83 Goldwing

[Bheezy27403_imp]

Thanks for all the tips and responses guys. I will report back this afternoon after I go give her a look.

[peterbaron]

We are just sitting and waiting for your detailed report!!

[Bheezy27403_imp]

Ha! Heading out to Winston-Salem in about an hr or so.

[Bheezy27403_imp]

Nope.

Cosmetically it was in good shape for its age. I wanted it to perform half as good as it looked.

First off the kids selling it for their pops knew zilch about it. The carbs were not done by a Honda shop and were way off. One cylinder was barely awake. It smoked. Quite a bit. Could have been rich or rings. Probably both. It idled at 3k. But the big one Elizabeth was no back brake. The research I did prior to checking it out taught me that it's a linked brake system and the 83 rear master cylinder was a one year part. Unobtainium NOS. It could be rebuilt but if it was trashed that's a big problem.

Just too much to do as a project for me due to the complexity of the machine. I'm a luddite ffs. Give me air cooled and carbs.

It's a shame as I've wanted one for a while now and 7284 miles is a unicorn.

She did text me after I left and said she talked to her dad and said she would take less. I responded that I couldn't pay more than $500 as is. And if I got it for that I would just part it out as Josh mentioned. There's $ in these parts as I looked today on Ebay. I told her that's the route she should go but I doubt that'll happen.

Oh well, my girlfriend is happy at least.

[IndianRider_imp]

New bike or not , always good to see, look and learn and gain from experience on what to get involved on or not and in the worst case scenario you still learn something new .. hope you find another one to your liking ..

As for the linked brakes, I also used to own a 1986 1200 interstate and while trying to diagnose the rear brake drag, in my particular situation, it was actually one of the front rt or left caliper that was jammed up. Something about how the front /rear brake distribution worked and I did eventually get everything to work. I just never took a liking to the full dresser so sold the interstate and kept the much lighter and agile 1100 standard.

Cheers


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[Houtman_imp]

Sometimes the best buy is the bike we did not get , no buyers regret.