is there any where you can buy a oem radio for my 1997 GL1500a If Honda still sells them new (doubtful) you aren't going to want to pay the price, which was around $900 the last time I looked. You can find them used on eBay for around $450 or so - search for the part number, which is: 39100-MT8-771...

We've had people posting pictures and videos and such on both this thread as well as the original announcement thread, so I'm going to move all the pictures/reports/videos into the other thread, and lock this one so nobody misses anything.

All that said, I carry with me a miniature 12 volt air compressor for emergency tire refills. I can buy one of those for $30 or so, compared to the very high price of replacing the on-board compressor should it burn out. I use the on-board compressor for adjusting shocks only.

Clean out the plug well drains as mentioned, and I would then start the bike up at night, then take a mister filled with water and start spraying in and around the engine - particularly the coils and spark plug wires. If you have a crack in a coil or plug wire, you'll start seeing sparks at the loca...

I recently started driving my GL1000 after it has been standing for over 10 years. I rebuild the carbs and synchronized them and the bike starts and runs fine. However sometimes when the engine is at operating temperature the bike stalls when I stop for a traffic light. I have to keep the throttle ...

After having had the pleasure of being on a couple of rides with Scott during the 2nd Annual Gathering, I can strongly attest that his current lights are very bright, but for some reason not offensively so. If you crouch down to where the lights actually focus their beams, you would find that they ...

You can sand it down if it expands out farther than you wanted.

You can also sand it (carefully) off your skin if you were not so careful in applying it.

Found many wires that dead ended, not connected to anything. A previous owner had Ring of Fire and saddle bag side lights hooked up to a handle bar mounted switch. Most of the switches were bad, so it looks like the solution was to start trying to run separate circuits...what a mess. All these wire...

The consumption of my bike is 5.0-6.5 lt/100km, according to the last 2 year records. I've never gotten that kind of mileage! 5.0 l/100km works out to 56 mpg, 6.5 l/100km is 44 mpg. I get 40-45 mpg, which is from 6.3 to 7.0 l/100 km. Wingadmin I think your lt/100km calculation is not correct. 35mpg...

Someone did it for the 1200 already: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=30864

Great review, very appropriate topic!!! Regarding the "I wouldn't mind if it was a bit darker" comment, , , will the Arai and HJC allow the deployment of the internal sunshade to combine BOTH sun/UV blocking features??? My HJC IS-Max2 internal shade rides just above my nose and curves like a pair o...

If that thing has real pulse jets, it has to be louder than hell. Been looking up stuff, Jim Bede never actually used pulse jets, although he did use conventional jet engines. I think "Pulse" was just a name. I think the helicopters with jets on the rotor tips actually used ram jets, not pulse jets...

Oh, looks like he's re-listed it, for the bargain price of $20,000:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1989-Other-Mak ... 2924211670

Made from a GL1200, looks like he didn't get the price he was looking for, it got bid up to only $8900!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1989-Other-Mak ... 2924211670

You can tighten it so it will stay on when you pull it out. See this topic: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14483

Erdeniz Umman wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:07 pm

The consumption of my bike is 5.0-6.5 lt/100km, according to the last 2 year records.

I've never gotten that kind of mileage! 5.0 l/100km works out to 56 mpg, 6.5 l/100km is 44 mpg.

I get 40-45 mpg, which is from 6.3 to 7.0 l/100 km.

So just got my GL1200 on the road after it has been sitting for over five years outside from the PO. I did a complete service on the bike and its up and running well. I am enjoying it. The issues I was having while I took it for its test ride was the fuel light was flashing on and off intermittentl...

It depends on how the aux circuit is incorporated. On my radio, I intercepted the preamp lines, and ran them through a relay. I can choose either the radio/tape audio, or my audio, depending on the relay. This relay is then switched using a switch (or in my case, an electronic controller that I buil...

Unless you have water precipitated out of the fuel, you should be OK putting a good stabilizer in it (I use Marine Sta-Bil, the green stuff, and double the dose) and leaving the fuel in it. Do run the engine with the petcock turned off until it quits, so you don't leave fuel to evaporate in the carb...

It definitely needs water to activate. It foams up to fill any voids, and puts out a bit of heat as it cures. But it is incredibly strong, an excellent bond.

Never seen so many at one feeder! Their hunger must have overcome their fighting instinct. They are vicious little things! I love watching them dive bomb each other when one dares to go too near to what another decides is "his territory."

I left the hotel at 9:20, and saw detdrbuzzard (William) packing his bike up getting ready to ride. I decided...hey, 555 is right along my route, why not ride it from bottom to top? So that's just what I did. I hopped onto it and rode the length of it, which took almost exactly two hours. 2018-09-16...

Some more pictures from today's ride:

Today's ride was hot but great - we did the triple nickel (555) / Muskie Bucket ride. A very hot lunch, and fun was had by all: 2018-09-14 08.48.33.jpg 2018-09-14 08.48.53.jpg 2018-09-14 10.33.05.jpg 2018-09-14 11.38.09-1.jpg 2018-09-14 11.38.34.jpg 2018-09-14 11.40.44.jpg 2018-09-14 12.19.47.jpg 20...

Definitely part of a body part grommet. Have a look at whatever body parts you took off and just put back on.