Hi all!
Been lurking on the forums since days after I bought my wing.
1980 GL1100, history pretty unknown, I was almost gonna pass on it or talk the guy down, but my wife said something along the lines of "seems like a great deal, right?" so I ignored the clear slow oil leak, paid the man, and rode it through rural Wisconsin at dusk on my birthday. I think I saw a deer every 15 minutes. Terrifying.
But the way these 'wings handle and perform.... Even before it was mine and I took it on that first test ride, instant smile. I've toyed with selling it and trying something else, but never actually get close to seriously considering it, something always pulls me back. I've done a fair amount of maintenance and customization work on it, and the reactions at the meets I go to have convinced me to keep it, and keep making it mine.
I'll make a build thread eventually with what I do have documented. I think I've lost a lot of pictures due to a "whoopsie" when cleaning out some google photos storage, and also not really planning to do a build thread. So here is what she looked like the day I got her, and basically where she is now (though the headers have actually been painted now):
I'll be stuck here, so might as well make an introduction
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Re: I'll be stuck here, so might as well make an introduction
Welcome. Sorry you feel stuck here. Maybe we will grow on you. Nice transformation on the bike
1978 custom GL1000
1977 custom with 1200 engine
1985 gl1200
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Re: I'll be stuck here, so might as well make an introduction
Hello audiojunkie!
I've noted you had joined the Club approximately 4 1/2 years ago and this is your first post.
The photos present quite the transformation of the bike you drove away from the seller however long ago you took first possession of it
We'll certainly be looking forward to your next topic of its evolution
I've noted you had joined the Club approximately 4 1/2 years ago and this is your first post.
The photos present quite the transformation of the bike you drove away from the seller however long ago you took first possession of it
We'll certainly be looking forward to your next topic of its evolution
Cliff (74yrs )
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'75 GL1000 home built trike; http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=39996
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1953 H-D Servi-car, naked, 1969-1978 (serial#53G1559 committed to memory!)
1980 CB900 Custom (triked) 1997-2003 .... R.I.P.
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RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing
"I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
Cliff
'75 GL1000 home built trike; http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=39996
October,2017 BOTM https://nakedgoldwingsclub.com/forum/page/Welcome
previous rides:
1953 H-D Servi-car, naked, 1969-1978 (serial#53G1559 committed to memory!)
1980 CB900 Custom (triked) 1997-2003 .... R.I.P.
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Re: I'll be stuck here, so might as well make an introduction
Belated welcome to the 'Wingdom …
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Re: I'll be stuck here, so might as well make an introduction
I'm sort of surprised for some strange reason.
Your before/after shows just how much smaller the GL1100 looks if you lose the saddle, swap on some low rise bars, and leaner fenders. At first glance, I thought you had changed up the shelter for an actual tank. It weighs maybe 15-20 pounds less, but it looks like it dropped 150 pounds.
Your before/after shows just how much smaller the GL1100 looks if you lose the saddle, swap on some low rise bars, and leaner fenders. At first glance, I thought you had changed up the shelter for an actual tank. It weighs maybe 15-20 pounds less, but it looks like it dropped 150 pounds.
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1992 ST1100 - my longer haul tourer
1992 XJ600S - son's streetfighter
1987 VFR700 - son's latest, in blue/silver
1983 - GL1100I - naked Blue Phoenix (son's, really)
1982 GL1100I - naked bagger Cabernet
1979 GL1000 - Ginger Lynn, but not that Ginger Lynn (Wing and a Prayer)
1978 CB550K - son's cafe (carb issues still vex)
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1979 GL1000 - Confirmed one owner, with original paperwork. Vetter fairing and bags, off the road in dry, heated storage for 35 years.
Sold
Not lookin' back to avoid regrets
In the Stable and Ridable
1992 ST1100 - my longer haul tourer
1992 XJ600S - son's streetfighter
1987 VFR700 - son's latest, in blue/silver
1983 - GL1100I - naked Blue Phoenix (son's, really)
1982 GL1100I - naked bagger Cabernet
1979 GL1000 - Ginger Lynn, but not that Ginger Lynn (Wing and a Prayer)
1978 CB550K - son's cafe (carb issues still vex)
Active Project(s)
1979 GL1000 - Confirmed one owner, with original paperwork. Vetter fairing and bags, off the road in dry, heated storage for 35 years.
Sold
Not lookin' back to avoid regrets
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Re: I'll be stuck here, so might as well make an introduction
Yeah, "thinning out" all the extras really gives it a "gymbro after a cut" look. Shortening the fenders, dropping the radiator deflectors, even subtle stuff like losing the fairing on the gauge cluster... Plus I think doing the satin black for the battery/tank covers also helped change the look.NotSoLilCrippseys wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:06 pm I'm sort of surprised for some strange reason.
Your before/after shows just how much smaller the GL1100 looks if you lose the saddle, swap on some low rise bars, and leaner fenders. At first glance, I thought you had changed up the shelter for an actual tank. It weighs maybe 15-20 pounds less, but it looks like it dropped 150 pounds.
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Re: I'll be stuck here, so might as well make an introduction
and a 4.5 years too late welcome to NGW
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all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke
The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
"it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS