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Nice bike! Not that I’m an expert on these old Wings or anything, but I have two comments. One, you didn’t mention timing belts in your list of items that have been done. If you don’t KNOW how old they are, change them. If they break, you’re DONE. and two, I highly recommend carb kits from...

I figured this out! Who says I’m slow! While out on the Wing today, it finally dawned on me why the mirrors have different length set backs on them. The right mirror mount is further forward on the handlebar because of the master cylinder. So, those SMART people at Honda made the stalk longer...

I had a couple of very large crow bars, and some wooden shims but it STILL wasn’t enough. Turns out, the trick it to remove ALL engine mounts, supporting the engine with a small floor jack, remove both headers, remove the subframe and the engine will easily slide to the left an inch or so to...

In hindsight, possibly. But then dropping the engine is no picnic either. Maybe not so bad if that’s your objective from the beginning, but when you’re following the HONDA service manual, and it says to just remove the header, remove one nut and you’re home free, it soon becomes a nightmare...

At this point, I’ve removed EVERY engine mounting bolt, and the right side header. Still not working. Then I found some information on another GoldWing site and I’ve figured out what I have to do. I will soon go back go back out to the garage and remove the left side header, the subframe, and...

I’m trying to replace my bad neutral switch (WHY didn’t I check this thing when I had the motor out?) and the manual says to flex the frame two millimeters to get the oil screen cover off and to get the switch out of the block. Well, two millimeters ain’t much, and assuming I can flex the frame...

Could be, Dan. It could also be that both powder coaters I’ve tried SUCKED.

Original post, picture of front wheel area. Ten o clock. Perfect example.

Okay. My pictures are making a liar out of me. They look good. I’ll take a couple shots of the lifting and post them when I can.

Good question! As you can see in the picture, the rims were looking really good after many hours of cleaning and wet sanding. I took them to a different powder coater this time as I wasn’t impressed with my last powder coater, and as I suspected, this one wasn’t much better. The clear on the...

New old stock idiot light cover. The man was quite proud of it but the letters were worn off of mine so I bit the bullet and got it. I doubt that there are many of these left.

I have not been able to do a write up the way I would like so I posted a bunch of pictures in my album of the restoration. I’m just not smart enough to figure out how to post stuff and make it look like I’ve got any sense whatsoever. (Old dog, new tricks...) I’ll post some more when I have some...

Almost done. Still hasn’t been started yet

Muffler welded and painted

Replacement headers

Progress

Gauges after the SECOND restoration. I have a NOS cover coming (for the idiot lights)

Replacement header and boogered up header

Perfectly restored gauges after I dropped them and dinged up the paint. What an idiot!