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PHOTOS:Not Your Grandfather's GoldWing: Ultimate Budget Custom Chopper
The creation of Oregon-based Keith Wright Enterprises, this custom metric monster is called "Old Wing." The similarity to Honda's famous "GoldWing" is no accident. What you see here is an evolutionary diversion that takes the classic "rolling sofa" to a whole new dimension.
You start with a late 70s or early '80s or '90s Gold Wing, which you can find for as little as $1,000 in very good condition since literally thousands of them were sold. The bike seen here has at its core a 1980 GL model that includes an engine legendary in power, smoothness and durability. Keith Wright then adds his magic in the form of a kit that relatively quickly, and very economically, transforms a conservative cruiser into an audacious, raunchy and intimidating looking boulevard blaster.
It's not your father's Oldsmobile
The basic kit consists of a special rear frame section and modified Harley flat side gas tanks. The stock frame is reconfigured to seven degrees over handlebars from a Huffy mountain bicycle, and a taillight from a '74 Volkswagen. In addition, the headlight and turn signals are off-the-shelf pieces available from the Custom Chrome catalog. The seat and front fender are stock Harley parts, the kind often found as swap meets for a fraction of their original cost as are the 19-inch front and the 17-inch rear Nissin wheels common to Honda Hurricanes of 1980s vintage.
Old Wing's "exotic" exhaust system was based on the stock GoldWing pipes plus a set of wicked looking Basset marine collectors. It makes for a menacing looking assemblage that also produces a very distinctive exhaust sound similar to a T Rex in a bad mood. What you see here is an evolutionary diversion that takes the classic "rolling sofa" to a whole new dimension.
Exhaust envy, anyone?
The Old Wing/GoldWing conversion kit is both easy on the pocketbook and easy to put together so if you're handy with tools and a spray can, for about a grand you'll have yourself a whole lot of bike for a whole little money. Call it an "Old Wing, " "Wild Thing," or "Winged Thing," you'll be riding a machine that draws plenty of first class attention.
Another picture added 7/18/11:
