Gl1000 Cafe Racer Build

The Honda Goldwing isn’t the most obvious choice for a café racer custom, that said, the Goldwing cafés that I have seen built have all been very capable looking and notably handsome motorcycles.. This 1975 bike is a great example of what a typically heavy and cumbersome motorcycle can become in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing, in this case the custom work was all done.

Gl1000 cafe racer build. Looking for a comfortable fast motorcycle but want the cafe racer look? Well here she is! 1979 GL1000 Cafe Racer. Custom risers w/ 7/8″ Cafe Racer Bars Custom Brat Style Seat Oil Pressure, Temperature and a Fuel Gauge! You never find these things on cafe racers or vintage bikes in general! Mini Speedometer And now something less common in the Cafe Racer scene. A quite unlikely base for a concept of a “racer”. But this is exactly what makes it so special. Honda GL1000 Goldwing… 2 years ago – I would say: “I’ve never seen a nice build based on GoldWing – it cannot be done and even if… it doesn’t make any sense”. Jun 12, 2018 - Explore Logan Xavier's board "My Goldwing build!", followed by 239 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about Goldwing, Honda, Cafe racer. Free Bike Insurance Calculator Free Bike Shipping Cost Calculator Complete tear down and re-build. Powder coated frame, tank, radiator, covers and brackets. New timing belts, fork seals, fork bearings, cables, speedometer, controls, coils, wires, plugs, tires, stainless steel exhaust and seat. Rebuilt carbs, balanced, electronic ignition, and many other new parts. Runs like new. Cross […]

Honda GL1000 Cafe Racer: Builder Interview. • What was the design concept and what influenced the build? As I have always worked with competition helmets, and the influence of Formula 1 was great in this project, I decided that I would make the bike equal to the car of three-time champion Ayrton Senna. It would be a two-wheel version of. Rune had always wanted to build a custom ‘Wing for himself. After all, at 190 cm tall — about 6’3″ — Rune had to take his size into account. The Goldwing proved the perfect fit — a “man-size cafe racer” for the tall Dane. Below, we get the full story on this custom Goldwing! Honda GL1000 Cafe Racer: Builder Interview Goldwing and cafe racer hardly go together in the same sentence, but that doesn't mean you can't shed a ton of weight from the leadwing. They can make an interesting Street rod with hotwing glass tracker seat and superbike bars. 1975 Honda Goldwing – GL1000 – Cafe Racer – EARLY VIN # USD3,200 (Fixed) Free Bike Insurance Calculator Free Bike Shipping Cost Calculator Click Here For More Photos & Details (message to seller OR Buy/BID) Disclaimer: This Auction/BuyNow is held by our partner Ebay.

Apr 27, 2020 - Explore John Rockwell's board "GL1100 build" on Pinterest. See more ideas about Cafe racer, Goldwing, Goldwing motorcycles. Cafe Racer Kits On Twitter Customer Bike Ian Williams Converted Goldwing cafe racer kits honda gold wing motorcycle honda gl1000 goldwing cafe racer by 85 sd bikebound goldwing cafe racer bikes honda goldwing standard dragon s motorcycles gl1000. Whats people lookup in this blog: Goldwing Cafe Racer Kits; Honda Goldwing Cafe Racer Kit 1975 Honda GL1000 Gold wing — Clean Colorado title in hand! Cafe Racer project bike – Runs great, rides great, 99% complete, needs your paint color and minor finishing touches. I hate to let it go but have started another project and this needs to be ridden….$3,300.00 The Honda GL1000 Goldwing may not seem like the best candidate for a cafe racer build. However, the original Goldwing, launched in 1974, was the second-fastest production motorcycle that year, running the quarter-mile in 12.92 seconds at 104.5 mph — second only to the mighty Kawasaki Z1!

Jun 8, 2014 - Explore Richard Edgar's board "GL1000" on Pinterest. See more ideas about Goldwing, Cafe racer, Goldwing motorcycles. When he started work on the Honda Goldwing, touring was the last thing on his mind. His first motorcycle ride was on a GL1000 at the age of 7. So to recapture that exhilarating childhood experience he built a cafe racer that was more focused on straight line speed and aerodynamics than armchair comfort and cruising. Like the K1100LT the Goldwing isn’t a typical starting point for a cafe racer build. At around the same size and weight as an aircraft carrier, it’s designed to ferry similarly overweight bikers down endless miles of flat interstate in diabetic comfort. It’s big. It’s reliable. It’s comfortable. But it’s not supposed to be a cafe racer. Well, when I came across Mike Audette’s ’78 GL1000 last week, I knew I’d found a kindred machine. ‘Wings may seem a strange platform for a cafe or tracker build, but they are powerful, cheap, and you can actually ride them clear across the county–hell, the country –without your hands and feet going numb from vibration.