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My Dog is now a GL1000 owner and as the mechanic/chauffeur I need some advise please!
Hello everyone!
My dog Bourbon rides an old bike almost daily (weekend only in the winter) but since his bike can not achieve highway speeds we started looking for a new rig.
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We found a hack he liked attached to a well-worn GL1000 with unknown mileage, rusted through exhaust, leaking carbs, torn seat and some other misc issues.
Since my wife drives a 4-cylinder 83 Honda NightHawk (and refuses to get any other bike, except another 83 NH), I figured it would not hurt to learn the art of 4-cylinder maintenance and we decided to get it highway worthy.
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After some time I now have the bike configured more to the taste of my dog and myself.
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I have just rebuilt the carbs, (and become amazed at how low the gas mileage is on Gl1000's with a hack) and enough restoration for local driving.
(just got done rebuilding the carbs, new tires on order, replaced/rebuild front and rear calipers and rear master cylinder, new battery, made "naked", new used seat, gas tank looks good, seems to ride well.)
My next goal is to make this bike safe and reliable enough for my dog to take on vacation.
I have been searching through the forum here and I have some questions that I would like your opinion(s) on.
1. What should I do (if anything) to ready this bike to be reliable for a 300-500 mile trip?
2. I have not yet inspected the timing belt. How often do these need to be changed? If it looks 'OK' can I leave it well enough alone? Are they a pain in the butt to change?
3. I have read that the stator-regulator connection should be rewired-soldered. I can't see from the manual where this should take place. If I am not running anything other than naked lights do I need to do this?
It is charging just fine.
4. Any other common issues?
Thank you!
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My dog Bourbon rides an old bike almost daily (weekend only in the winter) but since his bike can not achieve highway speeds we started looking for a new rig.
We found a hack he liked attached to a well-worn GL1000 with unknown mileage, rusted through exhaust, leaking carbs, torn seat and some other misc issues.
Since my wife drives a 4-cylinder 83 Honda NightHawk (and refuses to get any other bike, except another 83 NH), I figured it would not hurt to learn the art of 4-cylinder maintenance and we decided to get it highway worthy.
After some time I now have the bike configured more to the taste of my dog and myself.
I have just rebuilt the carbs, (and become amazed at how low the gas mileage is on Gl1000's with a hack) and enough restoration for local driving.
(just got done rebuilding the carbs, new tires on order, replaced/rebuild front and rear calipers and rear master cylinder, new battery, made "naked", new used seat, gas tank looks good, seems to ride well.)
My next goal is to make this bike safe and reliable enough for my dog to take on vacation.
I have been searching through the forum here and I have some questions that I would like your opinion(s) on.
1. What should I do (if anything) to ready this bike to be reliable for a 300-500 mile trip?
2. I have not yet inspected the timing belt. How often do these need to be changed? If it looks 'OK' can I leave it well enough alone? Are they a pain in the butt to change?
3. I have read that the stator-regulator connection should be rewired-soldered. I can't see from the manual where this should take place. If I am not running anything other than naked lights do I need to do this?
It is charging just fine.
4. Any other common issues?
Thank you!
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