GL 1000 cafe fighter

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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter

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welded in an alloy housing for the ignition switch
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also completed the battery with a pair of leads
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also welded a housing for the battery in the seat compartment and to mount the fuses, CDI and starter relais on
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and with the big help of a great friend we started to do the wiring.
That still is the part I feel the most uncomfortable with. but I was Lucky to get this helper around
So now the base is finished for a very simple wiring loom :)
Me very happy :)
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I ran out of shrink tubes, othterwise I could have had the loom almost finished this weekend
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter

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Awesome!
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter

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Glad to see you are moving along. Going to be great.
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This thing is AWESOME!!!
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found a nice set of snowflake disks for a decent price to match my Melbers wheels
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need to make another set of adapters to space these too, but that will work out
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Very nice!

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Nice indeed but been about a year since last post. Need updates !!
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter

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Hey EHE!

Come on, brother!

What's up with your project?

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oh yes... lost focus on this project big time... too much going on, but I didn't forget about her...
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now working very hard on my family ride... Built two different sidecars past summer and now finally one for myself
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not really a NGW...

needs to be rideable before next week... tons of work to do
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Going to be a sharp looking ride. Just my opinion but the radiator shell is a bit overpowering. Maybe paint it?
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oh yeah, you are right about those details, The radiator cover was on the base bike which I bought a year ago for this project and with the deadline of next week driving it to the Nurburgring in Germany I don't really care about those details... ;)
same as with the mismatching colour on the wheels of the bike or the colours on the sidecar.
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oh dear... long time ago and this bike is still not finished...

although it is a little bit further then in 2017;

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but it will be finished for sure one day, but keep getting drawn into other projects and the latest project started a year ago and made me move to another property with my family.
that is quite a project on it's own, but the best part is that in the end I will end up with an amazing mancave!

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Just checked out your Facebook link. You’ve been busy.
Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
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