Customising my first Goldwing
Moderators: sunnbobb, Neil, Forum Moderators
-
- Titanium Member
- Posts: 430
- Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:55 pm
- Location: Surrey. UK
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
A few more
- Attachments
-
- 20180509_163100.jpg (317.77 KiB) Viewed 395 times
-
- 20180509_163123.jpg (352.44 KiB) Viewed 395 times
-
- 20180509_162958.jpg (374.25 KiB) Viewed 395 times
-
- Titanium Member
- Posts: 430
- Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:55 pm
- Location: Surrey. UK
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
Last one
- Attachments
-
- 20180509_163113.jpg (350.22 KiB) Viewed 395 times
- desertrefugee
- SUPER BIKER!!!!
- Posts: 3947
- Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:33 pm
- Location: Chandler, AZ, USA
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
'53 Studebaker? Just joking. No clue, but it looks good. Guarenteed to draw a crowd.UK_Andy wrote:Hers some more finished pics, hope you like. Im especially proud of the cowling...can you guess what its from?
- Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning to ride in the rain.
- delling3
- Gold Member
- Posts: 1177
- Joined: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:14 am
- Location: Sterling Heights, Michigan
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
The cowling reminds me of something I have seen on a enduro-type bike? Yamaha or Suzuki is what I am thinking.
delling3
1979 Yamaha XS750SF
Previous:
1978 GL1000 - JUNE 2017 BOTM: Sold
2006 Kawasaki Concours: Sold
1995 Kawasaki Concours: Crashed/totalled.
1976 GL1000: LAST RESTORATION, sold
1981 Honda CB900F Supersport: 3rd restoration, sold.
1979 Yamaha XS-750F: 2nd restoration, sold.
1982 Honda FT-500 Ascot: First (only) new bike. Family forces sale.
1973 CB500 Four: First restoration, long gone.
1972 Suzuki TS-100: First bike, sold.
Only dead fish go with the flow . . .
1979 Yamaha XS750SF
Previous:
1978 GL1000 - JUNE 2017 BOTM: Sold
2006 Kawasaki Concours: Sold
1995 Kawasaki Concours: Crashed/totalled.
1976 GL1000: LAST RESTORATION, sold
1981 Honda CB900F Supersport: 3rd restoration, sold.
1979 Yamaha XS-750F: 2nd restoration, sold.
1982 Honda FT-500 Ascot: First (only) new bike. Family forces sale.
1973 CB500 Four: First restoration, long gone.
1972 Suzuki TS-100: First bike, sold.
Only dead fish go with the flow . . .
- hatchward
- Chrome Member
- Posts: 135
- Joined: Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:21 pm
- Location: vancouver canada
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
CX500 front cowling.Not sure what years or models .Not the customs.Your bike looks great.
1982 GL1100 Std - Daily Driver
1982 GS750SZ Katana - Mostly Unmolested
1998 Valkyrie - Latest Aquisition
1984 GL1200 Aspencade - Undecided Project
1982 GS750SZ Katana - Mostly Unmolested
1998 Valkyrie - Latest Aquisition
1984 GL1200 Aspencade - Undecided Project
-
- Titanium Member
- Posts: 430
- Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:55 pm
- Location: Surrey. UK
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
It is a CX500 one, I cut the indicator ears off and smoothed it all in.hatchward wrote:CX500 front cowling.Not sure what years or models .Not the customs.Your bike looks great.
I did it cos I knew it would look good and that my CX500 hating mates would curl up and die that I did it!
- desertrefugee
- SUPER BIKER!!!!
- Posts: 3947
- Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:33 pm
- Location: Chandler, AZ, USA
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
Wow. Nice recycling job. Not being intimately familiar with the CX500, I "googled" the images and one thing immediately became apparent. There must not be many surviving original examples. Practically every image that popped up was either a "bobber" or a "cafe racer".UK_Andy wrote:It is a CX500 one, I cut the indicator ears off and smoothed it all in.hatchward wrote:CX500 front cowling.Not sure what years or models .Not the customs.Your bike looks great.
I did it cos I knew it would look good and that my CX500 hating mates would curl up and die that I did it!
I finally found the cowling on a survivor.
- Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning to ride in the rain.
- delling3
- Gold Member
- Posts: 1177
- Joined: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:14 am
- Location: Sterling Heights, Michigan
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
Yeah, the CX500 with the cowling was never offered in the States.
delling3
1979 Yamaha XS750SF
Previous:
1978 GL1000 - JUNE 2017 BOTM: Sold
2006 Kawasaki Concours: Sold
1995 Kawasaki Concours: Crashed/totalled.
1976 GL1000: LAST RESTORATION, sold
1981 Honda CB900F Supersport: 3rd restoration, sold.
1979 Yamaha XS-750F: 2nd restoration, sold.
1982 Honda FT-500 Ascot: First (only) new bike. Family forces sale.
1973 CB500 Four: First restoration, long gone.
1972 Suzuki TS-100: First bike, sold.
Only dead fish go with the flow . . .
1979 Yamaha XS750SF
Previous:
1978 GL1000 - JUNE 2017 BOTM: Sold
2006 Kawasaki Concours: Sold
1995 Kawasaki Concours: Crashed/totalled.
1976 GL1000: LAST RESTORATION, sold
1981 Honda CB900F Supersport: 3rd restoration, sold.
1979 Yamaha XS-750F: 2nd restoration, sold.
1982 Honda FT-500 Ascot: First (only) new bike. Family forces sale.
1973 CB500 Four: First restoration, long gone.
1972 Suzuki TS-100: First bike, sold.
Only dead fish go with the flow . . .
