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No reason to swap shafts as the flanges should match right up between the two engines. Once you start to swap wheels over you may find some problems with the disc rotors not lining up with the calipers. I know I did when I swapped my rear 16" wheel from the 82 GL out with a 17" wheel from an 80 1000GL. Not sure if you'll run into the same thing since I don't have an 81 to play with.
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1980 GS1000GT (Daily rider with a 1983 1100G engine)
1998 Honda ST1100 (Daily long distance rider)
1982 GS850GLZ (Daily rider when the weather is crap)
Darn, with so many daily riders it's hard to decide which one to jump on next.
JTGS850GL aka Julius
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If you DO have the softer splines, you don't need to swap wheels, you can replace just the splines.
For the record, some time in '83, they went back to a harder spline material, it was silver.
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mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
#1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
#2 son: 1980 GS1000G
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