Recent content by johnny42

Ah....rain while picking up new vehicles..... Picked up my new 1983 Gold Wing in 1983 in a light drizzle. Picked up a couple of company cars in the 80's in the rain and snow. Picked up my 2020 Gold Wing Tour last March in a drizzle. Picked up my 2018 Himalayan in March 2019 in the rain...

60 mph will be very easy on the 411 cc and gas mileage will not suffer at that speed. Spend much time above that and mileage will drop significantly.

I bought a new 2018 Himalayan in the spring of 2019. At that time I also had a (bought new) 1983 Gold Wing Interstate. I used the Wing for hi-way stuff and the Himalayan for running errands and a bit of off-road fun. Last spring (11 months ago) I sold the '83 and got a new 2020 Gold Wing Tour...

Thanks for the link but the fix shown there uses a working hi-low switch. Mine is shot. I'm trying to create a circuit using all new parts/from scratch.

I would like to build a new headlight circuit from scratch. I would use an on-off-on marine grade rocker switch. One "on" would be low beam, the other "on" would be high beam. I would use "off" when starting the bike. I would use a relay to get power to the headlamp. But that's just my idea. I...

You guys are giving me lots to think about. I appreciate it. Here's where I am right now.... I've been reading about using a Sportster exhaust on the Wing. Seems like the noise might be a factor. Plus most of the posts show them on naked wings where the saddlebags aren't an issue. Also, I'd...

>kool a one owner oldwing< That's funny. :BigGrin:

Hello all, I've been riding since 1972 when I got my first bike, a new CB350. I moved up to a new CB550K Four a few years after that. I sold that and bought my new 1983 Goldwing Interstate in 1983. My wife bought me a new VF500 Four a few years later which I sold a few years after that. All...

I like that idea. I'm willing to hear more ideas.

Here's the entire pipe. The rest of it is solid. Just need to clean it up a bit. I've got all winter and I'm retired. I could use a project. How much work are we talking?

I was going to work on removing the loose chrome and rust, then painting. Once I got the pipe off, rust was the least of my problems. The photos show the pipe has rusted out in one spot and the packing material for the baffle is right there, exposed! The other photo is the rust on the other...