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Offline JAG

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79 goldwing tadpole
« on: June 16, 2016, 05:56:55 PM »
It's been a long time since I've been here, I hope everyone is well.

So for $30 I just picked up this thing and I don't have a clue on what to do with it.

It looks as if it may have a Volkswagen front end on it?

Let's start a poll:

Keep it and fix it up the way it is.
Convert it back to a gold wing
Throw it in the junk yard

What is everyone's thoughts?

Hahaha
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2016, 05:57:41 PM »
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2016, 05:59:23 PM »
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2016, 06:00:10 PM »
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2016, 06:59:58 PM »
If the motor runs and electric works put it back on two wheels where it belongs!


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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2016, 09:29:07 PM »
They only paid you $30 to haul it away? I would have held out for more..  ;D
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2016, 03:00:45 AM »
Ha ha, that's a sweet trike Jag, and welcome back by the way. Can you legally ride it around like that? If so, take it for a ride and see what it feels like, and if you like it, for 30 bucks it's cheap transport, and if you don't, it's the basis for a new build! Cheers, Terry. ;D 
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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2016, 03:12:30 AM »
Somebody must of been really bored one weekend to do something like that. I always wondered where Can-Am got the idea for their Spyder ;D
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« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2016, 03:18:52 AM »
Quote from: dhall57 on June 17, 2016, 03:12:30 AM
Somebody must of been really bored one weekend to do something like that. I always wondered where Can-Am got the idea for their Spyder ;D

Ha ha, if you're still wondering Dwight, go look at a snowmobile, and picture wheels where the ski and tracks are, and you've got a Spyder........ ;D
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2016, 04:00:10 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on June 17, 2016, 03:18:52 AM
Quote from: dhall57 on June 17, 2016, 03:12:30 AM
Somebody must of been really bored one weekend to do something like that. I always wondered where Can-Am got the idea for their Spyder ;D

Ha ha, if you're still wondering Dwight, go look at a snowmobile, and picture wheels where the ski and tracks are, and you've got a Spyder........ ;D
The other day we were at a little breakfast joint along side the Delaware, the whole lot was filled with all types and brands of bike. Two guys on spyders slowed down like they were going to pull in, and abruptly swerved and kept going. My buddy was like, "those are lame and they know it" we all had a chuckle. I have nothing against them, but anything that wide must suck in a large group.

As far as the wing is concerned... I always like a bit of engineering. It's cool, but maybe it's possible to make it look a little less like a go kart was welded to the front of a motorcycle. And lose the plow lights.
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2016, 04:29:31 AM »
We got spyders in our area in drones, hipp thing I guess.

I only respect them when the rider is too old to ride real bike, but I was known to be prejudice  ;D
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2016, 11:52:35 AM »
Quote from: BomberMann650 on June 16, 2016, 06:59:58 PM
If the motor runs and electric works put it back on two wheels where it belongs!

I agree - plenty of parts around, just slap a new front end on and you'll have a nice (well someday) Necked Wing.

I like the way they just welded the end of the fork tube inners to the contraption.
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2016, 12:05:07 PM »
I am a mechanical engineer in the automotive industry by trade, and I would have never had the ingenuity to come up with such a contraption. So kudos to the redneck that did this. Hahaha

The cafe racer scene has made it next to impossible to find a decent CB  for a good price anymore, so I jumped at the opportunity to get back into wrenching.

The front end has got to go. And I'd love to have a bike to ride double up on with the misses.

So hopefully I can find a front end, decent fairing, and some old school shoei hard bags and go enjoy it.
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2016, 12:08:03 PM »
I love the Vesco fairings. But buying one would be like having a 1972 Pontiac Lemans with $4000 wheels and tires.
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2016, 01:23:20 PM »
Leave it the way you got it, stud the tires, and run the bag off it on the frozen lakes next winter.
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2016, 05:52:20 PM »
I will give you $60 for it as is ...
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2016, 09:45:38 AM »
That is not a VW front end (I had 2 Beetles and a Karmann Ghia). Beetles and the like didn't use A arms.

On the topic of Spyders, they are all over Chicago, particulary the night club district in River North on Friday and Saturday night. They seem to have found favor with the brothers. They are all neoned up and very loud. I also see several Polaris Slingshots.
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2016, 09:49:34 AM »
JAG,  So...when do I pick it up?  PM me directions...  ;D

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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2016, 10:58:17 AM »
Hahaha, you guys are hilarious!!

If not a VW Front end, I wonder what in the world it was??...

David buddy, you can't be serious about wanting this bohemoth?!

It may be a little too late anyways, I've already tore the front end off.

Now if I can just figure out how to get the pipe down out of the neck!
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2016, 11:00:51 AM »
Any idea if this will fit? I'm having a hard time finding a complete goldwing front end.
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2016, 11:03:53 AM »
JAG,

Yeah, I would take it... I'd turn it back into a Wing...naked wing.  Hard to tell what they did to put it in... likely they pressed it in... RedNecks will do some "stuff" to make it work.
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« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2016, 11:14:39 AM »
That's my plan too, David - turn it into Naked Wing once again.

The front end will be an easy situation to contend with, let's just hope everything else is working properly.  :-[

The rod seems to be pressed in the bottom side of the triple tree. I'll see what I can do to get it removed. At least the bearings have been updated - one less thing to buy! Lol
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2016, 05:10:20 PM »
Quote from: JAG on June 18, 2016, 11:00:51 AM
Any idea if this will fit? I'm having a hard time finding a complete goldwing front end.

I wouldn't buy any Kawasaki forks for use on a Honda, from experience, nothing seems to fit or line up unless it's on a Kawasaki. I did a quick ebay search though, for "1979 Honda Goldwing Forks" and found a dozen or so candidates, all for under 100 bucks. Here's a nice(ish) set of forks with a nifty alloy fork brace for the princely sum of $84.95:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-HONDA-GL1000-GL-GOLDWING-Front-Forks-/172213051382?hash=item2818b29ff6:g:7O4AAOSwGeBXPmS2&vxp=mtr

Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2016, 11:31:43 PM »
You should just sell it to me Jag, you don't need the headache...   ;D ;D ;) :P


I've wanted a naked wing...that Sulfur Yellow with Rabid Transit fairing really talks to me...don't like the Vetter fairings.
The fairing would make winter riding more tolerable, or long road trips.


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Re: 79 goldwing tadpole
« Reply #24 on: June 19, 2016, 03:47:13 PM »
Quote from: 754 on June 17, 2016, 01:23:20 PM
Leave it the way you got it, stud the tires, and run the bag off it on the frozen lakes next winter.


Now there's a fun ass idea!!!
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