-
- Titanium Member
- Posts: 430
- Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:55 pm
- Location: Surrey. UK
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
You didnt get the standard, only the custom then?delling3 wrote:Yeah, the CX500 with the cowling was never offered in the States.
-
- Titanium Member
- Posts: 430
- Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:55 pm
- Location: Surrey. UK
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
As you can see in my pics, I have one of those cheap chinese speedo/rev counter things. Its all working well apart from the rev counter bit. I know I have to wire it to one of the four wires from the pulse coil/pickup (No.45 in this wiring diagram).
I have the manual but I need to know where on the bike the part is please?
I have the manual but I need to know where on the bike the part is please?
- Track T 2411
- Honored Life Member
- Posts: 8482
- Joined: Thu May 29, 2008 9:37 pm
- My Album: http://www.ngwclub.com/gallery/v/wingmans/Track+T+2411/
- Location: Prairie du Sac Wisconsin
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
On my '81 it is on the back of the engine, inboard from the stator. There is a four wire plug under the battery side cover, right next to the stator wire plug.
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail" - Abraham Maslow
"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
Current Rides:
'Grumpy' - '81 Standard, now fully dressed.
'Layla' - '81 Standard w/dealer installed fairing and Hondaline bags.
'Scarlett' '76 'Survivor' nekkid as a j-bird!
Under Construction:
The 'Jalopy' '78-'79 Mash-up
'Quikie' '81 gl1100I back on the lift, project with the step-son!
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson!
New2U Bike? Read Me.
"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail" - Abraham Maslow
"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
Current Rides:
'Grumpy' - '81 Standard, now fully dressed.
'Layla' - '81 Standard w/dealer installed fairing and Hondaline bags.
'Scarlett' '76 'Survivor' nekkid as a j-bird!
Under Construction:
The 'Jalopy' '78-'79 Mash-up
'Quikie' '81 gl1100I back on the lift, project with the step-son!
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson!
New2U Bike? Read Me.
- Hanslehoff
- Titanium Member
- Posts: 363
- Joined: Tue May 06, 2014 12:30 pm
- Location: Canada
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
I spliced my Acewell's tach sensor into the positive wire to one of the coils.. On my 75 those wires are either solid yellow or blue with a yellow stripe. The wires on the opposite side of the coils is are black with a white stripe. Not sure if this is a help at all to you, but I found it much easier to splice in by the coil itselfUK_Andy wrote:As you can see in my pics, I have one of those cheap chinese speedo/rev counter things. Its all working well apart from the rev counter bit. I know I have to wire it to one of the four wires from the pulse coil/pickup (No.45 in this wiring diagram).
1975 Cafe Wing
http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=56574
http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=56574
-
- Titanium Member
- Posts: 430
- Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:55 pm
- Location: Surrey. UK
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
I found it, thanks chaps. Now to trace it forward to the spark units.
I guess these must be near the coils?
I guess these must be near the coils?
- Track T 2411
- Honored Life Member
- Posts: 8482
- Joined: Thu May 29, 2008 9:37 pm
- My Album: http://www.ngwclub.com/gallery/v/wingmans/Track+T+2411/
- Location: Prairie du Sac Wisconsin
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
Are you looking for the coils, or the spark units? The spark units are under the shelter, on the left side as you sit on the bike.
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail" - Abraham Maslow
"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
Current Rides:
'Grumpy' - '81 Standard, now fully dressed.
'Layla' - '81 Standard w/dealer installed fairing and Hondaline bags.
'Scarlett' '76 'Survivor' nekkid as a j-bird!
Under Construction:
The 'Jalopy' '78-'79 Mash-up
'Quikie' '81 gl1100I back on the lift, project with the step-son!
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson!
New2U Bike? Read Me.
"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail" - Abraham Maslow
"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
Current Rides:
'Grumpy' - '81 Standard, now fully dressed.
'Layla' - '81 Standard w/dealer installed fairing and Hondaline bags.
'Scarlett' '76 'Survivor' nekkid as a j-bird!
Under Construction:
The 'Jalopy' '78-'79 Mash-up
'Quikie' '81 gl1100I back on the lift, project with the step-son!
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson!
New2U Bike? Read Me.
- wingrider
- SUPER BIKER!!!!
- Posts: 3724
- Joined: Thu May 24, 2012 12:15 pm
- Location: Maple Lake, MN USA
Re: Customising my first Goldwing
I am curious about your clutch and brake levers...why is the ball cut off the brake side?
2002 1800 Wing
2001 Valkyrie Interstate
1978 1200 EFI Wing with Motorvation Coupe Royale sidecar
1977 1200 Wing cafe/bobber project
1974 Suzuki GT550
2001 Valkyrie Interstate
1978 1200 EFI Wing with Motorvation Coupe Royale sidecar
1977 1200 Wing cafe/bobber project
1974 Suzuki GT550
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 12 Replies
- 1110 Views
-
Last post by rjdoles
-
- 8 Replies
- 752 Views
-
Last post by chunk
-
- 11 Replies
- 544 Views
-
Last post by redwood
-
- 5 Replies
- 767 Views
-
Last post by Rat
-
- 22 Replies
- 4575 Views
-
Last post by AZNGW Rider