*Accident Repairs / Fork Swap* 75 Wing Cafe RestoMod

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No one would ever describe a goldwing as a small bike, but I’m always surprised just how compact it ended up looking. My brothers VFR800 looks absolutely enormous next to mine
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Lovely job on the bike - great job on the seat and look. Going to turn a lot of heads. Cheers
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Rednaxs60 wrote:Lovely job on the bike - great job on the seat and look. Going to turn a lot of heads. Cheers
Thanks Red! anim-cheers1
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Little preview of the new exhaust tips
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Insured it today and of course it started raining as I walked out of the insurance office. :IDTS: I’ll have to do some shake down and fine tuning runs when I get some clearer weather
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Made a plug for the tach drive on the fuel pump using the old tach cable and a rubber cap from the original triple. Cut the end off the cable and glued the cap on. Should do the trick
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Nice! I’m copying that.
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ericheath wrote:Nice! I’m copying that.
Took about three minutes to make dancr

Finally got to spend some time riding today! About an hour altogether of easy riding around the city making sure everything does what it’s supposed to. First impressions are: Dang, what a difference! I cannot believe how good the front brakes are compared to the stock ones. The front forks ride very good already, but I think after some adjustments to the settings it’ll be even better. I need to check the sag and fiddle with the preload, compression and damping.

The Acewell also needs some fine tuning. The tach seems to be working as it should, and the speed is good in spurts, but then it’ll suddenly jump 50kmh and then back down again. Minor bugs

Right before her maiden voyage:
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Wow! Just wow! I have been loving build from the 1.0 version to the unfortunate accident that brought this gorgeous 2.0 version! The engine, newly painted black areas, the upgraded rims, new front end.. Standing ovation for you sir! Cheers on a beautiful bike!
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Yup, simply beautiful bike you have now. Great job!
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codyjames707 wrote:Wow! Just wow! I have been loving build from the 1.0 version to the unfortunate accident that brought this gorgeous 2.0 version! The engine, newly painted black areas, the upgraded rims, new front end.. Standing ovation for you sir! Cheers on a beautiful bike!
Sugs wrote:Yup, simply beautiful bike you have now. Great job!
Thank you sirs. Not quite finished yet, still trying to sort out a front fender and have a few other small things to get to.
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one of my favorite builds..
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Thank you sirs. Not quite finished yet, still trying to sort out a front fender and have a few other small things to get to.[/quote]

Are they ever finished? great looking and I'm sure great riding bike.
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5speed wrote:one of my favorite builds..
DUGG wrote:Are they ever finished? great looking and I'm sure great riding bike.
Thanks guys. And no, I'm sure it will never be "finished" :mrgreen:
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Top notch. Great job.

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If 5speed likes it, I like it.
Or . . .
I like it.
Clean lines.
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