I honestly don't know. I found it on Ebay for fifty dollars. It was sold as possible Ducati tank. It originally had tabs at the front to mount it to the frames neck. Thanks for checking out the video!
@@DeMilo2002 That's awesome. That's great that she likes the car too. I've come to realize that there's really nothing quite like them offered these days.
Where are you now on this build? Couple questions, What is the length of the "hoop" from the point of the frame ? Where did you get the rear cowl ? I looked on eBay and I do not see "that" one. As always thanks !
Sorry Oscar Mike, I have been out of town all week. I am getting ready to get started on it again. I will get you the hoop info this weekend. I should have that tomorrow.
Hey Oscar Mike, so the hoop is a 6'' radius and is 8'' deep or long. I had to spread apart the hoop some to fit the rear frame ends. These hoops are generally thin wall tubing and will spread apart easily. Just stand on one end and pull it apart a bit to fit. The smaller radius on the hoop makes it fit the cowl shape a little better. The cowl cover, at least the plastic part came from Ebay.I don't remember the seller, but that's where I would look. I added the metal band and the back rest. The bike has been on the back burner while I got a couple other projects finished. Now that summer in Ga. is ending and the heat is letting up, I am bringing her back out to get it finished. At least stage one.
When you work the wiring harness, Eliminate the 4th gear shift position signal wire to the CDI. Leave the 5th gear shift position signal wire in place. This way, ignition doesn't retard until 5th gear . Makes for a more spirited jaunt in 4th gear while maintaining 5th gear goldwing cruising characteristics. Just saying.
This sounds like a Great idea for this bike! I am going to look at doing that. That's probably a couple extra horsepower all the way up to...essentially full speed! Awesome idea, thanks for the tip! That is something that a lot of people can benefit from.
Looking at doin the same buddy of mine needs his just gone so I laid him litter next to nothing to pick it up and bring it home now I wanna. See it my next budget build. It I need to finish my Yamaha Vision 550 first.
Thanks for honest your opinion. That blue bike you linked is okay . Some of it not to my taste, though. Like those tires. Also mine is not quite finished yet. If you don't like it when it is, that's fine. Show me something that you have done. I would like to see some of your work? Opinions carry a lot more weight when they are offered with experience. I look forward to it. Thanks for watching!
I wish I could tell you. I bought it off Ebay I think for $45 It looked like an old dirt bike tank. It was sold as a possible Ducati tank, but I really don't know. It had a light coat of primer on it. I straightened it and painted it here myself. Thanks for watching and for the question! I love hearing from you guys. Makes me want to get busy! er.
Thank you! I appreciate that you took time to check it out. I think Honda should go back to a stripped down version of their best bike. Once you take off all the luggage, the frame becomes way overbuilt. Not a bad thing of course. So if you remove any of it, do it thoughtfully and well. I hope this video series inspires more people cut up those old cheap Goldwings and make something out of them.
@@DeMilo2002 so someone at my local bike meet up, someone had a bobbed out Honda Valkyrie done in all stainless steel with a car tire on the rear end. The look of the old Honda platform allows so much possiblity for me as a second bike to work on and enjoy. Plus the insurance is so spot on for me 😄. I'm not sure but I really love what this person did putting twin cbr 600 rear suspension under the seat with extra support on the swing arm. But the price is step it might but it might be possible for me. The more I can learn so to speak. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KkiQD4Rl1xI.html
@@MatthewHanson1 That is a sweet bike! You are right though, that modern suspension costs a lot of money. It has a much more modern look too. As inexpensive as these bikes are, they are great opportunity for creativity! As you learn more you can always do more. I look forward to seeing yours on youtube!
Awesome build!! I'm doing something a bit less extreme with my85 and I wonder what you did with the air suspension as I see that you kept the OEM shocks and fork?
My thoughts are that the stock suspension rides like a Cadillac, so I left that part alone. Great question! My nephew is the owner now. Been waiting for him to finish his time in the Army to get back to work on it. He might want to do some inverted forks in the future. Or something way cooler than stock. We will let him decide that. My original goal was to complete this thing with under 1500 bucks just to show people it does not cost a fortune to ride something a little different. We still have a lot to do, but it is still under that number. Best of luck with yours! Share some pictures too, would love to see it!
@@DeMilo2002 You get me, these bikes sells for dirt cheap and it's a great way to let you imagination loose without much remorse!! I'll share pictures as soon as I get it back together for sure! Keep wrenching!
Still deciding on carburation, then we will run what ever works with the carb or carbs we put on. I like the single cone type filters. If the original carbs do go on it for awhile that is what we will use. I made a bracket as a pivot point to mount the stock linkage. It is a sort of z shaped bracket that bolts to the block itself. So if you mock it all up with carbs and linkage, at the linkage pivot point look down and you should see a bolt to mount a bracket. My nephew and I hope to finish it together. He is doing his duty in the army right now so that one is sort of on hold. Hope not much longer on the bike though. it is close. Thank you for asking and for taking the time to watch!
