My Golding is a Starship…..!
Goldwings go here…..
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My 2012. 74K and climbing.
A picture of the 'wing from about a week ago in Red Boiling Springs, TN. Might see it in the classifieds next month--just on the fence about keeping it.
This is Gloriana, my '78 GL1000.
That is a really interesting location for a second trunk. Is it permanent or do you remove it when not traveling?My 2012. 74K and climbing.
From a ride to Colorado last October.
It is a Rivco Cooler Rack with a Givi Plate bolted to it. It is only on the bike for 2 up trips that are typically longer than a week that will see both warm and cold weather the same trip. We throw rain gear, electric liners, and such in it. Nothing heavy.
Rack Mounting System - RIVCO Products
The GL18011 is designed to allow the use of RIVCO racks and parade flag holders without installing a trailer hitch. Manufactured from strong steel, the GL18011 easily bolts onto the frame of 2001-2017 Honda GL1800 Gold Wings & 2013-2017 Honda F6B models. Once installed the GL18011 features a q
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Hope we see more of Gloriana!This is Gloriana, my '78 GL1000.
I raced the Aspen 6-hour race back in '84 on a GPz-550 and there was a GL1000 on the track too. Back then few bikes were water cooled, and that 'wing was right there with the Interceptors and RZ's.
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Speaking of covered bridges…A picture of the 'wing from about a week ago in Red Boiling Springs, TN. Might see it in the classifieds next month--just on the fence about keeping it.
I snapped this one of my wife crossing a small covered bridge a couple of weeks ago.
My first Gold Wing, a '75 bought totaled and rebuilt by me and my auto body specialist father in '76. The Cycle magazine long distance test article about riding one from California to Bike Week in Daytona came out while we were rebuilding the bike (frame was tweaked and my Dad straightened it along with the forks, replaced a bunch of parts with new because there were few salvage Wings at that point, and he painted it like factory) and in the article the writer called it the Great Yellow Whale as it was a new '76 in yellow. I liked the idea and asked my could-have-been-a-cartoonist father if he could paint mine yellow and do something like that for me on the side covers. (ignore the dates on these pics, I half-ass converted them from 35mm slides in 2013)
He did black and gold stripes instead of the factory black and blue
He drew the whale, then cut it out and used it to spray the silhouette of it, then airbrushed in most of the details and hand-brushed the rest
Apologies for a couple of backwards 35mm slides, took me getting a new slide converter and re-scanning some of these to see the centerstand arm on the wrong side... DOH!
He did black and gold stripes instead of the factory black and blue
He drew the whale, then cut it out and used it to spray the silhouette of it, then airbrushed in most of the details and hand-brushed the rest
Apologies for a couple of backwards 35mm slides, took me getting a new slide converter and re-scanning some of these to see the centerstand arm on the wrong side... DOH!
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This is my '83 GL1100.
Got just over 70k on the clock and runs like a honda. Still a very nice commuter.
Got just over 70k on the clock and runs like a honda. Still a very nice commuter.
This is what happens when a Goldwing goes on a diet and exercises a little bit.
