trunkless 1500 goldwing
- pontdog
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trunkless 1500 goldwing
i bought this wing last fall and after i took on this big venture of doing this all myself replacing belts,new fork seals and bushings,steering head bearings new brakes,rebuilt calipers,new tires,air filter and adding LED tailights and signals and getting rid of my trunk as well as building new brackets for it and covers that i am almost done building,i know there are some people hoping i have measurements but i forgot to write down the measurements but it took alot of trial and errors oh yea the seat had to be cut down and reupholstered and a new bagger windsheild and plenty more and harley supertrapp exhaust .
i know there are some people here that won't like this but this is what i wanted and a honda f6b is out of my price range so this is my version,i am sure there is plenty more i didn't add to this story but if i see you next month at Americade say hi because it will be my 1st time there and i would be happy to tell you about it
i know there are some people here that won't like this but this is what i wanted and a honda f6b is out of my price range so this is my version,i am sure there is plenty more i didn't add to this story but if i see you next month at Americade say hi because it will be my 1st time there and i would be happy to tell you about it
- Rambozo
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
Came out nice.
But where do you put your helmet?
But where do you put your helmet?
- pontdog
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
i put my helmet on my head and if i don;t wear it i can hang it off my bike
- AceCycleNut
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
That's a nice job! I've been thinking about the same thing for my 93 SE. But most of the time the Boss is riding along and she always fills the trunk up with junk. This is even after telling her to keep it light up the there. I can't win,lol.
Interesting side note. I see you have a bell mounted in the same spot as I do. I have a second one on my sub frame in the back that came with the bike. Probably get another 2-3 MPH because of them.
ACN
Interesting side note. I see you have a bell mounted in the same spot as I do. I have a second one on my sub frame in the back that came with the bike. Probably get another 2-3 MPH because of them.
ACN
Did you ever stop to think? And forget to start again?
- Quick Cal
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
I like it!
I removed the trunk from a 1200 I had. It turned out ok, but didn't look as good as yours,,,lol.
I removed the trunk from a 1200 I had. It turned out ok, but didn't look as good as yours,,,lol.
Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
Looks like Monty Python's foot stomped on it.
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When I do one thing, I'll side-step a little & learn few more things.
Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
Actually kind of very cool looking! Great job!
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Harley Softail Springer 1991
Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
Hi,
congrats for your job from France.
I'm doing a similar transformation on mine, could you please tell or show me how have you done with the part i show in the next picture. I think this one is called the "spider". Have you cut it or deleter it entirely ?
Tahnks a lot !
congrats for your job from France.
I'm doing a similar transformation on mine, could you please tell or show me how have you done with the part i show in the next picture. I think this one is called the "spider". Have you cut it or deleter it entirely ?
Tahnks a lot !
- pontdog
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
yes you are right you have to cut it off completely and shorten the seat in fact there is alot to do i posted some pictures on some of my earlier posts
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
Thanks for the picture.
I would like to do a quite reversible modification so i have to think about how to do it now.
I would like to do a quite reversible modification so i have to think about how to do it now.
- Rambozo
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
Cut to remove, weld to replace. It's just steel.
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
sweet ride! Love the custom touches
- Meanmerc
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
Wow, looking good, I will be doing the same over the winter to one of my GW's, this will help me...Thx
- Meanmerc
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
And I was thinking of installing a solo seat on mine..
Did you do the black decals yourself?
Did you do the black decals yourself?
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
Fantastic job. It really looks kinda neat. Definitely different.
- pontdog
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Re: trunkless 1500 goldwing
and to answer the question meanmerc asked yes those are a vinyl wrap on the tank and bags and the honda logo i found on ebay