Topic: Goldwings ???

[Xnavylfr]

Here if anybody is on the prowl for a wing "NEEDS WORK" but for 1000$

http://www.lejeuneyardsales.com/item35367080.html?itemId=35367080&src=SEARCH&ref=Goldwing


Xnavylfr(CHUCK)

[Tugboat]

Gorgeous machines y'all - keep 'em coming!

[Bankerdanny]

Here if anybody is on the prowl for a wing "NEEDS WORK" but for 1000$

http://www.lejeuneyardsales.com/item35367080.html?itemId=35367080&src=SEARCH&ref=Goldwing

That's a heck of a price for that bike, running or not. I suspect there is a story behind the 'not running' part.


Xnavylfr(CHUCK)

[78 k550]

I have seen a couple 85/86 go for 600 or 800 needing stator. I wish I would of picked either one up.

Paul

[Terry in Australia]

Yep, I only paid 400 bucks for my 86 Interstate Paul, but of course with the new engine and other bits it now owes me around $3K, but that's still cheap luxury touring on my side of the pond, especially since they weren't officially imported into Oz.

I was happy that the alternator is pumping out a healthy 14(+) volts, as I wasn't aware of the problem until after I'd installed the new engine. Cheers, Terry.    

[78 k550]

yea it's just a little setback having to pull the engine twice.
I did learn though, last thing off fist thing on.
GL1000's I got caught with neutral switch. forgot it.
GL1200's don't forget the choke. forgot that once also. very hard to put in with the engine in I have found out.

Paul

[Terry in Australia]

My mate Murray Feldman in the US has just about finished his Mikuni carb conversion kit for his GL1100, this is probably what I'll use on my GL1000/1200 after I've rebuilt the engine, the Mikuni conversion on my CX500 was a hell of an improvement over the stock CV's, so I reckon these will make my bike "get up and bark", ha ha!. Cheers, Terry.

[RAFster122s]

Murray knows his stuff on the perf mods for the CX/GL bikes over on the CX/GL500/650 forums he has become well respected. Given his mechanical abilities I would say he would have a well sorted solution for the Goldwings as well.
He has done some hybrid builds on the CX500s that really make them scoot.
But, that performance doesn't come cheap, nor should it. Doesn't on any bike.

[Terry in Australia]

Yeah, Murray's stuff is great, he's currently working on both a twin carb and 4 carb kit for CB750's, and I'm going to buy one of each when they're ready. The Mikuni kit on my CX500, along with the straight thru exhaust system I fabbed up for it really made that little twin get up and go, so four 34mm Mikuni's on my 1200 naked wing, along with a rorty 'zorst, should really make a difference. Cheers, Terry.  

[kghost]

I like that carb conversion......always hated the cv's on my GL1000

[Terry in Australia]

I think I've been really lucky with the CV's on my Interstate Tim, they've done 98,000 miles with no maintenance in at least the last 10 years, but apart from a little "fluffy-ness" off the line, otherwise, amazingly, they work perfectly. Here's a pic of the air filter I removed from the Interstate when I did the engine swap over my Christmas vacation:




I don't have any carbs for my '77, so I may as well start with a nice new set of Mikuni's.

The pics of Murray's setup is with 34mm carbs, but he thinks that 32mm Mic's will be a better setup for a 'Wang, so he's gonna do some testing before he starts selling these kits. No biggie for me, I've got lots of work to do on my new BMW K100RS SE, then an engine rebuild on my CB750 before I get around to my naked 'Wang project. Cheers, Terry.    

[MurrayF]

i will be playing with the 32s on the dyno on the 24th

they will be running on a 1000 on wednesday to see how they drive

then i will try them on a 1100 then a 1200 and decide what i am going to market

here are a few pics of my 750 DOHC kit







it is in final beta with a bunch of people running it now  it will be released june 17th

[78 k550]

Terry,
Are you looking for a set?
I have a set of 77's

Paul

[Stev-o]

Are Mikunis truly a better carb? If so, for what reasons??

[dhall57]

I think the bike carbs are really good. I know several people that run these on there Harleys and really like them. But in the 80's Chrysler put Mikuni's on there 2.6 Mitsubishi engine cars and these carbs. were nothing but trouble. If I remember they had some type of water activated choke control that gave owners of these cars all kinds of problems.

[MurrayF]

the mikunis have much greater throttle response and make a whole lot more horsepower

yet they are a bit simpler design do not need to be slaved together

i can install or remove the carbs on my mikuni equipped gl1000 in under 2 minutes

and that includes the walk from one side to the other lol

[Terry in Australia]

Terry,
Are you looking for a set?
I have a set of 77's

Paul

G'Day Paul, thanks for the offer mate, but I'll need either a set of GL1200 carbs or a set of Murray's Mikuni's. Murrays Mikuni's are on top of my list.

[MurrayF]

gl1200 carbs are a expensive PITA

i just did a set for a customer and spent over 300 in just parts

i needed kits for them and cv diaphragms

[dhall57]

Don't know about anyone else, but my attitude as to be good and I have to be in the right frame of mind to work on any of my bikes. I will be the first to admit I've been rather slow tinkering with the new toy my black 77 GW. Heck my Wide Glide was off the road almost a year before I finally got serious to put in the time with it to get it fixed. And having a few other bikes to ride on top of that makes it harder also. I think most of us would rather be riding a bike instead of taking one apart. Yesterday being Fathers Day Marica Brady and I decided to get it in gear and at least do something to start the ball rolling on getting this beauty a little closer for what it's made for, burning up the hwy.

The saying we have here is: if we don't see it than it didn't happen. So here's a few pics of what I did to the Wing. I'm off work today so more than likely I'll start breaking them down and see what I have to work with. And of course I'll take some more pictures

[RAFster122s]

Got a float valve problem on one of the carbs it appears from the varnish. Good luck with the work ahead.
Also appears you have some leaks or deposits at the intake orings. Were they leaking or is that excess fuel or oil causing the staining/varnish on the flange faces outside the orings. Are the flange faces flat or orings overdue for replacement?

I am like you often a bike will sit and I will procrastinate or take my time with the work.
Frame of mind is important, sometimes working on the bike helps me in more ways than one.

[dhall57]

It was late yesterday when I got the carbs off the bike so that's pretty much all I did. But I did  remove all 4 bowls and their is a small amount of varnish buildup in the bottom of each bowl. The floats look good though and move freely up and down. I do have new O-rings for the intakes.

The person I got the bike from had bought it at a estate sell and didn't know how long it had been sitting. But he said the bike did start and ran good for a while. A guy took it out and rode it for a while never checking timing belts or anything and running condition slowly got worse.Could of destroyed a low milage Wing if a belt had broke My guess old gas and than trash getting sucked into the system started plugging thinks up. I took it down the road after changing oil the other day and runs fair. Once warmed up bike sits and idles good but throttle responce is on the sluggish side and rpms are a little slow dropping back down and I'm sure most of it is fuel related.

[MurrayF]

i cured my hesitation on my gl1100

[Bankerdanny]

How do you keep the carbs from moving without the plenum?

[MurrayF]

they are mikuni carbs mounted to the spigots on the intakes

they dont move at all  it is not the stock setup

[dhall57]

Spent sometime today and got the carbs dismantled and pieces in numbered bags. I still need to separate the carb housing to do more cleaning.  Next week I'll order a Randakk's rebuild kit.