "custom" seat on it.

There's a 1982 GS250 seat on craigslist in good shape, will it fit?

[Guest]

Hey mate, welcome! The frames on the 250's seem to be pretty different to the 400/425/450's so I'd say it's highly unlikely without modifications.

Given you have a GS400L... does it have the rectangular end caps on the valve cover? If so, that's the 8 valve motor, so a seat from a 1980 - 1982 GS450L should fit and I believe the seat off the T models of the same vintage are also a direct swap.

You're still best off checking before buying as I haven't seen any of those models first hand and am going by other's reports.

Also, stick a g'day thread in the GS Owners section so everyone can say g'day and BassCliff can pass on a ton of incredibly useful info too.

[81gs450l]

I have stock 81 450L seat sitting in storage. it has a small tear in it, but I wont ever be able to use it again do to frame mods. I would let it go cheap, but I am not sure about shipping cost

[sk88er44]

Define cheap , I want to make my own, but it'll likely look like ****. So starting with the original seat with foam intact is probably the better way to go.

[81gs450l]

sorry for the late reply, school and work keep me busy. along with build my friends xj650 while he is deployed. $10 plus shipping for the seat. it has a small tear in the seat, but the foam and pan are good. its in a friends storage. if you are interested I can get it and take pictures this weekend

[sk88er44]

No prob yeah im interested, if u could take a picture thatd be great. Do you know if that plastic/metal piece behind the seat is required? My bike doesn't have it and the light is mounted on the fender

[81gs450l]

sk88er44 here is your seat packaged and going out tomorrow. hope you get some good use out of it.

[sk88er44]

Thanks bud I'll post up some pictures once it's mounted