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 Topic: The bike-swap myth(?) |
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| IanJ Replies: 14 Views: 39136 |
 Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:42 pm Subject: The bike-swap myth(?) |
| Actually, that is the GW in question. Take a look here:
http://www.obairlann.net/reaper/motorcycle/sidecar/goldwing+eml/ More pictures of the beast. I took the fairing off, which makes it look ... |
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| Topic: The bike-swap myth(?) |
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| IanJ Replies: 14 Views: 39136 |
Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:10 am Subject: The bike-swap myth(?) |
| Well, the vast majority of the miles are not my own. I bought it with 87 or 88k on the clock. I don't find myself riding it very much.
At this point, I'm not worried about it any more -- I actual ... |
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| Topic: Seasonal sidecar fun.. |
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| IanJ Replies: 5 Views: 11560 |
Forum: General Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:01 pm Subject: Seasonal sidecar fun.. |
| I've found the very thing you need:
http://www.dentoninc.com/dentonatd/pdf/HIII5F.PDF |
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| Topic: Bandito lust |
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| IanJ Replies: 9 Views: 19000 |
Forum: General Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:25 pm Subject: Bandito lust |
| Well, compared to the GL1100 I currently have, or the Ninja 250 that's my normal solo bike.... | |
| Topic: Bandito lust |
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| IanJ Replies: 9 Views: 19000 |
Forum: General Discussion Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:49 am Subject: Bandito lust |
| No, not too proud, but if I'm just going to get another rig with a relatively conventional front end (in particular), I'd rather just stick with the Goldwing I've already got. Granted, it's no Bandit ... | |
| Topic: Bandito lust |
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| IanJ Replies: 9 Views: 19000 |
Forum: General Discussion Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:13 am Subject: Bandito lust |
| Don't think that hasn't occurred to me... I've already spotted a number of excellent looking 1200 Bandits on Craigslist for under $5k. Even so, $17k is still a lot of money, but it'd be easier if I ... | |
| Topic: Bandito lust |
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| IanJ Replies: 9 Views: 19000 |
Forum: General Discussion Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:11 pm Subject: Probably true |
| Reading this forum has done wonders for my opinion of sidecars and what constitutes a good sidecar. I mean, don't get me wrong, my GL/EML is a good rig. But it's definitely no HPS. Great starter ri ... | |
| Topic: Bandito lust |
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| IanJ Replies: 9 Views: 19000 |
Forum: General Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:23 pm Subject: Bandito lust |
| Having just replaced the starter on my GL1100/EML, and noticed Yet Another Crack in a wheel, I find my thoughts drifting to other, less 23-year-old rigs. Of course, first on my list right now is the ... | |
| Topic: Tubing, for sidecar nose "nerf bar" - specs? |
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| IanJ Replies: 3 Views: 10682 |
Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:17 pm Subject: Tubing, for sidecar nose "nerf bar" - specs? |
| Something else you could try, which would be much lighter, would be to fab sheetmetal mounts which just bolt into the nose of the sidecar. I don't know which sidecar you have, but that might be a wor ... | |
| Topic: The bike-swap myth(?) |
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| IanJ Replies: 14 Views: 39136 |
Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:08 am Subject: The bike-swap myth(?) |
| Cool, good to know about the HT wheels. The prospective "new" Goldwing would have been a swap-in replacement though, not a parts bike. The particular one I found had 35,000 miles and was described a ... | |
| Topic: The bike-swap myth(?) |
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| IanJ Replies: 14 Views: 39136 |
Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:18 pm Subject: The bike-swap myth(?) |
| Thanks for the offer Claude. I don't currently have any problems with the carbs, so I suspect the recall work has already been performed.
Fortunately for me, the previous owner did a ton of work t ... |
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| Topic: The bike-swap myth(?) |
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| IanJ Replies: 14 Views: 39136 |
Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:26 pm Subject: The bike-swap myth(?) |
| Yeah, I agree with your prices for a normal condition GL1100, with expected mileage (around 70k, at a guess). But you're right, it's nearly impossible to find a really nice 1983 GL1100 (last year of ... | |
| Topic: The bike-swap myth(?) |
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| IanJ Replies: 14 Views: 39136 |
Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:29 am Subject: The bike-swap myth(?) |
| Yeah, Honda exhausts are no longer being produced -- at least the right side muffler and a couple of assorted bits. So weird.
Anyway, the point in buying another same-model bike would be that all ... |
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| Topic: The bike-swap myth(?) |
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| IanJ Replies: 14 Views: 39136 |
Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:13 am Subject: The bike-swap myth(?) |
| I am posting this as a request for opinions.
I have this very functional and reasonably good condition 1982 Goldwing with an EML GT on it. I like the rig, and aside from drool-filled dreams of a B ... |
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| Topic: is wider better? |
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| IanJ Replies: 25 Views: 45583 |
Forum: HPSidecar Technical Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:51 pm Subject: is wider better? |
| The more you move things into a trike-like trangle, the more evenly-stable the rig should be in right and lefthand corners. I would think that making a triangle like a trike (steering wheel forward a ... | |
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