$400 Goldwing Cafe Racer Full Build ║ 1984 GL1200 

please wear a respirator while sanding and cutting fiberglass!

I like your style dude. A few years ago I stripped a vintage BMW naked similarly to how you did this project and made a sort of street scrambler out of it. I made more money selling the parts I stripped from it than I paid for the bike. It's so much more satisfying spending time doing the work than to just pay for bolt on stuff. What you have done here exemplifies the beauty of the relationship between man and machine.

Best looking Goldwing I've seen in a long time

I love how you dive right into it and just go for it. I always liked the original naked Goldwings from the mid to late 1970s. One thing from a personal protection angle, whenever you're sanding or cutting anything that makes fine particles, especially fiberglass, please wear a breathing mask of some kind. It'll save you a lot of grief later on in life with your lungs.

Your determination and humble approach is motivating. Great work. You didn’t stop when times got tough. You worked the problem and finished it! Looks great my friend.

1983, did the same thing to my 1979 Goldwing. After stripping, & modifying the exhaust, made it a Hard Tail. Square Bar Steel, heated, twisted, then upper / lower tabs welded, then chromed. I really miss that bike...

that was a VERY cool build. i had no idea the lines under all those fairings on a goldwing were so sexy.

Determined mechanic with a brain beyond hard work amazing.

That thing is awesome! I was told that the first years of the Goldwing were meant to be a sport bike. You definitely accomplished that.

I really like how that dash turned out. Good work.

Awesome job! Those valve covers turned out great!

Nice work. That's one sweet looking Goldwing!

VERY cool, you turned a GoldWing into a new bike, and BOTH versions are legendary. How can you go wrong with a Honda 1200cc ? You can't. Great job youngster, and you earned a new sub'd in Commiefornia.

Really enjoyed your make it go attitude. You have more nerve than me to take on such a major transformation but you did well!

Absolutely love this. You’re a very talented.

I like your build. Perfect blend of I did it myself, did a good job, good ideas and good use of what I had to work with on a budget.

Looks great I'm freshly inspired

Good job on the cheap, Brutha! I did something like that with a GL1100, though I went further and chopped the tail end to drop the seat height down. Of course, I had to move the fuel tank above the motor. Mine looked like a bulldog. I never had a workshop or tools like you do, though. I'm kinda jealous about that. I used up a lot of elbow grease along the way and then became disabled before it was done. I had to sell it. Now it's hangin' on the new owner's shop wall as a conversation piece. Not all was lost, I guess. I gained a lot of experience. Enjoy yer ride, Bro! The Gold Wings are an awesome machine.

great job! keep at it you will only get better and better the more you progress and learn! im impressed!!

Wow!! What a fantastic job🎉 This inspired me to give it a try myself ❤

Good vidéo. Thanks from France 🇨🇵

I like the original setup of the Goldwing, but you have really made that one bad ass. Cheers!

Dude I was not expecting it to look as bad ass as it does. Great job!

Sehr schön gemacht . Eine tolle maschien, ohne Schnikschnak, einfach nur geil

Great job. Looks great.

Wow! Nice work! Makes me want to buy a cheap goldwing and build this. This is an epic build. Nicely done!

Great, watching from England !

I thought it would be something I could do, but man, you have skills … Beautiful bike

End product looks awesome. 👏

It looks so much better good job i like how you used the seat and the exhaust repair lots of great ideas put into this bike and all in one video made it very entertaining

this is a phenomenal build my dude. the style is absolutely amazing. Matt Spears is the only other youtuber I've seen that chopped up a Goldwing. I never would have thought to make a cafe racer out of one. well done.

Wow love the looks ❤❤❤

This is such a cool project its amazing

Dude.. that thing looks SICK. good job.

Very cool project ! Bike truned out great. Love that mix of blacks powder coatings. Simple but effective. Makes me want to get a goldwing and work in it. Cheers buddy.

This might be the coolest thing I've ever seen done to a bike. Well done. 🙂

Frickin' genius! A work of beautiful art. You got a great creative mind their young man, keep it pumpin' out amazing stuff like that.

Now that, was a cool idea. Great job.

Sweet build man. Love these kind of projects. We're attempting to make a silly scooter cool like this. Very excellent work. You keep this up and your channel is going to be big. You earned our sub.

WELL DONE MY FRIEND! seems so easy when u do it. i always run into major problems XD

Well done ! very good job.

Very cool, brother. Love seeing you doing all of the work yourself.

Great build man and nice video definitely gives motivation to work on my bike

Nice work young man looks awesome.

That thing sounds sweet!

Great build mate. You're lucky to have such great roads to ride around. Nice video. Greetings from Thailand.

Great vid,great build

You made that into a lovely oneoff custom bike ,great job.

