The Wanderer - Part 2

[slabghost]

Looking like this one will be a keeper! Great!

 

[chilidawg]

I don't know if you've already been down this road, but here goes anyway, seeing as it took me forever to figure this out as well as buying lots of wrong parts.

Regarding front brakes, GL1100 front brake master cylinders are not all the same, you need one with a 14mm bore for '80, '81 & 82, the '83 has a 12mm bore due to the linked brakes and the front lever only operating one disc.

In my experience the sellers on eBay where as clueless about that as me, back then.

 

[made2care]

chilidawg » 59 minutes ago[/url]":18nn0jyr]
I don't know if you've already been down this road, but here goes anyway, seeing as it took me forever to figure this out as well as buying lots of wrong parts.

Regarding front brakes, GL1100 front brake master cylinders are not all the same, you need one with a 14mm bore for '80, '81 & 82, the '83 has a 12mm bore due to the linked brakes and the front lever only operating one disc.

In my experience the sellers on eBay where as clueless about that as me, back then.

Are you sure its 14mm? Thought it was 16mm for a 1980.

 

[chilidawg]

Unless its changed!! 14mm for '80, '81, & '82. For sure, that's how my bike works.

Never heard of a 16mm.

Basically, the bigger the better, I guess, but I can tell you this, 12mm won't work for your 81 model !!

But who am I to know!!!

 

[made2care]

chilidawg » Yesterday, 10:03 pm[/url]":3e3gdzia]
Unless its changed!! 14mm for '80, '81, & '82. For sure, that's how my bike works.

Never heard of a 16mm.

Basically, the bigger the better, I guess, but I can tell you this, 12mm won't work for your 81 model !!

But who am I to know!!!

I appreciate the info.

 

[made2care]

Gl1000 chrome fender arrived today. No dents and some naval jelly comes in handy to remove any surface rust. Prefer this to plastic fender. A 79 will fit my gl1100.

 

[canuckxxxx]

You have excellent taste in fenders. :salute:

 

[slabghost]

Looks good.

 

[chilidawg]

Your conversation made me think.

I'm sitting in my shop, looking at the new to me, old Harley, Thinking...

This is the first bike I've owned with steel fenders since the BSA's
and Triumph I owned in the 1970's.

Thanks a bunch Fella's, now I feel really old! :Awe:

 

[made2care]

chilidawg » Today, 7:22 pm[/url]":1sm7hepb]
Your conversation made me think.

I'm sitting in my shop, looking at the new to me, old Harley, Thinking...

This is the first bike I've owned with steel fenders since the BSA's
and Triumph I owned in the 1970's.

Thanks a bunch Fella's, now I feel really old! :Awe:

Yup, time is our enemy

 

[made2care]

Oh shoot. I forgot to take a before pic. This caliper was in really bad shape but she cleaned right up :music:

 

[slabghost]

Funny we go to the trouble rebuilding calipers on the bikes and I chose to just buy another today for my truck.

 

[Denver]

They're cheaper for cages, & trucks to take people to work. :smilie_happy: Anything for enjoyment, costs MORE. :roll:

 

[made2care]

Saturday morning ritual:

Step 1 coffee - Newmans organic per keurig machine, you like a deep roast cup, bold flavor, this is it :BigGrin:

Step 2 setup pot roast in crockpot, can eat off of that for days :good:

Step 3 browse craigslist, found this, interesting ; https://joplin.craigslist.org/mcy/6054187670.html :good:

Step 4 breakfast, 2 eggs scrambled with spinach and cheese :clapping:

Step 5 turn on the tunes in garage and get back to work on , The Wanderer II :builder:

Step 6 watch tennis ( played for many years back in my glory days) and currently NCAA March madness :salute:

Step 7 walk :yahoo:

Step 8 back to work on bike :builder:

Step 9 ride , the vulcan :moped:

Step ----- intermittent bathroom breaks throughout the day :smilie_happy:

Step 10 Saturday night movie opcorn:

Step 11 goodnight :help:

the endless step that overrides all steps, kiss my wife throughout the day, she is a blessing and the kindest person I have ever known :lust: :thanks:

 

[joedrum]

:good: :BigGrin:

 

[mcgovern61]

Yeah man!! :clapping: :yahoo:

 

[julimike54]

^^ +1

 

[desertrefugee]

I'm enjoying your build. I went through a pretty extensive build on my '78 a couple of years ago and you really bond with a machine when you do a deep dive restoration/customization. I've done the same thing with "non-Goldwings", too. I always go through Saturday garage ritual withdrawal after I finish a project, so there's always a "next" one. (Although I am slowing down. I still have this '78 'wing/Terraplane sidecar monstrosity mocking me to get finished).

Two comments on things that have popped up recently in your thread:

the endless step that overrides all steps, kiss my wife throughout the day, she is a blessing and the kindest person I have ever known :lust: :thanks:

I never forget this part, either. The glue that holds our lives together is that little woman.

made2care » Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:25 pm[/url]":2yhizejv]
Gl1000 chrome fender arrived today. No dents and some naval jelly comes in handy to remove any surface rust. Prefer this to plastic fender. A 79 will fit my gl1100.

I am not a fan of the GL1000 fender. I sold mine off. Perfect even underneath. I don't care for the long tail and big fanout on the back of it. I used the CB900 Custom "shorty" chrome one. I was going to paint it, but I think I've decided to keep it chrome.

 

[made2care]

I like this fender and it will protect the radiator.

 

[canuckxxxx]

Isn't it supposed to have stays at the bottom? Like I got on mine. Is the back of the fender floppy?

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• canuckxxxx
• Sep 21, 2015