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Hello all. It's been a while sine I have posted. Last year when my Dad gave me an '85 GL12 in need of "work," I figured that I could get it going and back on the road. Well... after having the bike sit in pieces in my garage all fall, winter, spring... and now summer, I have come to the...

Well, Ive gotten some work done on the bike. Not as much as I had hoped for, but the weekend is not over yet, either. I continued with the front end strip down. I made some discoveries that I would like to share with you. Here is one side of the timing belts: The belts themselves actually...

Ha, ha... That about sums it up, huh? :)

The current state of (dis)repair: I have, of course, found the obligatory mouse's nest in the fairing. Could be another on in the air box.. we'll see. My wife and son are off to a family reunion this weekend but since I have to work tomorrow, I will be staying behind. That's okay. Gives me...

Yeah... That may say it best of all. :blush: Well, on my '78 CB750, I bored it out from 736 to 849. Ported and polished the head. Total seal rings. Optical ignition. Custom 4 into 4 pipes. Custom air filter unit... and various other things. I am not planning on doing anything NEAR that...

While the end plan is to leave my '85 1200 I as stock looking as possible (it's going to be the wife's bike, and that's that way she wants it), I have been looking around for different engine mods I can do as a full rebuild is looking likely as I bring this thing back to life. I come from the...

Draining the oil will be soon. I'm really hoping for no surprises.

Yeah, 39,000 original miles. I got the back end of the bike stripped down. I've got to get rear brake off as it's dragging pretty fierce. Slowly I will strip down the front and get the heads off and see what's what.

Ha, ha! I got a little work in this morning and have ben trying to figure out what it was that pissed my dad enough to make him give me this bike. :blush: Some close up pics: This should mostly just wash off... Green is a normal engine color, right? Couldn't seem to get the battery...

Well, I've taken the beast into custody and am preparing for the strip search. I figure I've got two options. After taking some time to look it over myself, I figure I can probably get it running quick and cheap OR I can do it right and do a frame up resto and clean up. Turns out that the...

It's complete at least. Better then some I've worked with.

I can tell I'm going to like this site already. Thanks for the tips, all. That's exactly what I was hoping for. I'll report back once I've had a chance to crank on it a bit. In the mean time, here are some pics to entice! I've been looking around at different pic and mods out there...

Ha, ha... I have yet to be a member of decent forum where people didn't want pictures! Well here she is in all her glory (complete with green mold) on the back of Dad's Trailer: I have brought uglier back to life. :) There is hope. I figured I would drop a picture of CD player...

By starter. I don't think the PO did a whole lot to try and remedy the situation. It could be a starter issue. That will be the second thing I check. I'm really hoping it is just a stuck float on a carb that filled a cylinder with gas. :)

Greetings all! I posted this in the introduction section as well but figured that I would probably get more views on this board than that, so I hope a double post isn't too frowned upon. I have just been "given" (complicated and yet somewhat uninteresting story behind it.... I'll spare you...

Greetings all! My name is Bob and I am from Northern Vermont. I have just been "given" (complicated and yet somewhat uninteresting story behind it.... I'll spare you all the details) a 1985 GL1200 Wing by my parents. I have been looking around for a, cheap, older GL for a while. While I...