About 2 years ago I bought a beater of a 78 GL1000 in a sad state of repair. The previous owner had let her sit for several years after the rear tire blew out while rounding a corner and scared him away from riding. I was fortunate enough to find you guys and your wealth of knowledge and was able to rehabilitate her to a decent running condition, and then cheaply cafe'd it with a set of clubmans. I rode it around like that for a little over a year, and then traded it for a boat. Something the whole family could enjoy. Never got the boat on the water, and eventually sold it, making me completely void of a project/toy.
Anyways, a few weeks ago I saw her pop up on Craigslist while browsing, and decided I needed her back. The Boss Lady was skeptical and hesitant, as we're getting married in October and trying to cover all the ridiculous costs associated with that business. I was eventually able to convince her that we could make it work, and we'd both be happier in the long run. It was, after all, considerably less expensive than the 2014 Street Glide I'd test ridden the week before and fallen in love with.
The guy I'd traded her off to was happy to see me getting her back, albeit in a state of disrepair again. He'd undone my cafe job, done a half-ass ugly paint job (worst I've seen, and I've done some pretty crappy ones myself), and just generally let things deteriorate. He'd knocked it over and busted out the glass in the speedo and replaced it with a mismatched one from a Yamaha of some variety. It didn't work anyway. Something with the speedometer pickup on the wheel. But it came with a whole set of Vetter fairings and bags he'd picked up off a guy who wouldn't sell him just the fairing. After riding it around for a few days, it turns out the plug on the back of the ignition switch doesn't stay attached like it should anymore, so it randomly wiggled loose and the bike would die mid-stride.
So I've spent the last few weeks cleaning things up a bit and getting them back to how I like them. Thank God I did a New2U kit shortly before I got rid of her. Put the clubmans back on and tacked on a couple of nuts to the lower triple tree for steering stops. I removed the gauges and built a bracket to hold just the speedo and oil and neutral idiot lights (also converted to LED's). When I did that, I removed the ignition switch completely and re-wired it to a couple of switches in the glove box (still semi-secure under a lock, plus no one will figure it out anyway). Big plans for her, but they'll happen slowly since adding the descriptor "Wedding" to anything automatically triples the price. Hooray for overtime!
Looking forward to hanging out with you guys again!
I'm back!
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78 GL1000 - "The Beast"
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Not a bad looking bike at all is it. Welcome back.
Dave
1975 GL 1000
1980 XS650
1981 ct110
1972 F7 KAW 175
2000 moby blaze 40cc
Chihuahua (Ellie)
Chihuahua #2(Blaze)
1975 GL 1000
1980 XS650
1981 ct110
1972 F7 KAW 175
2000 moby blaze 40cc
Chihuahua (Ellie)
Chihuahua #2(Blaze)
- chewy999
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Good to have you back. Think once a Winger, always a Winger, always regretted selling my 1983 1100, once my project is on the road, plan to keep it forever!!!! Tempting fate I know!
Previous Rides,
1980 CB250N Good to learn on
1981 CX500 good mid range tourer, went to Austria on it!
1983 GL1100C Pride and joy, sold when I bought my 1st house, big mistake
1985 GL650 Silverwing another mistake, horrible bike
1986 CBX550 Good commuter
1989 Suzuki GS750 (1976) cheap and cheerful until a dog ran out in front of me on Xmas Eve, 1991
Current bikes
2010 CB1300 back on a bike after 19 years, two divorces, children grown up etc
1980 GL1100 NOW ON THE ROAD, still use CB1300.
1980 CB250N Good to learn on
1981 CX500 good mid range tourer, went to Austria on it!
1983 GL1100C Pride and joy, sold when I bought my 1st house, big mistake
1985 GL650 Silverwing another mistake, horrible bike
1986 CBX550 Good commuter
1989 Suzuki GS750 (1976) cheap and cheerful until a dog ran out in front of me on Xmas Eve, 1991
Current bikes
2010 CB1300 back on a bike after 19 years, two divorces, children grown up etc
1980 GL1100 NOW ON THE ROAD, still use CB1300.
- Mrirbic71
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Re: I'm back!
Welcome back. I think that Wing is truly meant to be yours.
1982 GL1100
Being happy ain't nothing but having something to look foward too..
No matter what I'm doing I'd rather be riding.
Being happy ain't nothing but having something to look foward too..
No matter what I'm doing I'd rather be riding.
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Welcome back.
Maybe you will stay a little longer next time.
Nice resrart on the bike
And congratulations on the up coming life sentence
Maybe you will stay a little longer next time.
Nice resrart on the bike
And congratulations on the up coming life sentence
God bless those who protect our freedom, at every level
Knees in the breeze makes miles of smiles
"Strive for progress, not perfection"-a wise man
1984 1200 standard
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Knees in the breeze makes miles of smiles
"Strive for progress, not perfection"-a wise man
1984 1200 standard
click pic to see my gallery
vote in my poll
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welcome back!
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all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke
The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
"it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke
The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
"it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
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They do say 'what goes around comes around' ........
Welcome back.
Gord
Welcome back.
Gord
"I'd rather Ride than Shine"
‘14 KLR650 ... not a rat ... yet
‘84 GL1200i ‘R2B6' (Rat to Be 6, the last, adopted by twowings)
My Original 'RAT' was a hybrid '82 CB900/1100F
‘14 KLR650 ... not a rat ... yet
‘84 GL1200i ‘R2B6' (Rat to Be 6, the last, adopted by twowings)
My Original 'RAT' was a hybrid '82 CB900/1100F
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