I was working at a Honda dealer in 1975 when the Goldwing debut ,I was very impressed with the bike,but I was just in my late teens and could never afford the asking price. 4 weeks ago I found a nice looking 1975 model for sale ,it had been parked in a storage unit since 2008,fuel from the tank gummed up the carbs and made its way into the cylinders which were stuck from the goo that turned to varnish over the years. I disassembled serviced the heads, cleaned the pistons and cylinders,rebuilt the carburetors .and in less then 4 weeks I have a running GL1000.I still have another couple weeks of work (rebuild brakes etc. ) before I can go for a test spin.I've owned many motorcycles over the years,I believe this one will be a keeper.
Well done mate that was a great watch from start to finish. By the end of that ride that little thrashing was well needed! I'm doing one up ready for next season cannot wait ✊️
Beautiful original looking bike. love the fact that you haven't done a cover up on the paint work. Bikes are meant to be ridden and to leave any and all scares is where your true memories of riding her will come from.
Luckily for me I found a 1977 GL1000 in blue with 9500 miles. Someone had attempted to de-rust and 'seal' the fuel tank and completely botched it with large chunks of 'sealer' stuck all over and the screen plugged in the bottom. I went through the brakes, new tires, new tank, cleaned the carbs. I have 1 carb not functioning properly so bought a Randakk's kit to install. The best part, it looks new, with original everything and cost me $500.00! Always wanted one when I bought a new 1977 750 SS, then my roommate bought the GL1000.
Hi, my name is Mikhail, I'm from Siberia, from the city of Krasnoyarsk. I also drive a motorcycle called the Ural 650cc. Thank you very much for your video, you have a very good motorcycle, it's beautiful!!! I wish you good luck!!! It was really nice to watch your video, it's really cool!!! Thank you very much!!! P.S. I apologize for my English :) 👊🤟🤝🤝🤝
Very cool! I have a near stock ‘75 GL1000 also, bought over the winter needing a lot of work! Getting close to road ready… I was glad to see you opened it up a bit around 11:40 ;0) Beautiful scenery too, thanks for sharing this! Beautiful bike, it has a soul!
I posted my 1982 black and gold 1982 about a month ago On CZcams It’s 100% all there and same paint, Have to buy a new battery and replace back tire & be going again,
Habe diese GL 1000 , `76 in gelb , 1992 mit 18 000 km auf dem Tacho in neuwertigem Zustand einst erworben. Immer noch bei mir original neuwertig vorhanden. Schön zu sehen in diesem Video , wie sportlich diese Maschine bewegt wird. Habe dieses Motorrad damals ebenso sportlich bewegt, entgegen den Berichten in der Fachpresse, diese Maschine wurde in ihrer Zeit unterschätzt! Eine Le Mans 1, damals eine ultimative Sportmaschine wollte mich überholen, der Le Mans Fahrer hatte keine Chance und ich habe ihm gezeigt, dass die GL das bessere Bike war...
Congrats for the bike! Hope to have more video on it. it sounds amazing 11:40! I am working on a GL1000 1977, hoping to put on the road this summer: huge amount of work to do... I subscribed your channel. Help growing the channels with Honda GL cafe racer contents! keep on like that!
Thanks; yours (customer's?) sounds great, much better than most with modified exhaust. They make some beautiful intake noises too but the stock air cleaner housing mutes it a lot.
One of the first magazine ads for this motorcycle was a clear crystal almost full champagne glass on the "gas tank" , with not a ripple on the champagne, with the caption "it's running".
If the gas station you get your fuel from uses a single hose for various grades of fuel including non-ethanol fuel, the mixing manifold holds quite a bit of ethanol fuel before it starts to dispense ethanol free fuel. You would either need to find a station where they use a separate hose for each grade or you'll need to purge about a half gallon of fuel before filling the bike tank or ethanol free gas can. That should help slow down your frequent carburetor cleaning.
Most gas stations in California only dispense E10 fuel. Exceptions are rare. These carbs have behaved much better since I electrolytically cleaned the fuel tank, but the tiny, tiny idle jets still clog easily and the slides are finicky about temperature and humidity. I suspect it would help a lot to ride the bike daily. Sadly it is now in long-term hibernation, and I suspect the fuel system will need a complete rebuild again when it comes out, despite a full tank with fuel stabilizer and drained float bowls.
