The Time Warp Vintage Motorcycle Club has a 2020 challenge of getting 20 bikes out of the garage/basement/barn/woods, and getting them back on the road. Must be 25+ years old, and in June must complete a ~50 mile ride with the others. Throw $50 in the pot by January meeting and when we do the ride, all that complete it will have their names in a hat for a drawing to win the pot. I think it is over 10 bikes already. I didn't have one to enter (many of these guts have several), so began looking. Finally last Satyrday I drove to Kentucky and picked up this sad '78 GL1000 GoldWing. His dad last rode it 9 years ago, then parked it in a barn. The last two months it has been setting under a plastic tarp in the woods.
So far I've stripped the Vetter stuff off, pulled the covers, shelter frame, carbs, controls, and much of the electrical system. It will need complete frame-off, but looks like only the carbs need attention on the motor. Of course, turning the carb rack over reveals 5 different screw varieties out of the 16 bowl screws. And I am humbled by the motorcycle electronics genius that combined wire nuts and Scotch-loks to tie in lamp cord in the system.
If nothing else, it should keep me busy this winter!
So far I've stripped the Vetter stuff off, pulled the covers, shelter frame, carbs, controls, and much of the electrical system. It will need complete frame-off, but looks like only the carbs need attention on the motor. Of course, turning the carb rack over reveals 5 different screw varieties out of the 16 bowl screws. And I am humbled by the motorcycle electronics genius that combined wire nuts and Scotch-loks to tie in lamp cord in the system.
If nothing else, it should keep me busy this winter!
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