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I love ratbikes, and have owned a couple, though not Goldwings. I like mine a little simpler, but really crappy looking. My last one was an '81 Susuki GS550, Had been crashed about 100 times, the gas tank was rusted out, so I welded together a rear rack from rusted angle iron, mounted a 2 gal. air tank on it, and converted it to a gas tank. Then I decised I didn't need the stock tank, so I took it off and tossed it. It had a solid cast aluminum solo seat on it, from some kind of playground equipment. The crowning glory was a large plastic rat attached to the top of the bent and rusted headlight shell with a cigarette butt in it's mouth. I rode it for years, the cam chain finally broke and took out the motor, and I scrapped it. I thought about ratting out my Goldwing, then decided it was just a little too nice for that. But I still intend to leave it alone cosmetically, with it's original patina. It is obviously well used, but not quite junk yet.
