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Insurance companies seem to have a field day with older motorcycles. and in fact will not cover personal losses as in accidental or collision here in Ontario, Canada. As the new owner of a 1980 Goldwing, the costs to insure the bike are fairly high, but when I apply to on-line brokers there is a question as to whether the bike is a classic. I also noticed that the dates of older bikes in the drop down menu goes to 1980, is this by chance or software or in 2006 will I be unable to get insurance?
At this time my car, home and now bike insurance will be covered bythe broker I have used for 30 years. The bike with PD (property damage) and PL (Public Liability)will cost $718/year, no theft or collision. I have tried TD Canada Trust as suggested and at over $2000, no thanks. By the way driving in Ontario without insurance is a $5000 fine.
I have had the GL 1100 for 3 days now and have pulled it apart, repaired, re-assembled and in fact I am amazed at the good condition of ths 25 year old machine. I still need to drain and replace all brake fluids, but the discs, calipers, pads all spec out as new, the unit has 87000 Km on the dial.
I am a bit puzzled about draining the front fork oil and replacing with ATF. The top of the forks have an air aux valve to preload the oil fork pressure to about 14-21 PSIG. The Clymer shows a top end fork configuration without the aux valve adder. Should I simply dismantle the aux valve and hoses and then be back to what the Clymer shows as the top of the forks?
As a precaution and from my laziness to get off my butt, while changing all the fuel hoses I used WD40 as it was close at hand and changed out the fuel from a year old blend toa new charge of 2 gallons of Hi Test. All oils and coolants changed, fired her up, on first crack , let it warm and then there was a change in tone and rpm and smoke. Smelled and felt the misty smoke, very much like antifreeze, but different. Shut her down, pulled the plugs regapped then with ignition off turned her over with the starter and checked compression with my finger since I still need to make a plug for my compression gauge. Reinstalled the plugs and fired her up, started immediately no smoke, no nothing just wonderful pulsations of combustion.
While in bed I realized that I was burning new gas and a mixture of WD 40 that I used to lube the inside of the rubber hoses. By the way WD 40 is a lousy penetrant, but it sure is easy to get.
Insurance companies seem to have a field day with older motorcycles. and in fact will not cover personal losses as in accidental or collision here in Ontario, Canada. As the new owner of a 1980 Goldwing, the costs to insure the bike are fairly high, but when I apply to on-line brokers there is a question as to whether the bike is a classic. I also noticed that the dates of older bikes in the drop down menu goes to 1980, is this by chance or software or in 2006 will I be unable to get insurance?
At this time my car, home and now bike insurance will be covered bythe broker I have used for 30 years. The bike with PD (property damage) and PL (Public Liability)will cost $718/year, no theft or collision. I have tried TD Canada Trust as suggested and at over $2000, no thanks. By the way driving in Ontario without insurance is a $5000 fine.
I have had the GL 1100 for 3 days now and have pulled it apart, repaired, re-assembled and in fact I am amazed at the good condition of ths 25 year old machine. I still need to drain and replace all brake fluids, but the discs, calipers, pads all spec out as new, the unit has 87000 Km on the dial.
I am a bit puzzled about draining the front fork oil and replacing with ATF. The top of the forks have an air aux valve to preload the oil fork pressure to about 14-21 PSIG. The Clymer shows a top end fork configuration without the aux valve adder. Should I simply dismantle the aux valve and hoses and then be back to what the Clymer shows as the top of the forks?
As a precaution and from my laziness to get off my butt, while changing all the fuel hoses I used WD40 as it was close at hand and changed out the fuel from a year old blend toa new charge of 2 gallons of Hi Test. All oils and coolants changed, fired her up, on first crack , let it warm and then there was a change in tone and rpm and smoke. Smelled and felt the misty smoke, very much like antifreeze, but different. Shut her down, pulled the plugs regapped then with ignition off turned her over with the starter and checked compression with my finger since I still need to make a plug for my compression gauge. Reinstalled the plugs and fired her up, started immediately no smoke, no nothing just wonderful pulsations of combustion.
While in bed I realized that I was burning new gas and a mixture of WD 40 that I used to lube the inside of the rubber hoses. By the way WD 40 is a lousy penetrant, but it sure is easy to get.
