It's like eating peanuts . . .
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1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
It's like eating peanuts . . .
Once you start buying Goldwings, you can't stop!
I just got back from a 600+ mile round trip, trailering home a 1999 SE.
So now I can sell the 1989 I've just done belts, brake bleeding, etc on.
And I will sell my 1983 GL1100.
I have too much stuff, but this SE was too good a deal to pass up.
Now I have to do belts, fluids, fork brace, Speed Bleeders, and eventually tires.
I just got back from a 600+ mile round trip, trailering home a 1999 SE.
So now I can sell the 1989 I've just done belts, brake bleeding, etc on.
And I will sell my 1983 GL1100.
I have too much stuff, but this SE was too good a deal to pass up.
Now I have to do belts, fluids, fork brace, Speed Bleeders, and eventually tires.
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- Motorcycle: 1999 GL1500 50th Anniversary SE
1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
BTW, as you can see in the pic, the engine guard looks different than the other GL1500 guards that I've seen. Was this aftermarket, or any option on the 50th Anniversary SE?
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Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
The guards changed for the last few years.
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- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm
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1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
Thanks!
This is the first time I'd seen those. I guess they are enough protection . . .
This is the first time I'd seen those. I guess they are enough protection . . .
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76 GL-1000
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Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
Same engine guards as my '99. Same color too!
Good luck with it.
How many miles on it?
Good luck with it.
How many miles on it?
George in Jersey.
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
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Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
P.S. The bike looks pretty much stock, except....
The chrome backs on the mirrors are aftermarket, as is the luggage rack on top of the trunk.
And....The passenger grab handles that you have the tie down strap looped through.
They are backwards. Someone put the left one on the right and the right one on the left.
Didn't even know that they would fit that way.
P.P.S. Be very careful when reinstalling the bolts in those grab handles.
It is very easy to cross thread them and strip out the holes in the frame.
Don't ask me how I know this!
The chrome backs on the mirrors are aftermarket, as is the luggage rack on top of the trunk.
And....The passenger grab handles that you have the tie down strap looped through.
They are backwards. Someone put the left one on the right and the right one on the left.
Didn't even know that they would fit that way.
P.P.S. Be very careful when reinstalling the bolts in those grab handles.
It is very easy to cross thread them and strip out the holes in the frame.
Don't ask me how I know this!
Last edited by offcenter on Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:11 am, edited 1 time in total.
George in Jersey.
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
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A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
72K.
It's in great shape, always garaged, but needs some PM. I'm not even going to start the engine until I get the belts done (I ordered them late last night, should be here Saturday).
It has the white gauge faces, we'll see how I like that during the middle of a Nevada summer!
It's in great shape, always garaged, but needs some PM. I'm not even going to start the engine until I get the belts done (I ordered them late last night, should be here Saturday).
It has the white gauge faces, we'll see how I like that during the middle of a Nevada summer!
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- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm
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- Motorcycle: 1999 GL1500 50th Anniversary SE
1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
I'll be pulling the seat in the next day or so, to run the cables for my ham radio. I will put the handles right when I do.offcenter wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:06 am P.S. The bike looks pretty much stock, except....
The chrome backs on the mirrors are aftermarket, as is the luggage rack on top of the trunk.
And....The passenger grab handles that you have the tie down strap looped through.
They are backwards. Someone put the left one on the right and the right one on the left.
Didn't even know that they would fit that way.
I'm going to take the passenger armrests from the '89, too, and maybe the windwings.
- offcenter
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Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
Same mileage mine had when i got it!
Now has over 109,000.
Like most people, I don't care for the white faces, but
it would be too much trouble to change 'em.
Here's mine.
Now has over 109,000.
Like most people, I don't care for the white faces, but
it would be too much trouble to change 'em.
Here's mine.
George in Jersey.
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
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- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm
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- Motorcycle: 1999 GL1500 50th Anniversary SE
1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
Not really that much trouble, it can be done in conjunction with other work, but . . .well, if the PO had done a lot of modification, that would be one thing, but this is a kind of special-interest bike, and in beautiful shape. I don't want to make it look like it was spare parts!

- offcenter
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Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
Oh! You're a ham too?
N2ELC here. What's your call?
I have a dual band Kenwood on mine, 2m and 440.
You can see the ham antenna mounted to the luggage rack on the trunk.
N2ELC here. What's your call?
I have a dual band Kenwood on mine, 2m and 440.
You can see the ham antenna mounted to the luggage rack on the trunk.
George in Jersey.
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
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- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm
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1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
Sorry, I don't get specific with my info online. The Internet is FOREVER!


I have a Yaesu FTM-10R 2/70 . This has the waterproof control head (I've replaced too many flooded radios over the years). I took the whip off and bolted a mount to the 6" spike that the whip was screwed to. The main unit is in the left saddlebox. I will do the same thing on the new one.
Does anyone even use the CB anymore? The guys I know are all on Mesh or ham.
- offcenter
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Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
I use the CB plenty, more than the ham radio actually.
I belong to a bike club where many of the members have CBs on their bikes.
So we are always chatting when we ride, and it makes it easy to keep the
group together on the road.
Oh, my brother is in Nevada. He's also a ham. He rides a Hawley, but I don't hold that against him.
I belong to a bike club where many of the members have CBs on their bikes.
So we are always chatting when we ride, and it makes it easy to keep the
group together on the road.
Oh, my brother is in Nevada. He's also a ham. He rides a Hawley, but I don't hold that against him.
George in Jersey.
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
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- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm
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- Motorcycle: 1999 GL1500 50th Anniversary SE
1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
Yeah, he has enough trouble without you making it worse.
I stopped to show the new toy to someone who is occasionally the Brains in Back when I ride. When she saw the bike on the trailer, she asked "Why is your Goldwing pretending to be a Harley?"
- offcenter
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Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
LOL!!! That is too funny!!!
George in Jersey.
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
99 Goldwing GL-1500 SE
76 Goldwing Gl-1000
77 Honda CT-90 "Trail 90"
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- Posts: 541
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm
- Location: Northern Nevada
- Motorcycle: 1999 GL1500 50th Anniversary SE
1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
Yeah.
I would marry her, but she has standards . . .
I would marry her, but she has standards . . .
- bellboy40
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Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
That is a nice looking bike. Hope it runs as good as it looks. It looks a lot like mine. I have a 2000 SE and it has 70 some thousand miles on it now also. They went back to the black face gauges on the 2000 model.
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- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm
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1989 GL1500 FOR SALE
A pack of Super Cubs
Z50A (pre-headlight)
Formerly (in order):
Honda Super Cub (bought 1968, sold ?)
Kawasaki Coyote (early 1970s)
Honda 350 (mid 1970s)
Kawasaki KZ900-PS (1977)
Honda Super Cubs (various years)
Kawasaki KZ1000C (1978)
Kawasaki KZ1000P (various years, 1980 - 2005)
Honda 360 (1983)
BMW R1150RT-P (2001)
BMW R1200RT-P (various years 2007 - 2018, NEVER AGAIN)
Re: It's like eating peanuts . . .
New belts are supposed to get here Saturday. I'll probably know how it runs on Sunday!