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10drum

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Southern Illinois
My Bike Models
1984 GL1200
I'm helping my friend get his 84 GL1200 back on the road after it sat for many years and we are having trouble finding parts. Most of the parts are listed as "not available".

Any suggestions?
 
The usual; brake lines, radiator hoses, carburetor linkage parts, etc.

We found carb kits, and brake cylinder rebuild kits. We're having a rear brake line built.

The bike has 35K on the clock, so the engine should be ok. My friend is the second owner, and claims it was running great when he parted it about 20 years ago. All of the body components/chrome are in great shape, and the wiring seems ok, so far.

I scanned your thread about your <10K bike, it looks nice. This bike is a standard GW, without luggage.

I build Brit bikes mostly, and some BMW airheads, this is my first venture into a Japanese, liquid cooled, larger cruiser type bikes. Seems well built. If I like it it I might buy it. IDK? Either way it's a win win getting it running, non-running GWs don't have a lot of value.
 
There is a gates hose that will work for both the upper and lower hose,i cant recall the part number.maybe someone that sees this wi
 
I'm not sure where some of the things I found useful are hiding in the Forum, seems the sticky'ed pages may have been moved around, any way.....

For a new 2 Wings, peruse this
https://classicgoldwings.com/threads/new-2-u-bike-read-me.259/
There was another thread (somewhere) that I think was even longer about common parts you could get at the non Honda store, this ones not bad
https://classicgoldwings.com/threads/basic-part-numbers-list.1923/
Carb linkage would be a used part 'category', ask about in forums, salvage yards, some stores actually try to find new old stock (NOS) but a part like linkage is probably going to be hard to find in NOS. I use a search engine and the Honda Part Number (exact) to find things, at times.

There is a lot of info in this Forum, but the 'search is so-so. There is a way to search the Forum using Google, but I forget the format, maybe whoever told me that trick will chime in.

Brake lines (I presume the flexible ones) are available for Wings at several vendors. I had HEL make ones for my Wing. You might even find a local hydraulic shop near you that can make them.

The usual; brake lines, radiator hoses, carburetor linkage parts, etc.

We found carb kits, and brake cylinder rebuild kits. We're having a rear brake line built.

The bike has 35K on the clock, so the engine should be ok. My friend is the second owner, and claims it was running great when he parted it about 20 years ago. All of the body components/chrome are in great shape, and the wiring seems ok, so far.

I scanned your thread about your <10K bike, it looks nice. This bike is a standard GW, without luggage.

I build Brit bikes mostly, and some BMW airheads, this is my first venture into a Japanese, liquid cooled, larger cruiser type bikes. Seems well built. If I like it it I might buy it. IDK? Either way it's a win win getting it running, non-running GWs don't have a lot of value.
I'm not sure who's bike you're referring, wouldn't be mine....? I've owned the Wing since new and have about 60k miles on it,
The value of used Wings seems to finally be starting upward somewhat, I'd noticed an 1100 that appeared in great shape went for almost $8k not long ago, some others that were higher than in the past. I don't think they will ever become real high priced, because of how many that still are around.

One note about carb parts, for rebuiding reference. I'm not someone that has rebuilt them, but I've seen lots of posts of rebuild woes, the common thing of all the woes seems to be if one doesn't use Honda parts they seem to have issues. I had mine rebuilt years ago by a mechanic and he only used the Honda parts. I also took advise from from this Forum to run 1 oz. ATF/gallon of gas to keep the carbs working properly, cheapest ATF you can find. Since the rebuild, I think 7 years now) I've had no issues with the crab and the crap fuel that is sold today.

The '84 is a singular year build, it appears to have hold over items from '83 and missing some of the changes made in '85, making your parts quest a bit of a challenge, but wish you luck, we all need it sometimes!
 
We're trying to get this old girl running again so my friend can sell it.

Who knows I may buy it?

We've noticed that the non-running wings are priced anywhere from "how much $ to haul it off" to $500. The road ready ones list from $1500 to $2500. We're hoping to be somewhere between $300 to $500 to get it road ready by spring.
 
Look into Goodrige brake lines.
You can buy all the components.
So you can build your own, flexible brake & clutch lines.
 
I'll check Goddridge. I've had Speigal build some for a BMW build I did a few years ago.

We found a used one on eBay for $20, we'll try that first.

Thanks
 
you will be at 500 bux for tires and belts, if you do the labor. then there is the electrical, carbs, brakes, seals, clutch master and slave, fixing the seat, and then you can put some miles on it to discover all the little things. pray you dont need exhaust or cooling or internal parts.
 
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