'79 GL1000, 60Kms

[IndianRider_imp]

Beautiful vintage gold wings all of them. Personally I love the light baby blue of the early bikes. My 82 is a standard model with the Vetter fairing and in top shape. Don’t let them sit too long as the carb rebuild is a major project by itself but you get used to it. Good luck with finding your wing. They are sooo smooth and I love my 82. Here’s a pic


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[peterbaron]

, all wings are nice, as you said, how many miles on yours, IR?

[IndianRider_imp]

About 65K and going strong


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[GoldOxide_imp]

Beautiful vintage gold wings all of them. Personally I love the light baby blue of the early bikes. My 82 is a standard model with the Vetter fairing and in top shape. Don’t let them sit too long as the carb rebuild is a major project by itself but you get used to it. Good luck with finding your wing. They are sooo smooth and I love my 82. Here’s a pic


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That's a great looker.

[Mtneers]

I had an opportunity to buy a ‘78 Goldwing in 1979. I kick myself pretty often for not following thru. Even had the financing in place. At age 21, still in college, the timing didn’t seem right. Better jump on it PB. I’m third in line for a demo ride.


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[peterbaron]

I had an opportunity to buy a ‘78 Goldwing in 1979. I kick myself pretty often for not following thru. Even had the financing in place. At age 21, still in college, the timing didn’t seem right. Better jump on it PB. I’m third in line for a demo ride.


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...hmmm, what's the point of buying this bike, if you three will be riding it and I have to spin my head around watching, as you make your happy circles

Still waiting for his call....

[GoldOxide_imp]

I had an opportunity to buy a ‘78 Goldwing in 1979. I kick myself pretty often for not following thru. Even had the financing in place. At age 21, still in college, the timing didn’t seem right. Better jump on it PB. I’m third in line for a demo ride.


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Let's re-examine that a bit and take some remorse off:

* Even if you did successfully buy it, a few years down the road when rust and maintenance settled in, would you still have kept it?

* A few years down the road, some sexy CBX, MagnaV65 or possibly the Interceptor (considering your age then) would have made you cream your jeans. What of the ol', heavy Wing then?

* Marriage: Forward looking ... always a crap shoot. Does the bike come or does it go?

... I am sure there are many realistic scenarios that could have happened even if you became a successful Wing owner back in its day.

[pekingduck]

Happy New Year! Well, I just broke my New Year's resolution of downsizing the number and size of bikes. Woke up from a nap, glanced at Craigslist, and found a gem of a 1979 GL1000, all stock, and less than 12k miles, for $1000.

I couldn't resist, and called him up - he had only gotten text messages and was tired of that. I was the first to actually speak to him, said I wanted to buy it and was going to drive the 180 miles round trip. Starts but idles poorly, and will need timing belts and carb cleaned.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Happy New Year! Well, I just broke my New Year's resolution of downsizing the number and size of bikes. Woke up from a nap, glanced at Craigslist, and found a gem of a 1979 GL1000, all stock, and less than 12k miles, for $1000.

I couldn't resist, and called him up - he had only gotten text messages and was tired of that. I was the first to actually speak to him, said I wanted to buy it and was going to drive the 180 miles round trip. Starts but idles poorly, and will need timing belts and carb cleaned.

OMG - that is irresistible.

Maybe [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB shouldn't see this. He might get upset.

[tod.branko_imp]

Excellent piece of kit congratulations!

'14 CB1100 STD 5 speed