1977 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing Customized Street Cruiser

Description

You want to ride something different? You want to ride a bike everyone wants to talk about? Well here it is. Needless to say there is not another one like it anywhere. I call it a GL1000 Super Sport. It is set up for riding comfort. Spend all day in the saddle and get off with your back intact. The last bike I built was a Caf? Racer and I sure couldn't say that about it!The bike has about 400 miles on it since the makeover. All the gauges and switches are in working order. Mechanically it is very sound. It is a bit fussy when started cold but after a 10 minute warm up it runs great.The paint is new but there are some cloudy areas in the silver paint that are not consistent with the rest of the paint job. These variances are hard to see in the photos but it is important that I note that the paint is not perfect. With all that said the paint job is still one of the eye-catching parts of the bike.

I put this bike together in my personal workshop. Not thrown together in a garage but rather constructed in a fully outfitted shop with all the necessary tools to do the job correctly.I probably have over 150 hours of labor in this build. At a shop rate of $75/hour that would equate to over $11000 in labor if I put this bike together and charged by the hour.So needless to say I am not going to get rich selling this bike. In fact I am going to lose a lot of money on it. However I need to sell it because I came across an awesome Honda CBX that is just crying out to be restored. And if you know anything about CBX restorations they are expensive. So I am grudgingly selling this bike to fund that project.So what did I do to this GL1000?

• Disassembled the wheels and replaced the wheel bearings
• Installed brand new chrome plated spokes manufactured by Bucahan's; the best there is. Not cheap they cost over $400
• I had the rims black powder coated
• Reassembled and trued the wheels
• Installed a new set of Shinko tires
• Installed new brake pads
• Installed new brake fluid
• Powder coated the lower fork legs
• Replaced the fork seals
• Installed fresh fork oil
• Installed new Progressive Suspension shocks
• Powder coated the headlight bucket
• Installed a new Adjure halogen headlight
• Installed new Joker Machine LED front turn signals
• Installed new Arlen Ness LED rear turn signals
• Installed new Joker Machine LED brake light
• Powder coated the head covers and painted the name plates Ducati red
• Installed new Kuryakyn footpegs shifter and brake pedals
• Installed new Paul Yaffe mini monkey bar ape hangers
• Installed new Joker Machine mirrors
• Installed new Motion Pro custom made throttle clutch and choke cables
• Installed new grips
• Installed a new custom fit Corbin seat
• Refurbished the radiator repainted it and put in new antifreeze
• Powder coated the radiator wings
• Installed a new fan switch
• Installed a new fuel pump and fuel lines
• Installed a new air cleaner
• Took the gauges apart and put in new white gauge faces and painted the needles black
• Installed new Joker Machine gauge clamps
• Installed new Joker Machine handle bar clamp and led indicator lights. . .cool stuff
• Powder coated the timing belt cover
• Installed a new Shorai lithium battery. If you don't know about lithium batteries you should. They are light and powerful. The new thing in batteries. And not cheap. . .this one cost over $300
• New Biltwell mufflers. Short and throaty. Loud but not too loud
• Powder coated both fenders
• All electrical connections were soldered. . .the best way to do it
• And one cool paint job with a Ducati red stripe
• And I am sure there are other improvements I forgot to mention

I built it for me so I am sad to see it go. The title is clear and in hand so all you need to do is win this auction and close the deal. Get it now before it is gone!

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