Marty's 1981 Goldwing resto

[Omega Man]

Great looking foundation! Much respect for you frame up guys.

~O~

 

[joedrum]

nah V thats soft wood shock ....it ought to be fine ... :hihihi: nice work mad dog

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

slabghost » Thu Dec 24, 2015 9:05 am[/url]":20wxbocr]
Looking good. I've been considering drag bars. Looks like your shock might be a bit stiff.

"Hard tail"...

Thank you.

I will see how I like the drag bars, they may be a bit low and forward for comfort, I may want to raise the seat in the future too, it rides way lower than the stock one, I feel like I am crouching a lot to sit on it (I am 6'). Then again, I have not ridden many cruisers, so I don't know the right posture.

I am rebuilding the shocks, and installing all of the air lines and brake lines next week. I may polish the connectors, just because it's kind hard to once they are installed.

 

[slabghost]

Intended riding position is sitting up pretty straight. Like sitting on a dining room chair. I don't think my back will allow use of the drag bars in the stock position.

 

[Ansimp]

Good to see that you are back at it Marty :good:

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

slabghost » Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:03 pm[/url]":2uwjx2q9]
Intended riding position is sitting up pretty straight. Like sitting on a dining room chair. I don't think my back will allow use of the drag bars in the stock position.

Yes that is true, but I am also looking to distrubute weight evenly. I may end up going with a slightly higher seat and lower handlebars to move body weight forward. If these bars are not low enough then I will look for some clip-ons.

I will really just have to feel out the right position an make adjustments after I start riding it.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Ansimp » Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:44 pm[/url]":2x94hl7c]
Good to see that you are back at it Marty :good:

Thank you. I have been letting her sit for too long.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

I am trying to get up to my garage, and work for a couple of days on the bike, this week. Spring as appraoching!

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

This weekend, I am determined. I am headed up to Paradise to get Aretha running. I ordered a new ring for the gas tank online for more money than I wanted to spend. I am going to collect all of the fluids and other little tools that I need.

I also found out that I can register my bike as a built (new homemade) bike, bypassing the vin plate all together. But I still may find it, and make things a whole lot easier.

 

[Fstsix]

Nice Build ! looking forward to see it done !

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

I finally got Aretha to stand under her own weight!


So, of course I jumped on, made motor sounds with my voice and did a speed tuck...


I got the rear air shocks filled and installed. the front shock still need to be filled with a syringe (I am procrastinating that job). The rear master cylinder was beyond repair...


Here is a pic of one of my F4i's (sold 5+ years ago)...

 

[Ansimp]

Looking good Marty

 

[mjanderson]

Nice work!

 

[joedrum]

its getting there ....and looks great

 

[julimike54]

opcorn: opcorn: k:

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Thank you all for the kind words.

This is the master cylinder I am going to use to replace the broken one in the rear. It came off of a CBR1000RR...

 

[Ansimp]

Mad Dog Tannen » Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:01 pm[/url]":2yhxl9g6]
Thank you all for the kind words.

This is the master cylinder I am going to use to replace the broken one in the rear. It came off of a CBR1000RR...

opcorn: opcorn: opcorn:

 

[dan filipi]

I'm curious how well the frame mounting works out.
I used a 1800 m/c and had to make an adaptor plate.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

dan filipi » Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:01 am[/url]":34qw29pm]
I'm curious how well the frame mounting works out.
I used a 1800 m/c and had to make an adaptor plate.

I figured i might have to get creative, but the cylinder was $10 and a Goldwing one was $200+. So I will make it work somehow.

 

[dan filipi]

Oh, yeah I found a 1800 one for about $40 used.
Actually the only reason I went with it was its capacity is same or larger than the original 83 with linked brakes. I tried one that was slightly smaller but didn't move enough fluid for the travel.