I actually had to weld a couple of bolts on the bottom of the tank. Then added brackets to the frame to catch those bolts. Not recommended unless that tank has been completely cleaned out with soapy water several times. Welding on a gas tank is a bad idea unless you have lots of experience or are willing to put in the work to get it fume free first. Hope that helps and good luck with your project!
@@simplybuilt_1708 Thank you Simply built! No to remove the bumper you do not need to remove the rocker cover. To remove the fender Yes you do, at least at the front to expose the lower fender bolts. It is held on with a couple of 8mm bolts at the wheel openings and lots of plastic clips that like to break. If you jiggle or sort of shake it up and down to remove it you can save most or all those stupid clips. Thanks guys and happy wrenching!
Hey there, I’m a year late but I wanted to mention your front fender... I took mine off (‘82 gl1100) because it was big and ugly. Drill out the rivets which attach the plastic fender to the steel mounting bracket that’s hidden underneath, and save that bracket. I simply welded a small steel fender (cheap on Amazon, or Princess Auto) to the original bracket, and bolted it right back on. It hugs the tire, and just looks so much better. 👍🏻
Never too late. What you suggest is a great option as well. The idea is really to make it look correct. Or like it came that way. That is why using that original mount seems like the way to go. I look at that fender now over a year later and it still looks right to me. Thanks for checking it out!
I wish I knew. Bought off Ebay for $45 as possible Ducati tank. I think it is an old Bultacco. It did have two mounting tabs at the front, that I cut off. If I knew I would buy another one. Thanks for asking, wish I had a better answer.
@@nzkiwitwowheels4017 check out my latest video with the CB750 I go through that. The two upper bars out, then added a center bar for some extra strength. Thanks for checking out my channel!
Hay MD . New to your channel . Have you tried running your wing engine yet with out the air box . Honda designed most of there carburetor bikes that run cv carbs with the air box . Meaning without the air box the volume of air needed to raise the slides is not there . I had the same issue with a 900f engine in a chopper I built . Other wise both projects are looking very good . Please let me know how that works out .. Oh I lived in Pembroke , Ga. for 17 years . Moved away in 2009 .
Just with the top off and filter out. Ran poorly at best. No throttle response. I am feeling like all the work needed to make these factory carbs work, is probably not worth it. I want to run a pair of Weber carbs on it. Then tune them for that bike. I was against the Webers because of cost, but in reality time is money. I think buying the right sized carbs to start will save a ton of time working on the stockers. I have seen others do it and the throttle response is really good. Your thoughts? Pembroke is a beautiful a little town. I have a few friends that live out that way. Train tracks right through the town center. Very quant, but growing. Plus the Race track is right there.
@@DeMilo2002 There is always a single carb set up . Sometimes they show up on ebay or you can build your own intake for a weber or holley carb and very tunable . I rode an 86 1200I for 26 years and the best update i made to my bike was an external alternator conversion . With good consistent voltage really wakes that bike up . I'll be keeping up with your channel .... Good luck .
@@MrAmartin8 Hey Thanks, Armond. A single carb was my original first thought. Then I saw Webers on one. My Nephew is soon taking over that project for himself. He wanted it, so I am going to help him finish it later this year hopefully. We will decide on that then I guess. He is a Soldier and not local at the moment. Thanks for checking us out and commenting! After riding one 26 years we will probably be asking you for help down the road. Thanks again!
That dual float bowl carb indicates a Holley double pumper. I don’t know how small they make those, I always thought a 750cfm was the smallest for one of those. But good God, that’s a lot of carburetor fir a 302. Well, unless it’s intended to run at high rpm for extended periods of time, and has a big cam, and high compression, and high flow exhaust. Oh, wait, this is a Shelby we are talking about. I guarantee those heads are seriously worked over compared to a regular 302 head. And the intake would need to be a single plane with long runners to help with that big carb. Wow. I’ll bet it’s got station wagon rear drums and front discs. I’m sure there are structural reinforcements underneath too. That roll cage is the real deal too. Wow. Wow again. Awesome.
It is an awesome car. I believe it was late in the production run so they used some leftover KR parts on it. As you probably know they made a lot of changes for the following year(1968) cars. I really expect to get back down to Florida sometime soon and if the stars line up right we will take it for a road test. Time was not on our side when I made this video and it was not quite ready(after sitting 25 years) to take out and run it much. I think it is up to speed now. Also check out his 68GT video. It is currently NMCA junior champion. It is stunning to look at! Thank you Andrew for checking out my Channel! More videos are coming.
