A free 81 gl 1100 for me in Alaska

[joedrum]

its the no fly away joke of Honda ...like this weight was going to do anything about front end lifting off the ground ....yes it function is a weighted wire cover lid ...wires behind it ...seems if it was such a deal they would have just welded it instead of making it removable ...nothing about it ..the claim or design makes sense to me

 

[slabghost]

It's a weight to add ballast up front so the fairing doesn't lift the bike at speed. From what I've read.

 

[dan filipi]

slabghost » Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:36 pm[/url]":tscqr7pf]It's a weight to add ballast up front so the fairing doesn't lift the bike at speed. From what I've read.

I've read the same.
A fly away preventer :smilie_happy:
But 8 lbs., really?

Seems like a liability thing dreamed up by some lawyer to me.

 

[joedrum]

yes

 

[Silverado6x6]

Wasn't this era of GWs made in America, that plant that shut down a couple years ago? Seems like most bikes in the 80's like my CX Hondas were extensively neutered like single front disc brakes only while the European versions had duals.
Now I have seen a CL ad of a complete later model GW fairing, has anyone modded the 81-83 era bikes to a modern fairing?
My electrical skills are just short of NASA grade, seriously, I used to build competition custom show cars, my expertise was modding electrical, and I love to convert my bikes to HID, LED and such.
My cage is a 2002 Silverado dually every single bulb including the non replaceable ones in the climate control module have been converted to LED. I even have three massively bright LED strips under the tailgate that has progressive turn signals. All the headlights, fog lights and even the Hella driving lights are HID.
I used 8000K HID compact kits in the Cx500 in the Vetter and the Star 1300, h4 HID single element lamps, I actually have some HID H4 lamps with a small solenoid that moves the capsule to simulate the low/high beam.

 

[Steve83]

I understand it to be a steering stabilizer to help prevent oscillation of the forks. But, yeah - probably just a liability thing.

 

[slabghost]

Probably.

 

[Ansimp]

I though it was so you could leave your bike securely moored and it wouldn't drift away :smilie_happy:

 

[Steve83]

That too!

 

[Steve83]

It looks to me like the aerodynamics of the Hondaline fairing and windshield would create more down force than lift. I'm also thinking that the fairing plastic would break apart before it could lift the bike. I certainly wouldn't use the fairing to raise the front of one of these heavy beasts!

 

[mcgovern61]

Steve83 » Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:35 pm[/url]":2wo2ibo8]I understand it to be a steering stabilizer to help prevent oscillation of the forks. But, yeah - probably just a liability thing.

The research I have done indicates that it is there to prevent a specific oscillation caused by the fairing at certain speeds. It does nothing more than change the natural frequency of the steering head and the forks. The vibration that is apparently induced by the fairing (again only at certain speeds) is changed and dampened by the weight preventing the vibration from traveling down to the forks and causing the forks to start "hopping".

I wish I could find that article again! :rant:

 

[Ansimp]

That does make the most sense. I love my Windjammer :good:

 

[Silverado6x6]

I have the Vindicator which is the same thing as the Windjammer I think minus the built it turn signals on my 80 Honda Cx500, does a pretty good job of shedding air, much more so than the stock windshield on my Star 1300T, and I have been thinking about taking the Interstate fairing from the free 81 and making mounts and installing it on the Star bike.
So now i have three Vetter fairings, one from the 81 GW, one from the KZ1000 police I picked up yesterday and the one already on the CX500, just painted that one to match the rest of the bike.

Speaking of Goldwings, I have been slumped in my recliner all day lurking on forums, learned a lot about that KZ1000 and have been waiting for the owner of the 83 GL1100 Interstate to get back into town from Fairbanks, all I get is his answering service, last time I talked to him he was pretty enthusiastic about trading the bike for two pistols I have but he said last thursday he won't be back down here in Wasilla till sunday, Fairbanks is 300 miles north of me, the actual bike is only two miles away, so I have been frustrated of no callbacks, maybe he was delayed by something is my guess, they have some nasty wildfires up there. I hope the deal still goes through as I really wanted a complete running Goldwing.
If the 83 disappears from my sidebar then you know the deal fell flat.

 

[Silverado6x6]

This is I believe a 96 Star Venture, 1200 V4, liquid cooled, shaft drive, was in a house fire, seller is asking $350 bucks for it, its on my priority list today.
Either restored or bagged out or chopped up its a bargain, people are moving out of Alaska.

 

[slabghost]

Those are real nice. I missed out buying one a few years ago for lack of cash.

 

[Silverado6x6]

I am doing some research and it looks more like a mid eighties bike.
In 86 they went to 1300cc, so it has to be a pre 86 bike.

 

[slabghost]

I never worked on one but they seem to run nice with good power. I only know I'd buy one for that price.

 

[slabghost]

Still no word from the guy with the 83?

 

[Silverado6x6]

slabghost » Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:24 am[/url]":vw2idy81]Still no word from the guy with the 83?

Well its 5am in Alaska, I am on the tablet at the bike workbench, not everyone starts at 0 dark thirty like me :builder:

 

[Silverado6x6]

I read that very same review and spec sheet. I feel like that guy on Fast n Loud, buys clunkers and flips them after a few fixes.