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bgiff17
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'75 winter project

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posted this to the facebook site, so thought I'd post it here too. it's a pretty cool one owner '75 that I picked up as one of my winter projects here at the shop (also recently finished up an '83 cb1000c). did t belts, water pump, progressive front springs etc etc. the rest was just a matter of cleaning, painting the frame and swing arm and other sundry bits, and aluminum polishing. should be off the lift this week. i'll post up a shot of one of my personal bikes at some point. an '83 naked.
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Very nice! :-)
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Shiny! Very nice
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Absolutely gorgeous! You even have color coordinated "tie down" straps! Bike looks great!

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Bike looks great! I too hava a CB1000c. Which color is yours?
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it's the brown. with the Honda fairing. 19k miles and very nice. can't wait to ride it this spring. do you have the brown or blue?
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What a beautiful bike!
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83 XL 600r with a 2004 XR650L engine
And a slightly worse for the wear BMW GS adventure bike awaiting repair
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Mine is brown too, naked except for a clear windshield that it came with, I liked it and kept it. It has about 30 K miles on it.
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Several 75 & 76 GL1000's,
including a few LTD's, &
other early Hondas.
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kroosa, yours is sharp, mines the same bike with the fairing
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HI neighbor . Very nice looking bike. Is that a before or after shot? Either way it sure is nice. dancr
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dcardin, no the brown one is my cb1000, i was just showing kroosa the fairing on it. they use the same fairing on the gl1100 and the cb1000's. identical except mirror placement.
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very nice
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Thanks! Can't see much of yours but if its anything like your 75 GL1000 it must be gorgeous.
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That bike looks showroom clean, That bike should be in a museum.
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