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...or, telling a tale on myself. I screwed up. Exactly how it happened may never be known, as it certainly wasn't deliberate! But, I wrecked my '83 Interstate yesterday when I turned in front of an oncoming vehicle I just didn't see. Making a low-speed left turn into a restaurant parking lot I...

...that is: 1) covered elsewhere on this forum; and 2) repeated often anyway. I checked and adjusted valve clearances on my '83 GL1100 Interstate last week, and noted mild throttle improvement, but little else. Thus, while draining the oil during an oil/filter change a couple of days ago, I went...

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the fact that Dan created this site because of his admiration for a motorcycle almost exactly like mine -- a 1983 Goldwing 1100 Interstate. That said, I read every day about folks changing this part, or fixing that problem, and wonder if I didn't adopt a...

For those of you with 'dressed' 1100s, how long did you ride it before becoming completely comfortable with the handling -- particularly stopping and starting? I 'stepped up' from a classy, good-running, mostly original 1982 CB900C Custom (naked but for a windshield), which I had gotten pretty...

I'm a firm believer that, whenever things span long time periods, older is better. I live in a 50-year-old house that has original, black-iron, outer doors and original window hardware (even original windows, in most cases). When I returned to motorcycling last winter, I bought a 28yo Honda: an...