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  • Zack
    • Jan 2026

    #1

    1982 Suzuki gs650 need help finding a part

    I?ve got a 1982 Suzuki gs650 with bad switches on the right hand side. I?ve been looking online but I?ve been having a lot of trouble finding a similar part. My right hand side has the lights, starter and kill switch. The ones I?ve seen online have the starter and kill switch but no lights. If someone could help me find a link to the part I need I?d really appreciate it.
  • Redman
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    • Mar 2004
    • 13717
    • Michigan, west Michigan

    #2
    Originally posted by Zack
    I?ve got a 1982 Suzuki gs650 with bad switches on the right hand side. I?ve been looking online but I?ve been having a lot of trouble finding a similar part. My right hand side has the lights, starter and kill switch. The ones I?ve seen online have the starter and kill switch but no lights. If someone could help me find a link to the part I need I?d really appreciate it.
    Welcome to TheGSR.

    All GSs I know have hi/lo switch on left, and any 1980 and after did not have a light on/off switch.

    Ebay would be a good source for something like that.

    ALso note: the 650 is the one model that has some parts that are not as interchangeable as most other models. But I dont know about the right hand controls.
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    • Rich82GS750TZ
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      • Jun 2018
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      • Mifflinburg, PA / Land of Tar & Chip

      #3
      Zack, if you show us a pic, someone will be able to tell you if that right hand switch is original or not. I?m thinking not.
      Last edited by Rich82GS750TZ; 09-27-2020, 02:08 PM.
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      • Gorminrider
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        • Aug 2012
        • 4803
        • British Columbia, Canada

        #4
        I'm repeating what others have said but...
        again: a picture of the switch might help.

        MY 1982 GS650G (Canada) has a left side HI/LOW beam but no on/off switch anywhere. Headlight on/off switches were mostly disabled or removed in the early 80s as the laws changed requiring daylight headlights ....
        Also if you look at CMNSL there are several "GS650s"..made for various parts of the world (the "E03" you see in the titles would be USA-except California which is E33...) Unfortunately the pictures all look the same and you only have part numbers to compare for "differences". I suppose if you are sure your switch is OEM, you could try the differing part numbers on google or Ebay. It's worked for me on occasion where the part is hard to find easily.
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        • Zack

          #5
          Originally posted by Rich82GS750TZ
          Zack, if you show us a pic, someone will be able to tell you if that right hand switch is original or not. I?m thinking not.
          i think I attached pictures but I?m not sure.
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          • Rich82GS750TZ
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            • Jun 2018
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            • Mifflinburg, PA / Land of Tar & Chip

            #6
            No GS switch that I’ve ever seen. Anyone.... anyone.... Bueller.....Bueller?
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            • Guest

              #7
              Same layout as my 1980 550, but very different styling.

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              • Steve
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                • Jun 2005
                • 35924
                • southwest oHIo

                #8
                First light switch on the right side that I have seen on a GS.

                Common on some other bikes, but not on a GS.

                I have thought about getting a similar Kawasaki switch to handle some extra lights, but haven't done it yet.

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