This one is going to BLOW your mind!

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Re: This one is going to BLOW your mind!

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Beautiful bike, congratulations on January BOTM. A tough act to follow.
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It will be on display at the Detroit, Mi Autorama the first weekend in March 2018. Come and see it in person along with about 899 other specialty vehicles.

One of the largest indoor custom car shows of the world.
The LSR bike that I crew on will also be there in the Bonneville display. BTW, it's supercharged too.
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Congrats on BOTM!
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

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tumb2 Congrats and Happy New Year!
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Congratulations for being awarded botm.
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Congrats on BOTM !! Great way to kick off 2018 action1 action1

Would love to see more photos & detail on the supercharger install.

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Congrats!!! I have a funny feeling we'll be congratulating you again at the end of the year ;).
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Awesome bike! Come to the Detroit AutoRama - March 2nd - 4th to see this bike in person:

https://autorama.com/attend/detroit/
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congrats J.R!
I was wondering if you could describe how she runs and handles compared to a stock wing and say, your CBX shown.
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Gowing wrote:congrats J.R!
I was wondering if you could describe how she runs and handles compared to a stock wing and say, your CBX shown.
Thanks Dave
The only Gold Wings I've ridden prior to this one have been customers bikes that were: newer, bigger, not naked. So, I haven't got much to compare to in the early NGW world.
This GL of mine accelerates faster than many bikes I've owned including a FJR1300, thanks to the supercharger and medium compound racing tires. (No lift, just hook and book!)
With a lower center of gravity, the Racetech springs and valving up front and the Wilber Racing shocks out back, the handling is very good. Similar to a modern sport bike.
Additionally, when I made the handlebars, I wanted that "tucked-in" feeling. I wasn't certain how it would be on the road but, I've concluded that I hit the nail on the head with that mod. Just a centimeter lower and the controls would be digging into the shelter on turns. Not too low but a good riding stance, works nice with the lowered saddle height.
When the weather turns nice in the Spring I want to experiment with all the suspension adjustments including lowering the front end about 25mm or so. I'll see if those changes make any improvements or not.
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J.R. - what supercharger is this? Is it one that you sell?
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low-side wrote:J.R. - what supercharger is this? Is it one that you sell?
Me sell a kit? No, sorry. But, I will sell the bike.

This was a basic kit that was offered when these bikes were new. It utilized a Magnuson 60 supercharger (popular on the 2.8L Chevy 60 degree V6 kit with a longer snout). I got this in a pick-up truckload of parts from Randall Washington about 3 years ago. Was on the fence about doing a deal until he pulled out the NOS blower that's on the bike today.

I threw away several of the components it came with (cheezy) and fabricated my own drive/pulley system, billet adjuster arm and support bracketry. Ceramic coated the manifold and blah, blah, blah double throwdown everything else.

Randall's 003 bike was a great inspiration for me to build this bike and I appreciate all the advise he's offered during the build.
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Congratulations !! Best blown bike I’ve seen!
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1975 Honda gl1000 sulfur yellow( my first!) NGW BOTM February 2020
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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
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Holy kwap!!
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