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[gottawannaride]

I just got my first Gwing 83 GL1100 interstate and though it has some fixing (not much, brake freeing, carb syncing fluid flushing etc..) before getting on the road. I was hoping to eventually get a chance to ride with some other GW locals. Are there any groups locally to ride with? I dont think I will make Octoberfest with the GW but my sportsters is ready to go. drop a line I got four more posts to go before I become an olde.

 

[backlander]

Welcome to CGW from south Arkansas

 

[gottawannaride]

Thanks Mike!

 

[joedrum]

wecome to classic ...i get down there some i have family that lives in central fla...rode with a lot of harley folks ...not many oldwings but some

 

[AApple]

Welcome to the CGW Forums, gottawannaride!!! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

 

[slabghost]

Welcome aboard. I suppose it depends on how far you ride as to what is 'local' in your book. There is at least one other member in florida.

 

[toytender01]

Welcome from central Calif. Have a friend in Florda but she has a Harly.

 

[mcgovern61]

Welcome to the site from New Jersey!

My daughter lives in Fort Lauderdale and she helped swap engines and restore this bike! Need any help, just buzz me! (Not that Fort Lauderdale is around the corner from Daytona) :hihihi:

 

[Winger 82]

Welcome from N.Western,Pa. :hi:

 

[cooltech]

Welcome from The Dalles Oregon

 

[mwbill37841]

welcome from tenn.

 

[Omega Man]

Welcome. Not sure about how many locals we have there.

~O~

 

[buffdaddy56]

Welcom from the back woods of South Georgia. Have a "wingin" good time. :clapping:

 

[Rufford]

Welcome to CGW.I just joined today myself.I'm new to the Wingdom,and have been joining every forum i can find.You can't get too much info i always say.

 

[roncar]

You can't get too much info i always say.

I agree! And don't forget printed information as well.

 

[dan filipi]

Printed is good but watch out for the wrong info in the Clymer manual.
That link shows only a few things. There once was a guy had a crap load of wrong and mis info but the info was removed some time ago. (Hmm)
I've tried to find it but no go.
A collection of all the manuals to compare and help from the forums is ideal.

 

[roncar]

I find ANY manual to be better than my memory. I try to watch for bargains and get all the different manuals I can. Sometimes a different manual explains a procedure differently (or more or better pictures) and makes it easier for me to grasp. Sometimes an entire topic isn't mentioned, ie Haynes GL1000 manual makes NO reference to the Reserve Lighting Unit (RLU). Clymer is the only one to show how to bypass a faulty RLU. Haynes is the only one to have non-USA schematics.

Errors have been identified in all of them, even Honda, and they don't seem to ever correct them and just print the same errors again.

If the internet didn't exist and I could only have one manual, it would be Honda.

Some humor on aftermarket manuals

It seems that the Haynes manual has got it all wrong.

All together now "OH WHAT A SURPRISE!"

My mate calls all their manuals 'The Haynes Book Of Lies'

And equally some don't care too much for the clymers manuals either:

CLYMER TRANSLATIONS

Clymer: Rotate anticlockwise.
Translation: Clamp with visegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer
counterclockwise.

Clymer: This is a snug fit.
Translation: You will skin your knuckles!

Clymer: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Not a hope in hell, bucko!

Clymer: As described in Chapter 7...
Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start;
now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox...

Clymer: Pry...
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into...

Clymer: Undo...
Translation: Go buy a BIG can of WD40...

Clymer: Retain small spring...
Translation: "Jeez what was that, it nearly took my eye out!"

Clymer: Press and rotate to remove bulb...
Translation: "OK - that's the glass part off, now use some good
pliers to dig out the base...

Clymer: Lightly...
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your
forehead are throbbing...

Clymer: Routine maintenance...
Translation: If it isn't broken... it's about to be!

Clymer: One spanner rating.
Translation: Your mother could do this... so how did you manage to
botch it up?

Clymer: Two spanner rating.
Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a
low, tiny, little number... but you also thought the wiring diagram
was a map of the Tokyo underground.

Clymer: Three spanner rating.
Translation: OK - but don't expect us to ride in it afterwards!

Clymer: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this...
Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Clymer: Compress...
Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on, swear
at, throw at the garage wall, then search in the dark corner of the
garage for while muttering "Piece of Sh@t" repeatedly under your
breath.

Clymer: Inspect...
Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are
looking at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife, "Yep,
as I thought, it's broke!"

Clymer: Carefully...
Translation: You are about to cut yourself.

Clymer: Retaining nut...
Translation: Yes, that's it, that big spherical blob of rust.

Clymer: Get an assistant...
Translation: Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you
know.

Clymer: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark pugs removed.
Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much
harder. Once that sinking pit of your stomach feeling has subsided,
you can start to feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark
plugs.

Clymer: Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal.
Translation: But you swear in different places.

Clymer: Prise away plastic locating pegs...
Translation: Snap off...

Clymer: Using a suitable drift...
Translation: The biggest nail in your tool box isn't a suitable drift!

Clymer: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Placing your mouth near it and huffing isn't moderate
heat.

Clymer: Index
Translation: List of all the things in the book but the thing you want
to do!

Ripped off FROM HERE

 

[Placerville]

Welcome from California.

 

[fysty-1]

Welcome to this great forum from Canada's west coast. There is a lot of great knowledge here abouts so don't be afraid to asked questions. Cheers Angela aka fysty-1 :Egyptian: :Egyptian: :wave: :wave: :wave: :yahoo:

 

[Patches]

Welcome from the Atlanta area! :beer: