Stripping the Goldwing part 2

Fall is here and winter is close.  This winter I am not bringing the project bike in the dining room.  That was very convenient but also a pain in the ass.

Mr. G helped me take some of the crap off of the bike, mostly the stuff I wouldn't be putting back on the bike, and some of the stuff I might want to work on during the winter.

The stuff not making it back on the bike are all the Interstate stuff (fairing, cases and crash bar), fenders and trailer hitch.

In all we removed 149lbs od dead weight.

We also removed the rear air shocks and the carbs.

Now we are left with a very naked Goldwing.

Not so big and threatening now.

Goldwing teardown

I've started some of the bike's tear-down.  It has a crap load of stuff I don't want to keep.

Top box off,

side cases off,

seat and fake tank (that's right, the real tank is under the seat) and luggage rack off off.

Finally the fairing is gone.

Note that lump on the front, that is a weight used when the bike has a fairing, that will be gone soon.

Sometimes you find weird stuff when you take apart a bike but this takes the cake.  It was under the fake tank?!

This is the stuff I've taken off so far. It's got to weight over 100lbs. and I haven't taken off the trailer hitch yet.

Here is a cheap fender I picked up.  It might make it on the bike or not, I just want to see if I can carve a gargoyle in it and maybe have it lit up somehow. 

New Goldwing project

Well here it is, the next project.  You might remember that before the CX500 I had my heart set on a Goldwing.  Due to some idiot named Larry we ended up scooping an awesome deal on some CX500s.  Stuff happens for a reason I guess, we had fun with the CX.

Mr.G was gracious enough to get the thing to my place since I'm a little battered from something that is none of your business, sorry.

Now keep in mind that this thing weighs a ton and this vintage has no reverse. 

We got the bike from Mr.D, my boss (the best one as far as I'm concerned).  Mr.G took it around the block a couple times to make sure it went, turned and stopped to his satisfaction.  Apart from an issue with the tilt steering, this one has it, Mr.G gave the OK.

Once at my place and shoehorned in a corner we quickly removed some of the easy stuff to see what we're dealing with.

This is going to be interesting!

Not much of an update

Mr Bossman got a new toy...

We infected the Bosnian...

I made a table and lamp...

And the next project is lined up.