81 GL1100 Restoration

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81 GL1100 Restoration

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Finaly Finished With The Restoration And Rebuild Of Bill's 81 GL1100 Interstate.... What A Job, Little Over A Year To Complete, But Well Worth It...
Except The Front Wheel And Splitting The Engine Apart, Everthing Has Been Replaced Or Rebuilt On This Bike... Just Got The Skins Back From Paint And On The Bike... First Complete Picts... Enjoy...


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WOW, nice and shiny! That bike looks awesome now! Good Job! anim-cheers1
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That is stunning.

Beautiful job there, RR!
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That looks great .. makes me wish i had bought that one in Florida ... for 300.00 arrrggghhh .. oh well .... great job reb

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Rebel, good job! I'm taking on the same restoration project with my '81. I hope mine comes out as good as yours.
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Great job! looks as good as new
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Sure looks like a job well done.
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Rebel nice job !!

Where did you get the pinstripping for the body panels , or are they painted on.
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congrats

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looks awesome..hope mine comes out as well as yours...
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