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Alcan Fairing – Craig Vetter’s Latest Project

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Craig Vetter is one of those guys that just keeps trying things to see how they work and his latest project is designing and building a new fairing for a trip to Alaska on the Alcan Highway, calling it, as you might expect, the Alcan Fairing. Step back for a minute to the previous posts about the Honda GL1000. When that bike was introduced, one of the first accessories … [Read more...]

Turbo Gold Wing GL1000 – Maybe the First?

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In the comments on the post about the 1976 Honda Gold Wing GL1000 Cafe, OMMAG left a note about an early Wing with a turbo back in the 1970s. He sent in a few photos to show us what they did. It's actually a single unit, not a twin turbo as he first thought, but it's interesting because no one was modifying Gold Wings back then, or at least, not yet. His friend at the Honda … [Read more...]

1976 Honda Gold Wing GL1000 Cafe

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It's amazing what some time, effort, elbow grease and eBay will do, but this 1976 Honda GL1000 started out as a well used Gold Wing, just the sort of bike you might find for sale at a great price. Bikes like these turn up everywhere, the owner just gets tired of it, plans are put on hold, it gets dirty and finally goes up for sale. Often, there's nothing really wrong with it … [Read more...]

Ordinary to Extraordinary – Start with What You Have – Make it What You Want

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Have you noticed the recent theme in many of the stories here? While the major manufacturers struggle to move large numbers of mass market motorcycles, there are quite a few builders heading off in a different direction, taking standard models, sometimes even old, used and very common motorcycles, and remaking them into something unique and very desirable. The only limits are … [Read more...]

The Kneeslider is Spreading the Word

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The guys over at Jalopnik wondered if I would share a little of The Kneeslider and tell their readers why motorcycles are better than cars. I was happy to oblige, so, if you have a minute, you might want to stop over there and see what the car crowd thinks about riding out in the fresh air. Feel free to add a comment while you're at it. Link: Jalopnik Related: 10 Reasons … [Read more...]