I finally got my 75 GL1000 on the road this week. I had a Prestalite ignition give up the ghost, and never thought to check it. I thought it was coils, so I installed gl1500 coils, eliminating the ballast resistor, and still wouldn’t run on the front 2 cylinders. Ordered and installed a DS 1-3 and bingo! All that work on the coils and that wasn’t even the issue! But it was work that I wanted to do (higher performance coils with replaceable wires.
I did the fairing last year. It’s the original fairing from when I got my first bike (which became the parts bike), and it was cracked when I got it. Cut out most of the inside (including the headlight mount), marked and cut the outside profile, and got to fitting it. It’s mounted with a bracket off the gauge cluster at the top, and another bracket off the brake splitter at the bottom. I used the best pair of signal lights I had, and mounted another old pair in the saddlebags.
Gl1000 OldWing with chopped Vetter fairing
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Gl1000 OldWing with chopped Vetter fairing
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Re: Gl1000 OldWing with chopped Vetter fairing
Nice job, I like the black and white theme. I better like it since I bought this yesterday:
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"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
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Re: Gl1000 OldWing with chopped Vetter fairing
Looks good
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77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
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77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
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Re: Gl1000 OldWing with chopped Vetter fairing
I like my '21 RTL, but it isn't as much fun as the GL1800 that it replaced. A bit better on the four-lanes, a lot more work on the twistys.
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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
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