Best Honda Goldwing year for Cafe Build

[Rat]

My (humble?) opinion is .... if you can't see it from the seat .... it don't matter ....

Gord(They don't call me RAT for no reason)Jones

[Explorer]

My sentiments exactly, hear, hear!

[Lucien Harpress]

I've got a yellow '76, and it took me a while to decide that's the model 1000 I wanted to go with- the spoke wheels did it, and I liked the tank lines of the early bikes SLIGHTLY better, from a purely stock perspective.

That being said, I would (eventually) LOVE to cafe out a later 78/79 model- eliminate the speedo and tach by moving them down to the pod, drop a 1200 motor into it, and somehow work spoke wheels back into the equation.

But that's personal preference. You really can't go wrong with.... well, ANY of the 'wings, really. Just depends on how much you want to put into it.

[desertrefugee]

That being said, I would (eventually) LOVE to cafe out a later 78/79 model- eliminate the speedo and tach by moving them down to the pod, drop a 1200 motor into it, and somehow work spoke wheels back into the equation.

But that's personal preference. You really can't go wrong with.... well, ANY of the 'wings, really. Just depends on how much you want to put into it.

Something that has been on my radar for a while. One of these days!

[warhead_71]

I'd say any of the GL1000's, up to '79, mostly because they are lighter. Still a tank compared to actual British cafe racers. But also the lines are better suited to traditional racer "bump seats". The 78-79's have those boxy faux tanks that look reminiscent of a Norton Manx or the early Honda CB450 Black Bombers... which is how I tried to style mine.