Good point, thx. I'll recheck that.ericheath wrote:Pretty clean looking front end. Throttle cables look pretty low, but it looks like they can be rotated if they don’t clear the false tank.
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Re: '82 Cafe Racer Build - GL1100 born naked and will be again
looking great. Love the motogadget controls but I'm wondering how difficult they will be to operate with gloves on.
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Re: '82 Cafe Racer Build - GL1100 born naked and will be again
With regular leather gloves my moto buttons are not an issue.
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1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
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1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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Re: '82 Cafe Racer Build - GL1100 born naked and will be again
sonnbob, bike is looking good. Custom work will always require fiddling around. Just keep it moving forward. Thanks for sharing.
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Another interesting build for sure and looking good too!
That propane heater has my attention too. Does that heat as good as it looks?
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That propane heater has my attention too. Does that heat as good as it looks?
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I gotta be honest, it's not easy working in the cold. I go through a propane tank every couple weeks at best. I really just want to get this bike running. My problem is I get a case of the 'might as wells', and end up making changes that I didn't anticipate. Motogadget m-unit and full rewiring for example. Swapping out lights, for another. Hand controls. And now I just took Sunnbobb up on the hydraulic clutch fix after realizing that my clutch pull is just too strong with the mating of R1 controls/shorty lever and the 1100 cable. I know I should do the full Sunnbobb/Old Fogey (nod of appreciation your way, gents) route and pull the engine, but that's for another year. So again, settin' me back. I do love working on this old wing. When I'm after it and getting stuff done on it, I don't wish I were someplace else. It's just a great looking bike. I had a buddy ask why I didn't just buy a bike for all the money and time I've spent. I just shrugged and smiled - the fella who asks that question will never get it so why bother explaining it.CrazyJerry wrote:Another interesting build for sure and looking good too!
That propane heater has my attention too. Does that heat as good as it looks?
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1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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Re: '82 Cafe Racer Build - GL1100 born naked and will be again
Did you end up keeping any of the stock wiring? Looks like we've got at least another few weeks of this darn cold weather.
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Some dogman, maybe 40% I kept. Mostly sensors (oil, temperature), starter and battery-related wiring although I made a couple mods for a new solenoid to go with the m-unit. But all the lights and hand control wiring was re-done from a kit I got from Revival Cycles.dogman wrote:Did you end up keeping any of the stock wiring? Looks like we've got at least another few weeks of this darn cold weather.
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If you didn't like the way the meter/gauge sat on the handlebars, we should hang out more cuz I didn't either. Plus it wasn't secure - flopped around a bit while the bike was still so I imagine 'running' would have been interesting.
I found a piece of sheet metal at Home Depot, cut holes for the riser bolts and carved out some space (ok poorly, I might add - stop it, it was harder than it looked) for the neck tube, then measured for the Meter mounts. I shaved off the excess, cut a notch for the choke lever/cable and cut a hole for the motogadget hand controls coming out of the handlebars. I had a grinder and some metal files that helped finish it off and I'm in the process of painting it black now. But I like the way it sits now, filling space between the handlebars (which are clean now) and the headlights (which I don't think I like). And it's rock solid.
Got a lot of the front-end wiring done and the backbone wiring is looking pretty clean. A couple wrong turns on the wiring and I'm sure I haven't seen the last of them, but nothing I'm regretting or couldn't recover from.
About those headlights. Not sure I like them after all...maybe a single headlight instead. I don't mind doing business, buying lights/gear from China but I feel like i'm getting hacked with every click.
I found a piece of sheet metal at Home Depot, cut holes for the riser bolts and carved out some space (ok poorly, I might add - stop it, it was harder than it looked) for the neck tube, then measured for the Meter mounts. I shaved off the excess, cut a notch for the choke lever/cable and cut a hole for the motogadget hand controls coming out of the handlebars. I had a grinder and some metal files that helped finish it off and I'm in the process of painting it black now. But I like the way it sits now, filling space between the handlebars (which are clean now) and the headlights (which I don't think I like). And it's rock solid.
Got a lot of the front-end wiring done and the backbone wiring is looking pretty clean. A couple wrong turns on the wiring and I'm sure I haven't seen the last of them, but nothing I'm regretting or couldn't recover from.
About those headlights. Not sure I like them after all...maybe a single headlight instead. I don't mind doing business, buying lights/gear from China but I feel like i'm getting hacked with every click.
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Final bracket install pics before paint. Something's off with the headlights.
Finally had some decent weather recently. Working with garage door up for first time in a minute.
Finally had some decent weather recently. Working with garage door up for first time in a minute.
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That is coming together really nicely! I almost went with risers and protapers, that’s going to be extra comfortable and handle great. I like the dual light set up, but think it would look better if they could be centered between the top and bottom clamps. You could probably sand out the bottom bracket to slide down over the wider part of the forks which would let you drop everything down. I had to do that for my signal mounts, I used a 1” sanding drum on a drill press and it worked great. Super good work so far, I love it!
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Yep, good point - they do seem high. I"ll try that, thanks.Hanslehoff wrote:That is coming together really nicely! I almost went with risers and protapers, that’s going to be extra comfortable and handle great. I like the dual light set up, but think it would look better if they could be centered between the top and bottom clamps. You could probably sand out the bottom bracket to slide down over the wider part of the forks which would let you drop everything down. I had to do that for my signal mounts, I used a 1” sanding drum on a drill press and it worked great. Super good work so far, I love it!
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