Maybe I'll call it 'Threenix' for a while ;)

[Roady]

Bravo!

[gltriker]

Can I upload and attach a short video (10 secs or so) to a post, or is it limited to photos, only?

update: I just got a formal notice that my file exceeded the 20MB attachment limits.

[Roady]

You should post your video on YouTube and then link it here.

[gltriker]

Today, I located the 4 side covers that i'd placed somewhere in my building 6+ years ago. Surprisingly, they are none the worse looking since they went into hibernation. Electric Blue.
The trike is progressively looking better.

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anyway....
Although I know lugging the engine is frowned upon, and I really can't help it in my yard, I'm amazed how willing and capable of doing just that the engine is. It pulls like a silk smooth train when I take a short 100' sprint on the road in front of my house.

The CB900 Custom was a good trike.
This GL has the makings of a great trike.

[gearhead4207]

congrats have been watching ur progress and sounds like you did it .

[gltriker]

Thank you gearhead! I appreciate your words.

This morning my youngest son pushed the project into my building with the front end facing out now.

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Now, I'll tackle the front end repairs. Rebuild the sticking calipers, replace the leaking fork seals, and a new set of EBC pads. (I bought all these parts on-line from Western Honda at least a month ago.)
Almost forgot a new tire, too. Wheel bearings will also, most likely, be replaced while it's all apart.

AND keeping in mind that most persons, past and present, ask about rear fenders, I had a "moment" yesterday. My intent for installing anything of the sort is just for a mounting surface for marker lighting, to define the trike's rear width to would be," I didn't see you!" nit-wits.
Being that I'm not using the hard side cases, part of them may serve duty for fenders?

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[Fred Camper]

gotta like the hard case lids used for fenders idea.

[Sagebrush]

Actually I wonder if you could mount the entire hard case inboard of those rear tires.

[Fred Camper]

Ooh Dean, that seems like a very good idea. It would just be an issue of clearing the axle.

[gltriker]

Actually I wonder if you could mount the entire hard case inboard of those rear tires.

I can't visualize what you're proposing, Dean.

Would the placement of both, entire hard cases mounted inboard of the tires, be in addition to mini-fenders over the tires?

[Sagebrush]

Would the placement of both, entire hard cases mounted inboard of the tires, be in addition to mini-fenders over the tires?

That's the way I envision it. It would give you storage and fill in a lot of empty space, that's of course if you have enough room to fit them between the body of the bike and the wheel. We have a local store here that sells components for making trailers, axles, wheels, hitches etc. They also sell various sizes of unpainted metal fenders. I bet one could work for you.

[Roady]

I like Dean's cool idea for the bags. You might even be able to combine the tops of the bags with the fenders.

[gltriker]

Today, I disassembled the front end to rebuild both calipers; which I found are in remarkably good condition.

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With having seen both caliper's pistons weren't sticking, I reckon the master cylinder's lever was so stiff because the "spooge hole" may be plugged? But, I also found the master cylinder's piston isn't retracting after the brake lever has been squeezed normally to pump the calipers' pistons out of their bores, then released. Looks as though I shoulda known better and ordered master cylinder parts, too.

To finish the front end work, I'll replace the fork seals, and have a new front tire installed. The wheel bearings seem to be in great shape.

[gltriker]

The front tire is old?

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The tread surface is a mix of what's this? What's That!?

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[gltriker]

Would the placement of both, entire hard cases mounted inboard of the tires, be in addition to mini-fenders over the tires?

That's the way I envision it. It would give you storage and fill in a lot of empty space, that's of course if you have enough room to fit them between the body of the bike and the wheel. We have a local store here that sells components for making trailers, axles, wheels, hitches etc. They also sell various sizes of unpainted metal fenders. I bet one could work for you.

Hey there, Dean.

What's the name of your local store for the trailer manufacturing fenders, etc., components? Thanks!