Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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5speed
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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beautiful build..
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
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NotSoLilCrippseys
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Wow. Impressive build.
Avatar is a summer '21 photo of the Blue Phoenix, our 1983 GL1100I rescue gone naked.

In the Stable and Ridable
1992 ST1100 - my longer haul tourer
1987 VFR700 - son's latest, in blue/silver
1983 GL1100I - son's naked Blue Phoenix
1982 GL1100I - naked bagger Cabernet (surf bike)
1979 GL1000 - Ginger Lynn, but not that Ginger Lynn (Wing and a Prayer)
1978 CB550K - son's cafe
1983 CB550SC - one owner, 5k, great paint & seat/good chrome (will soon sell)
1986 VFR700 - fun throwback in RWB

Active and Semi-active Project(s)
1976 GL1000 - sulphur yellow, original paint (it's now official: winter '24-5 project)
FrankenWing - 1980 GL1100 motor in 1982 or 1983 frame (still deciding, so maybe semi-active).

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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Very Nice
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Hard to believe I missed this one...Great looking bike! You should be very proud of the work you did on it! anim-cheers1
2002 1800 Wing
2001 Valkyrie Interstate
1978 1200 EFI Wing with Motorvation Coupe Royale sidecar
1977 1200 Wing cafe/bobber project
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Very Cool Bike !
I bet you are the only kid in the neighborhood with one like that.
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Very nice work.
Bikes at present:

83 XL 600r with a 2004 XR650L engine
And a slightly worse for the wear BMW GS adventure bike awaiting repair
83 GL in process :IDTS:
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Behemoth wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:35 pmVery Nice
Thank you so much!
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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dontwantapickle wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 10:29 am Very Cool Bike !
I bet you are the only kid in the neighborhood with one like that.
Thank you! Far from a kid at this point. :|
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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wingrider wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 1:48 pm Hard to believe I missed this one...Great looking bike! You should be very proud of the work you did on it! anim-cheers1
I am so happy with the end result. Thank you for the compliment.
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Here's a sketch I made in class, figured y'all would like it.jpg
A kind sole was inspired by my build and shared his sketch with me. Love it.
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Echo what Harald said. Congratulation on the NGW Club Bike of the Month for March 2025, you efforts have been noticed and you can be proud of your build.
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Congratulations on the Bike of the Month.

The right motorcycle was chosen

Greetings
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Re: Custom 75 Gl1000 Street Fighter Cafe

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Congrats on BOTM! Very nicely done!
2002 1800 Wing
2001 Valkyrie Interstate
1978 1200 EFI Wing with Motorvation Coupe Royale sidecar
1977 1200 Wing cafe/bobber project
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