It has been a few years since I worked on a new-to-me wing. I rebuilt the "camp bike" a few years ago, it was a standard/interstate mongrel with a vetter fairing, and then discovered the aspencade had better air turbulence behaviour so I moved the trailer hitch over and sold the mongrel. How many '83 wings do you really need? I now know the answer to that question is actually two. One for my home, and one for my winter stay in florida. Had a 77 cb550f in florida last year and discovered it wasn't big enough for the freeway (for me) and lacked wind protection for those colder days.
I always wanted an '83 interstate (fewer electronics) so when this one came up at a great price near home I bought it, then thought "what am I going to do with two of them?" So the decision was made to get it ready to be the florida bike.
So this thread will be about what I find, fix, and/or change to make the bike more suitable for me. For starters, the floorboards have to go, I'm too short and they are in the way. The custom seat has already been replaced with a recovered stock model. The custom one was so wide I couldn't reach the ground from the seat. So that seat will be available to someone taller!
Just realised I have no pictures availble from this device so that will be next post.
I always wanted an '83 interstate (fewer electronics) so when this one came up at a great price near home I bought it, then thought "what am I going to do with two of them?" So the decision was made to get it ready to be the florida bike.
So this thread will be about what I find, fix, and/or change to make the bike more suitable for me. For starters, the floorboards have to go, I'm too short and they are in the way. The custom seat has already been replaced with a recovered stock model. The custom one was so wide I couldn't reach the ground from the seat. So that seat will be available to someone taller!
Just realised I have no pictures availble from this device so that will be next post.