'82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Great fabrication, it will serve you well. Love it.
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Congrats on BOTM!
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1978 1200 EFI Wing with Motorvation Coupe Royale sidecar
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Cool build, congrats
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1983 GL1100 Aspencade named "Freki" currently undergoing change to a standard. Sold
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Wow, looks excellent. Black and white photos look so serious! Congratulations.☠️
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Congrats ... my kinda bike ...

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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Crazy GL. Congratulations on BOTM.
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

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

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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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tumb2 BOTM
where's the battery?
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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dontwantapickle wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:30 pm tumb2 BOTM
where's the battery?
Its in a little box between the shocks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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gltriker wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:34 pm Congratulations for receiving March, 2022 BOTM acclaim! action1 tumb2
Thanks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Fred Camper wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:55 am Great fabrication, it will serve you well. Love it.
Thanks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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wingrider wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 4:58 pm Congrats on BOTM!
Thanks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Jonesz wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 5:26 pm Cool build, congrats
Thanks!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Gowing wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:57 pm Wow, looks excellent. Black and white photos look so serious! Congratulations.☠️
Thanks! :-D
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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Rat wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:20 pm Congrats ... my kinda bike ...

Gord
Thank you!
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Re: '82 GL1100 Custom Cruiser Build

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NotSoLilCrippseys wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:07 pm Crazy GL. Congratulations on BOTM.
Thanks!
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