My 1976 GL1000 Bobber

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My 1976 GL1000 Bobber

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Man it's been ages since I last posted. Long over due, but made tons of progress on this bike. Since last posting, swapped new motor in. Setup dual double barrel weber IDF-40 carbs. Few other fun bits. Anyways, on with some pics.

When I bought it:
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Then I did all this stuff....
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Then last year summer i changed it up some more...

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And if any of you are wondering how much work is involved to make tanks like this work on a goldwing...

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Makin progress. Made front brackets, and rigged up a removable sort of bracket in the rear of the tanks that keeps the tanks together at the rear. The front brackets are held in by a clevis pin/bolt. The whole concept is that if I were to break down on the side of the road and I need to get under the tanks or remove them (to fix wiring and replace fuse) that it would be easy to remove/lift the tanks.

Now that that's all good, I'm going to pick up some sort of bearings/similar to place between the front brackets and the frame. Should keep the front mount tight, while still able to pivot freely.

New headlight and bars. Minor stuff, but I think I finally landed on some bars that suit this bike. Loved the look of the clip ons but i could hardly turn the thing with em on.

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And a video to demonstrate the purpose of the mounts. (loosely)
https://youtu.be/VozjO4rlHWE

And finally the latest finished product:

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Nice build, nice solutions, I like it, exactly my style. I probably had mounted the clip on lower. But then it touches maybe the tank.
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Holy smokes. Not for the faint of heart. Lotta work there. Very nicely executed.
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Exxxcellent. I love it.
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...by the way, those look like the trumpet mufflers on my old '71 Bonneville. Bet they are trumpets!
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desertrefugee wrote:...by the way, those look like the trumpet mufflers on my old '71 Bonneville. Bet they are trumpets!
You’d be correct. They are off of an old bonnie.
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:-D
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Very nice! Quite the wicked look!
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And if any of you are wondering how much work is involved to make tanks like this work on a goldwing...
Yep. The end result shows. Very nice. Polished looks cool. :orange

Love a good bobber. Nicely done. tumb2

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Very nice. You got skilz!
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