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1981 GS850G on 1983?

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Are they interchangeable? I can get a full set very cheap, all rebuilt etc and im just curious if they would work, to me it looks like it has a different choke mechanism setup, but idk
 
Some parts are the same, but a lot are different.

Please give some clue what you are trying to do, as "1981 GS850G on 1983" really does not make much sense.

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Must be a "New Jersey thing" or something.

"Carbs lop, ..." What the heck is a "lop"?

If you are asking whether the '81 carbs will work on your '83, the answer is "yes".
They will work much better if you change the "choke" mechanism to the new style.

More evidence of confusion is in your signature.
Are you telling us that your '83 850G has 9 1/2 million miles???
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See, all these texting "shortcuts" really take a LOT more keystrokes to explain than they save in the first place.

Your signature says "9500K mi." When used in numbers like that, the "K" means "thousand",
so you have "9500 thousand miles", or 9 1/2 million.

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Stev, can you splain why the 83 choke mechanism works better than the 81? I no they moved the choke control to the left hand controls o nthe bars, but that doesn't seem like it wouldn't work with the older style linkage o nthe carbs. Is hte problem wit hthe cable routing?

 
Well, not really saying that one system is better than the other (other than personal preferences), but he'll have to modify one end or the other to get it to work at all. Since he already has the handy control on the left handgrip and the matching hardware on the carbs he wants to remove, it would at least be easier if he installs the '83 "choke" mechanism on the '81 carbs.
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By the way, although I agree with the content of the video, I had a hard time listening to it. Almost turned it off about 20 seconds in. :oops:

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