I'm looking at doing an 80-83 sometime in my life, you don't have the tank flare out to meet the fairing issue because it's a different style. Awesome project man! More people need to keep old bikes alive.

You are talented bigtime 👍👍👍

Outstanding job i did the same with a voyager 1300 6 cylinder dropped about 300lbs and it rippppps

Man, this it's a great video and a great bike!

Enjoyed the video it was a fun build to watch. I think you definitely hit a custom feel for it that suits the nature of the bike and your own preferences. 👍

Your one bad dude bro great work 👍

Nice work, Love the idea of building one of these.

I like it!! I also like the riding part at the end. Nice camera angle and amazing area. Greetings from the Netherlands (Europe).

great job!

Great job bro...looks great!

Halfway through - i reeally enjoy your confidence and the way you talk about learning new things. The excitement in your voice kind of reminds me of Steve-O! Awesome project, will definitely do something similar as soon as i have the necessary space - and have an idea that complies with stupid German state inspection laws...

Really enjoyed that bro, well done! 💚

Dude this thing looks mental! Congrats, next time you work with fibreglass I suggest wearing a respirator

Well done!

That was Awesome

HOW MANY LETTERS ARE IN DEVOURED? ATE.

lovely work !!

Good job!

When this started I was all oh no… Gona jack up a perfectly good gold wing. But by the end I was all damn that’s really nice. Great job Mi Amigo. Definitely something to be proud of.

What a guy! Great content. Just found you today. Youve got lots of skills and a good set up at home to do everything yourself. Jealous of that! Best wishes from a very rainy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Great Job

Nice build dude, i enjoyed it so much, god bless you too, see you soon with more project like that.

Looks so cool 😎

The sounds great!

42:18 has to feel so satisfying. Long rebuild and then sunset ride. sheesh. Great Job

Great job ❤

Good work brother

I'm so glad I found this video. I have the same 84 goldwing project going on and I got lost on where to go with the cluster and what you did looks fantastic and I might have to do the same. Your build turned out amazing though!

Gold Wing and Cafe Racer are two mutually exclusive terms.

Classic gold wing to a mean machine, you have a new sub and like.👍

Slick build -- seems like a spiritual successor to the old 79 Wings before they added all the fairings. Was scrubbing the video after my first watch, not sure if you ever resolved the hyperflashing but in my experience with LED converting old metric bikes, tossing in an LED rated flasher relay vs wiring up resistors usually solves the problem. I know some bikes use 2 relays, my 80 KZ750 had one for the signals and a separate one for the 4 way hazard

Beautiful!! Would love to do this to my 85.

Super rad man. My buddy had built a monster garage bike, when we first started road riding. They built over one long winter with, just with whatever there was remaining over about maybe 1000 cc Only $500 in parts in the thing and near $10k and above bikes everyone everyone among all bikes any brand looked over and thought the custom bobber he built was the baddest one in the lot

All I can say is I wish it was mine. Awesome build.

Excelente trabajo!!! Felicitaciones, saludos desde El Salvador.

Good job , looks awesome 👍🏿.

Bro, you basically made a Valkyrie out of an 80’s goldwing!

Quiet good work i like how it turned out , except the seat looks off a bit ,maybe a boober seat would look better

Nice build. More impressed with the driveway but that's just me .

Very cool build

Bro I disagree with calling it a cafe racer build, but you put a lot of work into it, if you like it and enjoy riding it more power to you. I can agree it's a sharp looking ride.

I like what you did here.. I had a 1983 GL1100 Aspencade that I chopped into a cafe style bike too.. I managed to to retro fit a set of analog gauges and ditched the digital dash that my bike came with. I had to go through every single wire in the front harness to see what it did and how to make them work with the analog gauges LOL .. Wish I still had that turd of a bike :)

Great job 👏🏼

Sounds good.

“True classic American bagger”

Awesome work dude

Nice job I really like your look you were going for

That’s so awesome bro, good job. I went to France last summer and found a 1994 CBR 600 F2 that wasn’t running well and I got it up and going then sold it before I left. But I think I’ll try and do something similar when it warms up here in Utah. Take care. Keep going!

Nice job the bike is impressive

Great deal on that Old Wing. I like the stripped down version. Not really a Cafe but still cool.👏

I ride an '87 and have thought about stripping it down. Problem is I ride long distances and the luggage and weather protection helps. Last year I rode through snow in early April. Hot summer days I wish the fairing was gone. I have a small aftermarket speedometer. Idiot lights (neutral, oil, high gear and low fuel) can go in the little panel over the handlebar clamp. I have had a tractor seat on it for a few years. Hard to put my feet down but I can ride all day. I have a hard time getting much done because when I get back to the US I want to ride every day and the Wing is my only bike. I like what you did with the instrument cluster. Cut down to a reasonable size.

I bought a Yamaha Venture for $300 a couple years ago, and now I know what I'm gonna do with it!