New member from N Texas

[1TallTXn]

Howdy Y'all!

Name here is Nathan. Been riding for nearly 10yrs on the street and in the dirt long before that.
I live a bit south of Fort Worth, Texas.

Current bikes are a 2002 Honda VFR800 and a 1983 Honda GL1100A.
Have a '82 Aspy as well that's become a donor bike for the '83.
My Father-in-law has a '85 GL1200A that I"m in the middle of rebuilding the carbs on.
Swapped the motor on a '75 GL1000 a few years ago.

Stumbled across this forum doing some research for my '83 Aspy. Forget which thread it was that drug me in.

I'm a member of quite a few other forums, so hopefully I won't pull too many newbie mistakes :smilie_happy:

 

[slabghost]

Welcome aboard Nathan! This the right place for GL advice and mods.

 

[GILLT]

Howdy Nathan, welcome to the forum. :wave:
Always nice to have another new member. :yahoo: :yahoo:
Show some pics of your rides if you would, we like pictures. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :good: :good:

 

[dan filipi]

Welcome Nathan!

Yeah pics would be great, sounds like you have a nice collection of bikes.

 

[1TallTXn]

Here's the OldWing the day I brought her home.

Cosmetically, she's unchanged. She'll eventually get a fresh paint job. But first, gotta get all the mechanicals in order.

And here's the wife and I, and the VFR, just before our trip to Arkansas this summer

 

[GILLT]

Nice Nathan, :thanks: for the pics.

 

[1TallTXn]

I like to say that both bikes are mostly stock, but the truth is, they're not :mrgreen:

The VFR has the following upgrades:
Sonic Springs and Ohlins valves in the front.
MRA Touring Vario windscreen
Helibar handlebars
Sargent seat
Subaru WR Blue paint
Symtec heated grips

Up next:
Rear shock (CBR929 revalved/sprung)

The GL ain't quite stock either:
Full RaceTech emulators and springs up front
LEDs for tail/brake/turn lights.
partial LED dash lights (more to come)

Up next:
Rear shocks (probably Progressives)
New seat
new paint
possibly turbo chargers :beg:

 

[Winger 82]

Welcome from N.Western,Pa. :hi: :hi:

 

[mcgovern61]

Welcome to the site from New Jersey! :clapping:

TURBOCHARGERS!!! :shock: :shock: Better hang on!! :smilie_happy:

 

[KYWinger]

Welcome :good: Be interesting to follow a turbo build up......

 

[Omega Man]

Welcome Nathan, I spent a few years in Greenville TX myself.

~O~

 

[AApple]

Welcome to the CGW Forums, Nathan!!! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
I be just down the road a piece from ya. :Egyptian:

 

[Joep]

Hey Nathan... Welcome from North TEXAS DFW area.... actually near Lake Lavon.... 5 miles off 66..

 

[detdrbuzzard]

hello nathan, welcome to CGW

 

[danf]

Welcome to you from San antonio...

 

[1TallTXn]

:thanks: for all the welcomes!

The turbos started as a joke to my wife. I'm used to riding the VFR with 20 more HP and about 200lbs less than the GL, so I popped off that I needed to turbo the wing, and she said "let's do it!" :shock:

If it happens, it'll be a fairly mild boost. I'm not looking for low drag strip numbers, just a little more oomph.
That project is still a long ways from getting started.

First I've got to replace the throttle sleeve that decided to snap this morning :doh: Thankfully it did it before I left for work and not during the trip!

 

[slabghost]

A single tiny turbo will probably be more than enough. We have some other interesting mods here on the forum.

 

[dan filipi]

The 75-77 cams and a turbo would be interesting.

 

[slabghost]

The 75-77 cams and a turbo would be interesting.

Turbo set up will likely require different carbs than stock. These are constant vacuum carbs so a forced intake system will require a lot of changes.

 

[kah92340]

Welcome, nice looking Bikes.