I just bought an '82 Goldwing Aspencade this past weekend. He was asking for $750, I offered $500, bought it for $550.
It has a little over 44,000 miles on it, the bike has been sitting for the better part of this year so the battery needs charging, visually it looks to be in good condition - plastics look good (ish) but I plan to strip it, paint is a little meh, maybe a little bit of rust here and there but nothing major, the tires and wheels look good too, the suspension system works, the starter is dead but I plan on rebuilding it. I will post some pictures soon.
And yes I will change the timing belts.
My current daily ride is a Moto Guzzi V7.
Freedom
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Welcome from the UK. Look forward to following your build. First thing first, change the timing belts!
Previous Rides,
1980 CB250N Good to learn on
1981 CX500 good mid range tourer, went to Austria on it!
1983 GL1100C Pride and joy, sold when I bought my 1st house, big mistake
1985 GL650 Silverwing another mistake, horrible bike
1986 CBX550 Good commuter
1989 Suzuki GS750 (1976) cheap and cheerful until a dog ran out in front of me on Xmas Eve, 1991
Current bikes
2010 CB1300 back on a bike after 19 years, two divorces, children grown up etc
1980 GL1100 NOW ON THE ROAD, still use CB1300.
Welcome from Wisconsin. Sounds like a good buy! If it sat for only a year, it shouldn't
( hopefully) need to much to get back on the road. Enjoy the ride!
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail" - Abraham Maslow
"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson! New2U Bike? Read Me.
ShopTalk has the help .... maybe 'change the belts' ....
Gord
"I'd rather Ride than Shine"
‘14 KLR650 ... not a rat ... yet
‘84 GL1200i ‘R2B6' (Rat to Be 6, the last, adopted by twowings)
My Original 'RAT' was a hybrid '82 CB900/1100F
Track T 2411 wrote:Welcome from Wisconsin. Sounds like a good buy! If it sat for only a year, it shouldn't
( hopefully) need to much to get back on the road. Enjoy the ride!
Thanks. People selling bikes tend to exaggerate a little so I would say it probably sat is his garage (or outside the garage) for a couple years. I guess I have all winter to get the bike running.
You need to start a thread in the project section once you start getting it going.
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1976 Goldwing Super Sport
1985 Honda Elite
1976 KZ900 Dragbike
1992 ZX7 Dragbike (KZ900 style motor w/NOS)
and a rotation of various purchases
Randakk approved Carb Rebuilder
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