@@joeturner3645 If you know you're going to be putting the bike in mothballs for a while, You can get aviation fuel from most mid-sized airports. Aviation fuel is a little higher in octane, but it is 100% ethanol free. If you're concerned with the higher octane, you can add a 32oz can of Trufuel to bring down the octane level to a more normal range. Trufuel is 92% octane, but it's very expensive to use exclusively. With stabilizer added to the aviation fuel and/or Trufuel, you'd get a couple years of worry free storage without having to do a carb teardown.
Do you think this would be a good bike for 30+ mile daily commute (each way)? I like to go about 80mph. Sometimes i get traffic so i split lanes unless i take the 50mile trip. So at 80 does the bike feel like its struggling? Force? I might get a goldwing almost exactly like yours 76 faded but it looks complete with floor boards lol. I just want a solid bike and a Honda. Anything to look out for? Parts?
It'll happily go 80, but for a long daily commute I'd consider something more modern just for the handling and braking, and a windshield for comfort. I have commuted on mine though, it can be done. This generation of Goldwing is solid and reliable when maintained, but it does take quite a bit of work to get them to that state when they've been neglected for decades. What's the condition of the one you're considering? If it's been sitting for years like mine was I'd count on replacing the timing belt and tensioners, carb rebuild (with a Randakk kit), new fuel pump and fuel hoses, clean and flush the fuel tank, brake system rebuild and new brake hoses, new battery, new tires and tubes, fork seals, steering head bearings, and all new fluids and filters. Aftermarket parts are available but most OEM parts are out of production. Some parts can be hard to find, particularly ones that are unique to the GL1000. Forum support is strong, so you can find help there. Here's a ton of info to get you started: www.randakksblog.com/category/honda-gl1000/newowners-gl1000/
Hello everyone who is commenting I'm working on same bike and I had transmitted engine from one to another bike but need some help can anyone advise Thank you
@@joeturner3645 pick a tire that fits the wheel. Those look like really old style tread and profile. A modern style would make the bike handle better a touring sport type
I was working at a Honda dealer in 1975 when the Goldwing debut ,I was very impressed with the bike,but I was just in my late teens and could never afford the asking price. 4 weeks ago I found a nice looking 1975 model for sale ,it had been parked in a storage unit since 2008,fuel from the tank gummed up the carbs and made its way into the cylinders which were stuck from the goo that turned to varnish over the years. I disassembled serviced the heads, cleaned the pistons and cylinders,rebuilt the carburetors .and in less then 4 weeks I have a running GL1000.I still have another couple weeks of work (rebuild brakes etc. ) before I can go for a test spin.I've owned many motorcycles over the years,I believe this one will be a keeper.
Hope to see some video of your bike when you've got it on the road, if not sooner!
Well done 👍
Good for you, I hope you got it running!
Xe máy vẫn khá ổn đấy,
wow, that must have been some cheap, low quality gas. I only use Chevron supreme in my two old bikes.
These are great bikes. Solid as a rock, and surreally smooth and powerful. Original exhaust and “sit up and beg” bars are rare.
Beautiful bike. GL's are awesome.
I have an 82 Interstate and previously owned two 83 standards. Best bikes ever made. I want a 77 real bad.
GRT Bike,
GRT Walk threw,
GRT Ride & road,
GRT Effort on the Editing!
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Looked like Ortega highway to me! Love the whining sounds of bike! Only vintage machine can make those sounds.
best walk-around I've seen yet on this model. nice bike !
Well done mate that was a great watch from start to finish. By the end of that ride that little thrashing was well needed! I'm doing one up ready for next season cannot wait ✊️
Beautiful original looking bike. love the fact that you haven't done a cover up on the paint work. Bikes are meant to be ridden and to leave any and all scares is where your true memories of riding her will come from.
Thanks! It's nice to know that someone gets it. At gas stations people always ask "So are you gonna restore it or what?"
Fun to ride along, it was -17 F when I woke up this morning here in Wisconsin. Can't wait for cycle season.
Luckily for me I found a 1977 GL1000 in blue with 9500 miles. Someone had attempted to de-rust and 'seal' the fuel tank and completely botched it with large chunks of 'sealer' stuck all over and the screen plugged in the bottom. I went through the brakes, new tires, new tank, cleaned the carbs. I have 1 carb not functioning properly so bought a Randakk's kit to install. The best part, it looks new, with original everything and cost me $500.00! Always wanted one when I bought a new 1977 750 SS, then my roommate bought the GL1000.
