2nd 1975 restored for Ruthe, DONE!

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Re: 2nd 1975 restored for Ruthe, DONE!

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See " my wife's free 75 rebuild" for the thread on the resto
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1975 Honda gl1000 sulfur yellow( my first!) NGW BOTM February 2020
1975 Honda gl1000 red (Ruth's free bike) NGW BOTM January 2017

1975 honda gl1000 red. Eariest of my 75's 2/75 date
1975 Honda gl1000 blue green 5/75
1975 Honda gl1000 blue green 3/75
1975 Honda gl1000 blue green 4/75
1976 Honda gl1000 sulfur yellow
1977 honda gl1000 red black, Ian's next bike
1976 Honda gl1000 red next restoration
1975 Honda cb750 rebuilding soon!
1975 Honda gl1000 2/75 blue/green
1978 Honda cb750f super sport
1979 Honda cb750f super sport
1979 Honda CBX
1980 Honda CBX
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Re: 2nd 1975 restored for Ruthe, DONE!

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Just in case folks don't wish to search for the free rebuild thread, Here it is....
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Re: 2nd 1975 restored for Ruthe, DONE!

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Congrats on BOTM. action1 action1


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Re: 2nd 1975 restored for Ruthe, DONE!

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So where do you find those engine case guards and do you know who was the original manufacturer? I see you have them on a variety of your fleet. I would love to add a set to the build I just finished, yet I only see the larger style on EBay presently most at the usual EBay silliness for rusted/scraped junk.
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He usually finds them about 10 minutes ahead of me.. :)
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Re: 2nd 1975 restored for Ruthe, DONE!

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Congratulations on BOTM, excellent work. I think instead of a bigger garage you need a museum. I have been at this a while now and have learned a lot about getting these old girls back on the road but I would like to see a (some) tutorials on the finer details of restoration, such as locating and applying original decals and other such minutia that goes into a real restoration.
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Easter wrote:Congratulations on BOTM, excellent work. I think instead of a bigger garage you need a museum. I have been at this a while now and have learned a lot about getting these old girls back on the road but I would like to see a (some) tutorials on the finer details of restoration, such as locating and applying original decals and other such minutia that goes into a real restoration.

I get my decal kits from a place on ebay, yamatopdog. Best to have who ever paints your bike to install them since they are cleared over originally. If you do yourself you need to put 1 or 2 coats of clear over the base color before putting the decals on. Then a couple coats of clear over that.

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I've used yamahatopdog as well as knk repo decals for my restorations, I always use max spray clear with hardener. The first decals I put on ruthes red 75 I thought I'd wait to clear coat and one of the top side decals blew off going down the hi-way!! Always clear coat before riding!!
In the garage:


1975 Honda gl1000 sulfur yellow( my first!) NGW BOTM February 2020
1975 Honda gl1000 red (Ruth's free bike) NGW BOTM January 2017

1975 honda gl1000 red. Eariest of my 75's 2/75 date
1975 Honda gl1000 blue green 5/75
1975 Honda gl1000 blue green 3/75
1975 Honda gl1000 blue green 4/75
1976 Honda gl1000 sulfur yellow
1977 honda gl1000 red black, Ian's next bike
1976 Honda gl1000 red next restoration
1975 Honda cb750 rebuilding soon!
1975 Honda gl1000 2/75 blue/green
1978 Honda cb750f super sport
1979 Honda cb750f super sport
1979 Honda CBX
1980 Honda CBX
1981 Honda CBX
"I really need a BIGGER garage!!"
"I got a bigger garage!!!!
" ride'm, don't hide'm!!!
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Re: 2nd 1975 restored for Ruthe, DONE!

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congratulations on an excellent restoration.
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