I've never liked it when people turned these into bobbers or bikes along those lines but you did an incredible job on this one. It really looks great. Well done man. I'd be proud to ride that bike.
So glad you have rebuilt it respecting the legacy, not adding some stupid large chrome wheels! Those old school gauges - beautiful. Running engine sounds really smooth. Wishing you miles and miles on it!
Thank you everybody for the public comments I really do appreciate the kudos hopefully I can get this bike sold and do another one in a reasonable amount of time thanks again!
I could notice at certain angles the pearl in the black you mentioned. Sweet! I've been wanting a custom goldwing but I don't want to use my 82 interstate or 85 aspencade so I'll find a standard 1100 and go from there. Man, your ride is 'smokin!' NOW THAT WAS A "SHOW AND TELL"!
12K miles... hardly broken in. My '84A has 112K, my '86 reads 75K, love 'em both. Thought about modding but after riding a couple years have great respect for Japanese engineering for American riders. Classic bikes.
Kevin, bang up job on this. And thanks for not cutting it up into another "cafe racer". You got good taste, and you dont see goldwings like this everyday. 👍👍
This bike looks absolutely fantastic ! I love the blacked out look and how you took all of the unnecessary stuff off. As you said, Honda should've made them like this ! :D
@@joerigillissen9324 i dont think my opinion matters to a massive company like honda. Im just stating that it was unnecessary to make the goldwing more sporty when the whole point was to make it the most comfortable ride for long distances. They have sport bikes and adventure bikes for those people. People CAN make their own decisions now but honda seems to want to make the goldwing just like any other motorcycle.
@@ConservativeCalifornian1032 - Can't help it, I have to say this... These bikes DID NOT start out to be a " most comfortable long distance bike"! They actually came out naked, and there was a great deal of chatter around the local Honda dealership of how great they would be *Supercharged", as the liquid cooling, and 'shaft drive' would help in that vein. Honda had their 750 cc bike, and it was 'over the hill' at 6 yrars old, and getting creamed by the other 'Yakaduki' bikes, in shear out acceleration. Durability was being surpassed by the other big 'hot rod cruisers ' of the day. The bike was big, STRONG , and appealing to - SURPRISE... touring types. Who bolted all kinds of, what we called, " garbage" on them, which changed the direction of the bike forever . A lot of us simply lost interest at that point, and turned our attention to other avenues. I mean who wanted a "garbage wagon" with a ton of crap on them ? We wanted 'slick & fast, and we wanted it to LOOK FAST, too. Fortunately, for Honda, there were a hell of a lot of people that did not share the interest of myself & our friends, at least as far as the GL was concerned. And the rest is history. But the direction of the big GL's was determined by how 'people customized' them, not by the original factory offering. I considered one myself, at the time. I could just see that big blower sitting atop the motor, and I wondered if I could tune it to ' surge' like the blown V-8 cars. What a fantasy, I was enjoying, untill the " touring crowd" got hold of them with Craig Vetters help and ruined it all ! Oh well, life goes on.
I bought one in Phoenix for two thousand dollars. Used it a few years and sold it for two thousand dollars!!!You can probably do all kinds of things to these great Honda Motorcycles!!!
I am working on a 86 GL1200 Interstate currently an I am looking to do something close to your front end... Just wanted to say you have done an amazing Job bro.!.
Okay you win. I like that bike a lot. I've been thinking of picking one of those up and attempting something like that. They are out there for cheap and using your build as proof they can look very cool. Thanks for the inspiration.
What a nice modernization of a fine time piece, your work and results are well done! Appreciate you sharing with us, Thank you Just picked up a decent shape low mileage 83 GL1100 standard. Ride On
Killer build going to snake that rear end for my next wing. I was looking at the jerky windjammer on a 76 i inherited. Dig the customization going to have to try that.
Really love what you do with the old wings, currently trying to get one myself, it's good to see such superb work coming out of a place so close to me, I live in southeast Missouri
It's nice to hear from you I appreciate all of the kudos on my work. Feel free to reach out to me on the email address and phone number on my website: grubbsgarage.com
I got my 81 gl1100 back on the road a month or so ago, she is super clean with original headlight assy and blinkers. No bags or bars or b.s. all stock. After a few attempts I'm satisfied with my carb syncing. I can't hold her wide open through the gears, guess my balls ain't big enough. P.s. nice work grubbs,. I was wondering what up, cool cut down jammer. Loved "Jaws"
