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its been a while since ive been here. Ive had my GL1100 for a few years now and have put on about 12000 miles on it. Its been relatively problem free since I overhauled the whole bike. Its fun to ride and quit different from my Harleys which is a nice change from time to time. I kept it...

Mine seems to be using oil. How much do the rest of you have to add and at how many miles. Seems i may have been down a quart over 2000 miles. seems high.

Im putting front end back together, did not take prior photos though they may not have helped. Im looking at wire and cable routing. Wasnt right from prior owner. Do any of you have photos of the front end with cowl removed so I can see how wire harnesses and all cables are routed. I did...

I took apart the instrument cluster on 82 gl1100. I did not take photos or notes on the wire harnesses. I am confused on all the green wires and the regulator. Which green wires go to the regulator? Also what is the little fuse looking thing inside of the speedo?

I have my carbs finished and ready to install. Fuel tank is completely clean and rust free. Evapo Rust did work as advertised. Painted engine black, cam covers and timing belt covers will be copper color with clear coat, they look awesome.

Was riding my Heritage Softail to work on Wednesday when an oil cooler hose blew. Cooler is only a year and a half old. Hose was completely hard and it burst at the 90 degree bend. It ran completely out of oil. Not clear how long it ran dry. I herd lifters making some noise when i stopped...

Found on ebay, their kit is very complete and inexpensive. anyone here have any experience with them? They have almost 7000 positive feedbacks and 15 negative.

Took apart front master cylinder because it was leaking. Verified it is rebuildable. Here is the issue. all the kits for the 1982 look different than what mine looks like. My reserve cover has 4 bolts. The 1981 kits look like mine. Did honda use the 81 front master for the 82 for a while...

Rear Brakes were dragging and wore out the rotor. Bought new EBC Rotor, pads. and new pistions and seals for the caliper. I bead blasted the caliper and painted it copper color, looks cool. I did some further reading on line and found that main reason for dragging rear is the Master so i...

I have now run a few tanks of No Ethanol. First report was that I had to turn down the idle by 150,now have checked miles With ethanol gas i was getting 36 to 39 mpg. city some highway, With Non ethanol and same driving it increased to 41mpg. I took highway trip from orlando to cocoa beach...

On wednesday i ran my gl1100 almost dry and filled it up with 89 octane Non Ethanol gas from Wawa. It was way more than 89 ethanol gas but wanted to try just the same. I filled it and rode about 15 miles. when I stopped i had to re adjust the idle speed. It had increased 150 rpms. Also it...

Thought i could get away with 87 but herd it pining some yesterday under heavy load in the heat. had half tank to topped it off with 93 and cured issue. will go back to 89 and see how it does.

at idle i noticed more exhause comming from the left pipe than the right. Sound is slightly different as well. Is this normal? Factory pipes, 82 gl 1100

Well i found the right exhaust was rusted through at the bottom and cracking all the way around where is couples with Head pipe. 2 holes in the can part as well. I decided im going to fix it. Cut it off the head pipe and cut back all the rusted metal and went to auto parts store and bought...

Can someone tell me if the low speed jets cut out with higher RPM or do they act concurrently with high speed jets at higher rpm. Im using MMO in the gas and am wondering how well the low speed jets are being cleaned since it doesnt run at low speed that much. Put 500 miles on it since i...

Synced carbs today and ran compression test 170 each. Almost identical. No more buzz after sync. They were not out that much but did make difference

Well I finished timing belt, water pump, cooling system restore, valve stem seal replacement etc. all parts that I took off were glass beaded and painted. all back to gether and then found electirical issue that I took care of quickly after stressing over it. She runs very nice. Will...

82 gl1100. Old owner said he could not get fork tube to seal. He replaced left tube but right is blowing oil, Upper part is pitted so guessing its cutting seals. Where can i get replacement tube?

I got the KP gasket kit and when installing gaskets on my 82 gl1100 I came up with one extra, about 3/4 od size. before i buttoned it up i checked several times and also on line, couldnt figure it out so I proceeded to close it up. Later on in my old parts bucket I found a used o ring the...

Right front carb has a hose barb fitting on the very bottom. Its bare. is this a vacuum fitting that needs a cap on it?