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skidsolo
Rusty Probie
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Hi everyone new to this great website

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I wish I had found website this before..
I bought a basket case GL1000 with a seized engine two years ago from a guy in Myrtle beach. Made in 3/75 bike #5000. Because the motor was seized and he had no title I paid $200 for it. It had no fenders, exhaust, front brakes, seat , headlight ears had rotted out and fork tubes had rusted through and it was covered in sand.
I stripped the motor down (water in the engine, took a week to get one piston to move) and had it rebored, new pistons, chains, bearings etc.
The frame was very rusty underneath so I had it powered coated. after the rebuild with new wiring harness handlebar switch es. I started to rebuild the carbs but found one had completely rotted out. I then got some decent ones of ebay and with the Randakks rebuild kit and lots of cleaning rebuilt them. The rubbers for the carb were missing so I 3D printed some new ones out of flex filament. Many rubber grommets' were missing so I 3D printed them also.
My buddy is a manager in an Auto Body shop and we found the new Jeep blue/Green to be an almost perfect match to the original paint. He did the paint and decals.
All in all I think I have about $4500 in it, and countless hours but its been rewarding restoring this beauty!
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1974 Yamaha RD350
1976 Honda CB750K6
1975 Honda GL1000
1980 Honda CX500
1978 Honda GL1000 (waiting to be resurrected)
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CYBORG
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Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:52 pm
Location: Muskegon mich

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Great come back
1978 custom GL1000
1977 custom with 1200 engine
1985 gl1200
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Rat
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Location: Toronto .... Canada

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Post by Rat »

Welcome to the‘Wingdom.

Nice work …

Gord
"I'd rather Ride than Shine"
‘14 KLR650 ... not a rat ... yet
‘84 GL1200i ‘R2B6' (Rat to Be 6, the last, adopted by twowings)
My Original 'RAT' was a hybrid '82 CB900/1100F
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pidjones
SUPER BIKER!!!!
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Location: East TN

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Great job!
"Love 'em all.... let God sort 'em out!"
Ex 2006 GL1800 - the Black Pearl SOLD! to make room for:
2021 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited Dark Chalk Metallic
1975 Red GL1000 project - ex Pistol Pete project
1972 Triumph T150V Trident rescue - finished and FOR SALE!
1976 Yamaha RD400c
1978 GL1000 with '75 engine - the Hunley
Ex 1978 GL1000
Ex 1979 GL1000
Ex '79 CB750F rat bike
Ex '86 SEi
Ex '77 GL1000
Ex '76 RD400
Ex '72 Penton 125 set up for flat track
Ex '73 RD250
Ex '68 TR6C - chopped
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Jonesz
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Location: Manitoba, Canada

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A labor of love and it shows. GR8 job!
Jonesz

1983 GL1100 Aspencade named "Freki" currently undergoing change to a standard. Sold
1999 Valkyrie CT 1500 goes by the moniker "Valerie"
1978 Gl1000 "Loki" new project going to be a Cafe Convertible
1979 Suzuki GS850. Sold
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rcmatt007
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Location: New River Valley, Virginia

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welcome, sweet looking bike
-Rodger-
all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke
The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
"it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
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Rambler
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Location: Randolph, Maine

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Welcome .. that is one nice looking 1000..
Randolph, Maine
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1982 Standard GL1100 … Alas no longer mine.. :(
Would really like to find another GL1100 .. the perfect bike.
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5speed
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Location: Nova Scotia Canada

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Post by 5speed »

beautiful job...welcome to the site.
I'm surprised no one else has asked this yet...where did you get the new bearings? They are made from unicorn horns.. :mrgreen:
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)

2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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