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cable length

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Anyone know where I can find shorter cables(throttle, brakes, etc..)for my GS 1000L? I put on clip ons and now the cables are so long. Anythoughts would be helpful. Im a total newbie at this as I haven't touched the bike in a year or so and getting beack into it. thanks in advance
 
From my research, it seems G cables are shorter. Also Katana cables are mentioned. I'm trying to sort out the same issues.
 
The G cables are indeed a few inches shorter, but still too long for clip-ons. On the 'fiche, the '80 1000S (Cooley) bars look lower than the G, and the hookup at the bottom still looks correct. The '82 1000S (Katana) has clip-ons, and does look like it will work at the bottom end.

Creative routing can hide some extra length. Route around the far side of the steering stem, or route the clutch cable outside of carb #1 instead of between #1 and 2.
 
With supersport bars on my '79 1000 I used the stock cables for the '79 GS1000S. What year? What carbs? If it has CV carbs, cables from the '80 GS1000S would probably work. For reference I think they are about 4 1/2 inches shorter than the stock cables for the "E" model.
 
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