New tail plastics on old bike?

[jdw03n]

Anyone done the swap-over to the 2000 era tail plastics on a 90s GS?  If so, does the installation require some fabrication, or are they direct bolt?  Pros and cons of doing this? I'm considering this for my next mod.

[Paulcet]

Here's one! 

Works great, looks great.  Don't know the cons, as I didn't do the work.  Not a direct bolt-on, this much I know.

[Weston]

Good question. I want to know too. I want to know if you can use your old gas tank too.

[dgyver]

New brackets would have to be made for the plastics (IIRC 6 of them) and the brake light. On the 97 I built, I cut the brackets from a 04 sub-frame and welded them in place. The grab handle mount is higher but the handle is the same.

The 89-00 tank will not work with the 01+ seat, unless the seat is modified.

There have been a lot of threads on this topic.