My 1979 GL1000 Restoration/Customization

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Thanks to Don Moore for taking all of these awesome shots of my bike!

I picked up this '79 'wing last May, rode it all summer, and then this winter, stripped it down, and started working on it.

I bought a new trunk and a set of saddle bags. Darrel Hiebert fabricated a bracket to hold everything together.

Bill's Cycle (http://www.billscycle.ca) did a major fuel system overhaul on it.

Ledinham GM did the paint and body work (they told me to also add that this was a favour to me - they don't do bikes as a rule).

Dale Lawrence (Uncle D's Airbrushing - http://www.uncledsairbrushing.com) did the art work on the tank.

The tank graphics are a depiction of the absolute suffering that Jesus went through for my sins, and now He sits on His throne in Heaven preparing a place for me.

Overall, I am pleased with how it turned out, here are a few before and after shots....

[dingdong]

Very nice. Good job. Welcome to the forum.

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Very nice. Good job. Welcome to the forum.

Thanks!

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Any plans to polish the valve and timing covers?

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Any plans to polish the valve and timing covers?

Maybe next winter, it's riding season now

There's a few things I want to do next winter. I'd like to see if I can retro fit a batwing fairing to it, somehow I have this picture in my head that that might look good....I have a friend that has one, so I'm going to try holding it in place and see what it looks like....

And then some general cleanup, like the covers, there's a Honda logo at the front that needs repainting, I noticed it after I put things back together.... Probably find a few other things to do

[salty1]

Looks totally different, great job. I can hardly wait to see that batwing on it.

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Looks totally different, great job. I can hardly wait to see that batwing on it.

Thanks! At least I'm not the only one that thinks that a batwing might look good