GS1000 (and posssibly other GS) Petcock Solution/Alternative

[Guest]

Well,Received my Kawasaki petcock 51023-1346
No Way will this work on a GS1000 or prob any other Suzuki
the mounting holes are different dimensions,about 35 mm.
there is only one "nozzle" coming off the petcock for hose attachment
not two.
on-off-reserve positions ...no prime
fuel inlet "pipe is about 6 inches tall.
Guess I'll return it.

Thanks for trying, but that's really dissapointing news, I'll probably order a petcock rebuilt kit and see if I can get either of my two "slow" leaking when turned off/res to stop leaking altogether. With 3 petcocks to play with I'm hoping to get just one to "work as advertised!"

 

[Guest]

Hi,
Is there any reason this one wouldn't work? Z1 has it listed under 78 GS1000 parts.

http://www.z1enterprises.com/detail.aspx?ID=1715

And the price is probably comparable to the Kawi alternative.

Cheers,
Lyle

I've been looking at that on E-bay, there's two at that Z1 link, one for $51 and change and the KL18-4359 for $43 and change, difference being when the reserve kicks in (fuel filter), I just don't know about the hole spacing though, I'm not sure if 44mm is the correct one for ' 78-'79 GS1000. Anyone know for sure?

 

[Rover]

The 44mm spacing is correct on this petcock but there are a couple of other problems.

The hose inlets are on the other side than our stock petcock
(this could possibly be overcome with longer hose routing although there would be a 180 degree turn in the hose)
The bigger problem is that it can't be mounted flush because it catches on the edge of the tank.
Anyone please correct me if I am wrong.
Maybe Jeff from Z1 can chime in and offer a solution. Don't know if Z1 offers any other petcocks for the GS1000.
I'd say call them first if you order.

I've been looking at that on E-bay, there's two at that Z1 link, one for $51 and change and the KL18-4359 for $43 and change, difference being when the reserve kicks in (fuel filter), I just don't know about the hole spacing though, I'm not sure if 44mm is the correct one for ' 78-'79 GS1000. Anyone know for sure?

 

[russr33]

Well,Received my Kawasaki petcock 51023-1346
No Way will this work on a GS1000 or prob any other Suzuki
the mounting holes are different dimensions,about 35 mm.
there is only one "nozzle" coming off the petcock for hose attachment
not two.
on-off-reserve positions ...no prime
fuel inlet "pipe is about 6 inches tall.
Guess I'll return it.

Well hell Rover; my apologies. I know he had said it was from a sherpa (I had never heard of a sherpa before) but obviously he was mistaken. I'll try and find out what it is I have on here b/c it obviously works fine on mine. Will try and get a part # for you guys.

Again Rover sorry you went through the trouble of ordering it and it was wrong.

 

[Guest]

The 44mm spacing is correct on this petcock but there are a couple of other problems.

The hose inlets are on the other side than our stock petcock
(this could possibly be overcome with longer hose routing although there would be a 180 degree turn in the hose)
The bigger problem is that it can't be mounted flush because it catches on the edge of the tank.
Anyone please correct me if I am wrong.
Maybe Jeff from Z1 can chime in and offer a solution. Don't know if Z1 offers any other petcocks for the GS1000.
I'd say call them first if you order.

I think it could work, but the petcock I'm using now seems to have the same filter, which is wrong for my bike. I have 4 petcocks for the GS1000 and each one has something different about it, even though they all resemble each other. I think I'm gonna try to rebuild the last one I got,
it works fine, but seeps a little gas when switched to on/res, I'm thinking if I replace the diaphram it may stop leaking altogether which is what I want. If I could just change out the filter in the one I have on the bike now that would be the end of it. But I just can't budge that filter even though the other 3 come out as easy as pie.

 

[Rover]

Petcock update

Petcock update

No problem,I'll just return it.

My turn to apologize: The Sherpa is still no go,but the 18-4358 from Z-1
looks ok,I screwed up big time.It looks like it will work fine.I'm embarrassed
to go into detail how I screwed up.
Sorry Z-1.

Well hell Rover; my apologies. I know he had said it was from a sherpa (I had never heard of a sherpa before) but obviously he was mistaken. I'll try and find out what it is I have on here b/c it obviously works fine on mine. Will try and get a part # for you guys.

Again Rover sorry you went through the trouble of ordering it and it was wrong.