I recently joined and purchased a 1989 GS500e, as one of the things needing done I am replacing the
intake boots and o-rings which is where my question comes in. I cannot for the life of me figure out
the o-rings that came for the boots go and after exhausting all searches am asking for advice from all
the GS experts here so my question is How are the o-rings on the intake boots installed as the new
boots seen to have these o-rings pre-installed? I'm pretty confusedwhere do these o-rings go?

EDIT: pics for reference

The O rings in the boots do come pre installed, you dont need em if you're replacing the boots themselves. The O rings - well on ocassion they go bad and replacing them works to stop the leak ... however 90% of the time boots are dead. Not the O rings.
BTW the new boots dont quite fit the old carbs the way the old boots did. You could have the carb slip out while riding if you have K&N's on. I had that happen ... worthless POS Suzuki, one more case of fixing what aint broken, and ignoring what is.

Cool.
Buddha.

Thank you buddah for clearing that up and atm I'm running stock air box but, thank you for the heads up
on the carb slipage issue.

I countered the carb slippage by strapping the carb front top rail rack to the cyl head using the 2 rubber stay screws. But be very very careful, you do not want that rubber slipper getting away from the wall its bolted to. It will let the cam chain jump off the rear sproket.

Cool.
Buddha.