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The good news is, I'm OK. The bad news is, I got hit by an inattentive driver at a gas station today. Trashed my left saddlebag and the crash bar. Knocked me to the ground, but like I said, I'm OK. The bike itself appears to be fine; I was able to ride away from the scene. The Kia Soul...

I know most of us prefer to do our own wrenching. Sometimes, my schedule just doesn't allow time. I have a local shop that specializes in Goldwings and trike conversions. They're not afraid to work on old bikes, either. The name of the place is Highland Cycles in Highland. Real friendly and good...

I've been using my smartphone as my primary contact with the forum. I'm still new to the whole thing, though. I can answer posts without issue, but if I try to initiate a new topic, I get an error sql error [ mysql4] column topic descrition cannot be nul [1048] an sql error occured while...

My Speedo drive gear has died on me. I understand that they are still available new, so I will probably go this route, rather than messing around with used. Any tips or tricks? Should I plan to go ahead and replace the cable, while I'm at it? Thanks!

Look who keeps showing up now and again! :smilie_happy: Yeah, I know.... :roll: :lazy: I'm still riding the heck out of my '83 1100 Interstate. It remains my primary transportation to and from work. Other than the dogbone fuse that blew, the only issue I've had was my right fork leg...

Hi Gang! My ’83 finally came up with an issue and I haven’t had time to tear into it. Hindsight says it’s been coming on. She’s been starting a little harder; it takes a few more spins of the starter to get her to fire. Then, when I push the starter button, it doesn’t always activate the...

Maybe I've been gone too long, but I check in and I see seven million unread posts. Seems like you guys have been busy. How on Earth am I to get caught up? Things have been going good for me. I've been riding my Oldwing daily back and forth to work. She just rolled over 130K, which means...

I got a call from my bike's previous owner the other day. He said he'd come up with some more goodies for me. I got a spare set of carbs (no rack, just the carbs), I got a brand new clutch cable, a cable oiler and an extra front trim piece for the fairing. While I was there, I also picked up...

Have a great day and get out there and RIDE!!! Mark

Cyclebuster got banned? That was quick. :shock: I was looking forward to hearing a little more about his collecting of both bicycles and motorcycles. Too bad. Mark

Naaaah, not a Goldwing. Kinda cool, though! Mark

Good morning, all! It's supposed to rain here today and by the looks of it, they might be right. I planned ahead for this morning and I am planning to pull my valve covers and take a crack at adjusting my valves for the first time. I printed out the tutorial, have all my tools, now I'm...

I had a ticket in the glovebox I had never checked. I decided to give it a check today as I purchased some for tonight's 600 million dollar draw and guess what?? Ten bucks!!!! Woo-hooo! Mark

Good morning, fellow Oldwingers! I have a question. I tried looking at the Goldwing differences chart to answer my questions and to a certain degree, it did. My big question is; how much difference is there between an ’82 frame and an ’83? Will an ’83 motor bolt into an ’82 frame, or the...

Hi fellow Wingers!! I’ve been absent from the Classic Goldwings scene for a few days, maybe weeks. Not that I haven’t been riding my Wing; I’ve been on it almost everyday. I have to confess, though, to having some brief flirtations with the idea of building a chopper. Yeah, I know…. Maybe...

This was the first longish ride I've done on my Wing and it almost didn't happen. A mysterious oil leak out of nowhere and my riding partner thinking she was mad at me earlier in the week caused the ride to almost not happen. In fact, I wasn't even sure it was going to happen until Friday...

So, one of my coworkers comes into my office and asks me if I have an oil leak. Not that I know of. Sure enough, there's a puddle right underneath the timing belt cover. A quick look and sure enough, dripping from the rubber seal. I'm just assuming I'm pulling it all apart this weekend...

Tuesday, on my way to work, I noticed a horrible whine as I slowed to exit the freeway. I start wondering what this might be, but I’m headed to work and really can’t waste much time on it. It was a cool and damp morning, so I thought that might have something to do with it. After work, I...

Sorry for the lack of posting the last couple days, I've been more than a little overwhelmed with stuff and I kind of felt the need to decompress a little this weekend. With that in mind, I got on the calendar last night to see what the local GWRRA chapter was doing and I found the title to be...

Go grab you an adult beverage, cup of joe, or make that run to the head because this is probably going to go long. Just sayin'! :yes: I had marked today on the calendar as my first attempt at riding with GWRRA after picking up a copy of the Riverside chapter's newsletter at Highland Cycles a...