'82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Great fabrication, it will serve you well. Love it.
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Congrats on BOTM!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Cool build, congrats
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Wow, looks excellent. Black and white photos look so serious! Congratulations.☠️
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Congrats ... my kinda bike ...

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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Crazy GL. Congratulations on BOTM.
Avatar is a summer '21 photo of the Blue Phoenix, our 1983 GL1100I rescue gone naked.

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1992 ST1100 - my longer haul tourer
1992 XJ600S - son's streetfighter
1987 VFR700 - son's latest, in blue/silver
1983 - GL1100I - naked Blue Phoenix (son's, really)
1982 GL1100I - naked bagger Cabernet
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1978 CB550K - son's cafe (carb issues still vex)

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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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tumb2 BOTM
where's the battery?
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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dontwantapickle wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:30 pm tumb2 BOTM
where's the battery?
Its in a little box between the shocks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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gltriker wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:34 pm Congratulations for receiving March, 2022 BOTM acclaim! action1 tumb2
Thanks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Fred Camper wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:55 am Great fabrication, it will serve you well. Love it.
Thanks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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wingrider wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 4:58 pm Congrats on BOTM!
Thanks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Jonesz wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 5:26 pm Cool build, congrats
Thanks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Gowing wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:57 pm Wow, looks excellent. Black and white photos look so serious! Congratulations.☠️
Thanks! :-D
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Rat wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:20 pm Congrats ... my kinda bike ...

Gord
Thank you!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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NotSoLilCrippseys wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:07 pm Crazy GL. Congratulations on BOTM.
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