Colour Schematics - free to download from gallery

[Sidecar Bob]

OK. Instructions changed to reflect that. (Why didn't I think of doing it that way in the first place?)

[Liam]

I have a book with all the GL1200 drawings in colour.
The schematics seem to have the same style as those already present.
The schematics are in the book for the following:
1984 GL1200 Standard
1984 GL1200 Interstate
1984 GL1200 Aspencade
1985-1986 GL1200 Interstate
1985 GL1200 Aspencade
1985 GL1200 Limited Edition
1986 GL1200 Aspencade and SEi

I am going to have a go at scanning the pages and assembling them.
The later models run in to 5 pages, how do I manage this.

[Sidecar Bob]

What I did with the 2 page ones (including the GL1200 standard) was:
- open each page in my graphics software
- correct the gamma, background white &c
- enlarge the image field of one (my software calls it canvas size) to a bit taller and more than twice the original width with the blank space where the other part needs to be
- copy the other part into the blank space and carefully line it up
- go over the whole image and remove fingerprints, dirt &c (some of them were scanned from manuals that had been used a lot)
- make sure all of the text was legible and the title was at the top
- crop the excess blank space and resize to 2048 x 1536 pixels (this was based on the sizes of the original images I had - you may wish to choose a different size for ones that are more than 2 pages).

Each one took well over an hour to process.

Since I posted them here they have appeared all over the web with no credit to NGW as the source. If I was doing it now I would make sure they were watermarked like the Honda Wire Color Codes list is.

[Sidecar Bob]

And speaking of the color code list, it would probably be appropriate to have it in this thread

[Liam]

What I did with the 2 page ones (including the GL1200 standard) was:
- open each page in my graphics software
- correct the gamma, background white &c
- enlarge the image field of one (my software calls it canvas size) to a bit taller and more than twice the original width with the blank space where the other part needs to be
- copy the other part into the blank space and carefully line it up
- go over the whole image and remove fingerprints, dirt &c (some of them were scanned from manuals that had been used a lot)
- make sure all of the text was legible and the title was at the top
- crop the excess blank space and resize to 2048 x 1536 pixels (this was based on the sizes of the original images I had - you may wish to choose a different size for ones that are more than 2 pages).

Each one took well over an hour to process.

Since I posted them here they have appeared all over the web with no credit to NGW as the source. If I was doing it now I would make sure they were watermarked like the Honda Wire Color Codes list is.

I have some of the diagrams scanned now I guessed at using Jpeg.
I am going to send you the 1200 Standard as it is the simplest having only 2 pages. The LTD - SEi has 5!
I am a numpty when it comes to processing images, so I was hoping that you could assemble them.
You would then have the opportunity to watermark them if you wish.
Please have a look and see if the quality is good enough.

[Sidecar Bob]

OK. I am going to have rotator cuff surgery in 2 weeks so I will have plenty of time to mess around with stuff like that while I am recouperating

[Liam]

Here are links to my dropbox for the images.
They are too big to attach.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9c21nq2921kt ... GE%201.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rtwc733vwd2cr ... GE%202.jpg

[Sidecar Bob]

Got them. Putting those together will feel almost like cheating - no dirt spots or fingerprints to remove and the colours on both halves match Feel free to send (or host) the rest of what you have.

[rcmatt007]

did you ever find these for the 1200 I or A??

[roncar]

They're available (not online AFAIK), but it's a lot of pages to scan in for every year/model.

[Sidecar Bob]

That's where the other ones came from. Scans of the individual pages were floating around the web for years until I got fed up with having to jump across the gap when tracing stuff on the one for my bike so I joined them together and then I decided to do the rest while I was at it. They only took about an hour each.

Liam has sent me the Clymer GL1200 standard and once I get to that he has more to send. I am in physio now and typing &c isn't as uncomfortable as it was so I hope to get to that in the next few days.

[rcmatt007]

unfortunately the Clymer for my 1200 is in another state.

[Whiskerfish]

It was just pointed out to me that we are missing the 83 Aspencade. If anyone has a copy contact me or upload a link here please!

[Sidecar Bob]

Liam posted links to the scans a couple of years ago. I downloaded them and was supposed to combine them into one image but I keep forgetting when I have the time to work on it....

[Whiskerfish]

If it is the links above those go to a 1200 schematic??