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  1. nickbiddle

    nickbiddle's GL1000 Odyssey - Chapter Headgasket

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MU9JODqd8A I was up early on this dreary Saturday, so I pulled the wing out of the garage to see if I could get it to run for more than 30 seconds. It ran for 20 minutes and I actually took it around the block. 1-3 never stopped smoking. I'm going to block...
  2. nickbiddle

    1979 GL1000 - Carburetor Cleaning

    What better what to kick the weekend off than wrestling the carburetors out of the GL1000? We all know how they come off, so I'll spare you the photo album of my gingerly wrestling them out of their home and into the basement. I flipped through the shop manual the previous owner provided and...
  3. nickbiddle

    1979 GL1000 Won't Turn Over

    I picked up a '79 GL1000 earlier this week. Decent cosmetic shape, ran 11 months ago. When the previous owner rolled it out for this season, it turned over but two of the cylinders weren't firing (maybe, the report of this was vague). He suspected a bad head gasket on the mystery side, but...
  4. nickbiddle

    New to the Goldwing Cult, Hails from Baltimore!

    How's it going everyone? I just bought a 1979 GL1000 and I'll start the process of getting it on the road this weekend. It seems far more complicated that my Kaw, so we'll see how it goes!
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