Have seen a lot of posts "what tank fits, will this fit etc. Was thinking would be nice to see a thread dedicated to tank fitment. There are some myself included who do not care if our bike is factory spec we just want to ride. with tanks for these 30+ year old bikes finding a replacement is getting hard and expensive. So what I've found to fit the 1978 GS1000. 1980-81 GS1100 16 valve tank purchased from salty-monk. There was no modification other than trimming the rubber tank mount ears [insert correct name here] salty sent a ground top cap for #1 VM carb but was not needed for install on my bike.
The other tank so far is the 1980GS1000That was id'ed in another thread as chain drive. with no major modification other than trimming tank mount rubbers. The petcock is mounted farther back than on the 78-79 so there's no issues with the VM carbs, in fact there's more room for petcock and hoses. The issues are petcock has no prime so installed a 1/4" tee in the vacuum line with extra hose and cap, bolt whatever to be removed to apply suction to fill float bowls and seems to work fine.
Am sure this is no revelation to many here, but some of us need enlightened myself included. Please add as you like.
Thank you. Ray Murphy.
The other tank so far is the 1980GS1000That was id'ed in another thread as chain drive. with no major modification other than trimming tank mount rubbers. The petcock is mounted farther back than on the 78-79 so there's no issues with the VM carbs, in fact there's more room for petcock and hoses. The issues are petcock has no prime so installed a 1/4" tee in the vacuum line with extra hose and cap, bolt whatever to be removed to apply suction to fill float bowls and seems to work fine.
Am sure this is no revelation to many here, but some of us need enlightened myself included. Please add as you like.
Thank you. Ray Murphy.
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