John, ya beat me to it. And appears Saunder's site wasn't down, I had local DNS issues here, running on WiFi for the moment. I plugged 8.8.8.8 into the DNS server config and things are working now... Funny how I could get to Goldwingdocs but not Goldwingfacts...

Is your original radiator not repairable by a competent radiator shop?

Welcome to the site! I like your "temporary" petcock.... Clearly you will want to fix the stock one though, parts are available... No, the gas cap is not a good shutoff, if more than half tank of fuel it will gravity-feed into the carburetors even with the cap off. Are there maintenance records? Cle...

I saw this posted originally over on Saunder's site with a link to an article with a bunch of pictures. I just went to Saunder's to copy the link to the story, but it appears the site is down right now, will have to get the link later...

Mine from CycleMax are fabulous - the fit to the screw heads is absolutely amazing!

Checking coils sounds like a good place to start, one coil fires the front two cylinders, the other the rears. With engine idling pull off a sparkplug wire. If a coil is bad and you pull a wire on the good coil the engine will probably stall, if you pull a wire on a bad coil little or nothing will h...

When I bought the 1500 I transferred the policy (Progressive) from the 1100 and put full coverage on the 1500. $200/yr. Then I thought to myself, 'That was stupid', called them back and added the 1100 back to the policy -$25 more! The 1100 alone (basic coverage) was $75/yr. Roger that on the Zip Cod...

The larger diameter M/C is probably at least part of your problem, a larger diameter M/C is meant to operate multiple caliper pistons, and you won't get the "leverage" on the brake lever if that large M/C is only pushing to a single caliper piston. It will most likely work the front brakes well if y...

By the way: this is the first time I've ever worked on a motorcycle. You guy's made it possible. Love this site. See, it wasn't all that difficult after all... :D Glad you got 'er going. If you've been lurking around a while you must know by now though, "No Picture = It Didn't Happen" :mrgreen:

That sounds like what happens with corroded battery terminals, but since battery got swapped it must be something else.

Check for a corroded main ground (other end of Neg battery cable) or maybe the dogbone fuse is giving up.

I just bought a 12x24 x 3/16 sheet of ABS off Amazon for 12 bucks, that's probably more than enough ABS to last a lifetime. They have sheets of all kinds of sizes and thicknesses. PO Didn't reinforce the trunk lid when adding the luggage rack on the 1500, there's cracks in the lid around the mount p...

I was dealing with exactly the same issue... Pics in my post...

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When you jumped power to it did it spark like it was drawing current and trying to turn? How about the reduction gears in the other end, I've heard of aftermarket starters with cheap plastic gears... Any parts left from the starter you replaced last year?

Did you open it up and look at the brushes? They're easy to replace and cheap, too. I think Mother Honda still sells them for the 1100....

:D I'm sure you've heard this before but the 1500's simply LOVE gasoline :shock: if you are running over 3000 RPM. Best fuel economy is getting into OD as soon as possible, 1500 has plenty of torque, even in 5th gear. My average economy is 32-36 MPG. Let's see, Imperial gallon is 5 quarts, not four....

The rectifier/regulator is not on the motor, it's under the false tank on the left side. Follow the three yellow stator wires and you'll see them going to a big plug with the three yellow wires and some other red and green and black wires connecting to a "Black Box" about the size of a pack of cigar...

My first guess is the rectifier/regulator unit is shorted internally (bad diodes). Disconnect the plug at the unit and try again, if wires now not getting hot you should be able to start the bike. Of course, you won't have any charging until you replace the unit. I think the Haynes manual (if you ha...

The two wires feeding the original bike horn will instead energize the relay coil, the remaining relay connection supplies switched power from the battery to your Ford horn positive terminal, Ford horn ground terminal will connect to bike ground. Sorry I don't have a relay in front of me to give you...

Here in Denver most of the time rain is in the form of little "Drive-By" storms that you can see in the sky, and just ride around them....

The right cam is a bugger to get the belt on correctly because there's a compressed valve wanting to spring the cam about two cogs CCW. The way I get around that when putting on the right cam belt is to turn the crankshaft two cogs CCW (away from TDC) to match where the the cam wants to sit and then...

By "a few degrees off alignment" if you mean less than one timing belt cog, then you are OK. On my 1100 the timing marks don't line up 'exactly' either, but if I were to adjust the belt by one cog in either direction they would be much farther off.... There's no way to get them any closer than that....

The shifter fork test was to have the bike idling in neutral and on a downhill slope. Hold the brake. With the front end pointing downhill you will hear some clunking or ticking that will not be heard with the front end pointing uphill. Applies to '90 thru '96 models, not sure on the '88 & '89, but ...

Check for a hydrolocked cylinder, with bike on it's side you may have filled a cylinder with gasoline.

Remove the spark plugs, cover the holes with a shop rag and hit the starter. If there's gas in a cylinder it will come shooting out.

Boy, I'd hate to have his annual registration/insurance bill!

What's the condition of the holder for that blade fuse you replaced? Any corrosion in the contacts?