GL1000 K1 1975 stored for 31 years in my garage and not used all those years.........

[rudolphwolven]

Hello everybody,

A couple of months ago I started the renovation.........
I live in the Netherlands and I am 71 years old.

Best regards, Ruud

My GL1000 before renovation:
(pictures can be enlarged by clicking "Open image in new tab" and enlarged once more by clicking again)



The renovation:

 

[mcgovern61]

WOW!! Nice work!! :clapping:

Welcome to the site from across the pond in New Jersey!! :clapping:

 

[dan filipi]

Beautiful, just beautiful!

Welcome to the forums.

 

[AApple]

OMG!!! I'm SO friggin jealous...SUPER nice job there, Ruud!!!! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
Welcome to the CGW Forums! :wave:

 

[zman]

Very Nice Ruud, Welcome to the forum.. looking forward to the finish, doesn't look like you will need to repaint the covers or tank, matter of fact it looked real nice to start.

 

[Steve83]

Beautiful! Welcome from Southern California - and thanks for sharing! What an inspiration!

 

[rudolphwolven]

Hello everybody,

Many thanks for the warm welcome and compliments......

Best regards,
Ruud

 

[tuna boy]

Wow! Any pics of what the bike looked like before you started the rebuild?

 

[rudolphwolven]

tuna » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:27 pm[/url]":2l5i3c5n]
Wow! Any pics of what the bike looked like before you started the rebuild?

Thank you.........no, sorry not really.......the only pictures before the rebuild is the 1st one from my previous post and the next ones:

1975 / 1976......... :smilie_happy:



LATER





Best regards, Ruud

 

[Ansimp]

Welcome from Oz. Beautiful bike and restoration :good:

 

[backlander]

Welcome Ruud, absolutely beautiful work and machine.

 

[brianinpa]

Welcome to Classics from this side of the Pond!

 

[rudolphwolven]

My GL1000 K1 from 1975 is 100% completed now and almost "as new"; it is running perfect; .........a very impressing experience after all those years.
The K1 is 40 years old and has a total of 11.000 mls on the odo; 37 years of ownership of which the last 32 years stored in my garage under a selfmade awning...........my age was 35 when I purchased her, now I am 72 years old.
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The "restauration"; necessary after 32 years of an uninterrupted layoff, lasted 11 months in which I did finally spent approx. 1000 hours of labour all by myself; plus hundreds of hours for internet-searching and parts ordering as well as a couple of thousand dollars for motorparts, paint, polishing, new set of tires, SS spokes, etc, etc.........
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The engine and frame were spraypainted and all frame tubes were treatad from the inside with an anticorrosive protection (400 ml / nearly 1/2 quart of stuff); all colour painted panels still have the original candy paint as supplied by the factory.

Regards, Ruud

That was it.........thanks for watching........
Regards, Ruud

 

[slabghost]

Oh man! That is really a work of art! Beautiful job.

 

[dan filipi]

Yes beauty!

 

[aussiegold]

that is beautiful.. what a ripper... :moped: good to see these older ones floating around in all parts of the world. :salute:

 

[rudolphwolven]

Thank you very much, guys.........
Regards, Ruud

 

[joedrum]

wow that is better than new ...great job

 

[mcgovern61]

Fantastic job Ruud!!!! :clapping: k: :yes:

 

[tom foreman]

A real beautiful,bike..great job.. :salute: