godservant007
Active member
Just found this site while looking for parts close to my southern Missouri home. Been riding, restoring and repairing wings since I was in High school if you count the silverwing I stripped down and made a solo seat bobber out of. Here is my current ride, I found her in pieces in a west Texas shop. She came in my shop with faded paint, no brake calipers, stuck motor, bad starter, leaking suspension, zombied electronics, rusty tank, trashed carbs, 26k on the odometer and a clean title. Gave the man 150 bucks and hauled her back to Missouri. This is what she looks like today at 90k.
I recently had a restored (more of a refreshed) Aspy for sale, a man begged to trade his 8 yr old vtwin in on her. After seeing the bike he tried to persuade me because his was only 8 years old it was worth more then the 30 year old bike. I showed him and he agreed cosmetically the bikes were very close to equal. Then I explained the life expectancy, his had a normal range in the mid forties with proper maintenance, but considering it had run super lean for most of its life and it was aircooled it possibly would not make it that long. Then I had him consider that the wing with proper maintenance would almost surely make 150k and more like 250+ , not to mention its air adjustable suspension, on board electronics, a passenger seat wider then 3 inches, alot of water tight storage, a cruising speed that matches his top speed and an overall ride comfort that makes cross country travel enjoyable not an experience that rivals child birth like on a cruiser.
