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new to the gs850

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i have just bought a 1980 gs850 and it has pods on it and i dont think the person i got it from changed the jets..i will be going back to the stock air box when i find one..my question is..it will run fine for about an hour then it dies and wont start for about 30 min or so..any help would be appericated..
thanks
 
Not a good idea to run pods without a jet change. If you still have the stock exhaust, go up one jet size. The dying and not starting is a heat issue I do believe. That said, have you gone over all the wiring connections to make sure there is no heat issue with poor connections.

Check your plugs, if they are white you are running lean, they should be a light tan on the insulator.
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Sounds like something is up with vacuum petcock. If you have the infamous 1980 leverless petcock on an 850GL, you'll find that the little plastic valve thing you use to set it to prime shrinks up a little and causes a vacuum leak. This leads to the petcock not staying open long enough, leading to fuel starvation at highway speed.
 
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