Martian...Dang I miss Rosie...

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Re: Martian....WWW on, i'm lovin it !!!

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I like it, nice job.

I'm curious if you take the windshield off, if you'll eventually put it back on.
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Re: Martian....WWW on, i'm lovin it !!!

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Dont know, this riding is a new thing to this old guy, over 40 years since i was on a bike, and that was dirt.
Just have to try a few things to see whats comfortable for me
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Re: Martian....WWW on, i'm lovin it !!!

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I hadn't been on street bike in over thirty years and off the dirt for probably twenty years when I bought my Goldwing. The skills come back pretty quick, ride it and enjoy. :crosso
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Re: Martian....goin backwards, sorta.... !!!

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Well the first ride last week and the vulcan front fender caught a stone kick on its tail and a chunk broke out, so i had to resurect the Honda fender, One thing i noticed prepping it for paint, much more flexible then the Kawi fender.
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Under the knife again
1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian....Goin Backwards...Sort of !!!

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Looks great.
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Re: Martian....Theres always next year !!!

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Well this year didnt go as planned thats for sure
Got out a few times then hurt my back at work end of May, been fighting that since, a few short rides here and there, but hard to deal with pain, and struggling going to work, so bike got looked at a lot, instead of ridden
Made a few changes here and there, thought taking bags off may help me with balance and weight, also installing the backrest, this did help a lot, but one nasty pothole made me give up and and work on healing over winter.
Oh well, here she is in her final look for the season, may sneak out for a couple more short rides just to make me want get better.
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1983 1100 Eh!!!
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Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian....Theres always next year !!!

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Cleaned up alot of broken links in thread.....
Under the knife again
1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian....Theres always next year !!!

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How did every ones winter builds go
Tortured the guys on the FB page all winter with the day to day of this build...lol :guitar
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Under the knife again
1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian...im back.made a few changes

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Started my winter clean up over christmas had to work in an 8 x 10 shed this year
Lots of paint. Fumes and sanding. lots of sanding to undo all the box liner i used last year
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Under the knife again
1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian...im back.made a few changes

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No building going on here. Just riding. Great T-shirt… Love to know where you got it. Great to see that in your face 1100 again.
- Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning to ride in the rain.
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Re: Martian...im back.made a few changes

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desertrefugee wrote:No building going on here. Just riding. Great T-shirt… Love to know where you got it. Great to see that in your face 1100 again.
Its really in your face now...lol
got rid of the flat black on the engine and went pearll black metalic. and added a little bit of red to the bike
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1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
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Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian...im back.made a few changes

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after several months of -40 weather i finally got a day to push it out in the sunshine, i hadnt seen what i was doing at a distance of greater then 2 feet being stuck in the little shed and i had also got the coolest braded copper core ignition wire, new boots and iridium plugs
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Under the knife again
1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian...im back.made a few changes

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the check on the bags was a test, now i had to try and pull it all together. while it was in every bolt, fitting including grease fittings go polished. All O rings on cross tubes replaced, new fan switch, new battery and bunch of other stuff
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1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian...im back.made a few changes

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I finally named the bike,
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Under the knife again
1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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Re: Martian...im back.made a few changes

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I finally got a ride on Monday after last weekends last minute addition, making a chin spoiler as i was always jealous of the guys with radiator wings. But winter keeps raising her ugly head up here in the great white north. Like today a mix of sun, rain, snow and hail, not great riding weather yet
Couple things still to do to her, but heres where she stands now. Hope ya like
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Under the knife again
1983 1100 Eh!!!
$300 and climbing
Lots and lots of Red....
Old man, first bike, first build
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