Hi, my name is Mikhail, I'm from Siberia, from the city of Krasnoyarsk. I also drive a motorcycle called the Ural 650cc. Thank you very much for your video, you have a very good motorcycle, it's beautiful!!! I wish you good luck!!! It was really nice to watch your video, it's really cool!!! Thank you very much!!!
P.S. I apologize for my English :)
👊🤟🤝🤝🤝
They are really great bikes. Yours sounds awesome. Thanks for the ride!
Very cool! I have a near stock ‘75 GL1000 also, bought over the winter needing a lot of work! Getting close to road ready… I was glad to see you opened it up a bit around 11:40 ;0)
Beautiful scenery too, thanks for sharing this! Beautiful bike, it has a soul!
Would love to see a video of yours! You must be eager to ride it if you stuck around all the way to 11:40 :)
I posted my 1982 black and gold 1982 about a month ago On CZcams It’s 100% all there and same paint, Have to buy a new battery and replace back tire & be going again,
Habe diese GL 1000 , `76 in gelb , 1992 mit 18 000 km auf dem Tacho in neuwertigem Zustand einst erworben. Immer noch bei mir original neuwertig vorhanden.
Schön zu sehen in diesem Video , wie sportlich diese Maschine bewegt wird.
Habe dieses Motorrad damals ebenso sportlich bewegt, entgegen den Berichten in der Fachpresse, diese Maschine wurde in ihrer Zeit unterschätzt!
Eine Le Mans 1, damals eine ultimative Sportmaschine wollte mich überholen,
der Le Mans Fahrer hatte keine Chance und ich habe ihm gezeigt, dass die GL das bessere
Bike war...
Not many people say the weight of there bike but you did Thanks Joe.
Congrats for the bike! Hope to have more video on it. it sounds amazing 11:40!
I am working on a GL1000 1977, hoping to put on the road this summer: huge amount of work to do...
I subscribed your channel. Help growing the channels with Honda GL cafe racer contents! keep on like that!
Thanks; yours (customer's?) sounds great, much better than most with modified exhaust. They make some beautiful intake noises too but the stock air cleaner housing mutes it a lot.
Nice bike, hopefully you have had lots of fun with it.
Very nice & unique Honda motorbike. Love my '80 cb750c.
Absolutely wonderful bike thanks for sharing
Very nice motorcycle, very good work, very good driving and very good video/filming.
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Thanks! I hope to improve at all of those things.
Looks good, sounds good. Thank you and ride careful.
No frills review! You earned my subs!
What a great bike! I like the sounds it makes taking off from a stop. And an excellent cameo at 7:00
Sweet. Love the rip at the end.
I have Goldwings 1976. 1981. 1983. Everyone is museum. Color is blue. 👍🇫🇮👍🦁🇫🇮
One of the first magazine ads for this motorcycle was a clear crystal almost full champagne glass on the "gas tank" , with not a ripple on the champagne, with the caption "it's running".
発売当時、バイクらしいカッコいいスタイルのモデルが出たと思いました☝️
19歳の頃、バイク店さんにこのバイクが展示されてたのですが、チョット、メインを立ててみようと… 😂ｱﾚｯ⁉️動きゃあせんやないの💦 そこそこ重いマシンでは有るのですが、今でも残念な思いで～す😅
Nice bike & nice work keeping it mint 👌
They have that PPPPUUUURRRRRRIIINNNGGG Sound So Cool.
GOLD WING...a rainha das motos.. 22. 1..2024...Sao Paulo Brasil.
Nice ride
Just found out about these! It's rad!
Could you make a video on how to replace the turning signals
My uncle had a Diamond green/blue gold wing. It was nice
Sensational
You live my dreams bro❤
Man those cracks in the road loooook huge
If the gas station you get your fuel from uses a single hose for various grades of fuel including non-ethanol fuel, the mixing manifold holds quite a bit of ethanol fuel before it starts to dispense ethanol free fuel. You would either need to find a station where they use a separate hose for each grade or you'll need to purge about a half gallon of fuel before filling the bike tank or ethanol free gas can. That should help slow down your frequent carburetor cleaning.
Most gas stations in California only dispense E10 fuel. Exceptions are rare. These carbs have behaved much better since I electrolytically cleaned the fuel tank, but the tiny, tiny idle jets still clog easily and the slides are finicky about temperature and humidity. I suspect it would help a lot to ride the bike daily. Sadly it is now in long-term hibernation, and I suspect the fuel system will need a complete rebuild again when it comes out, despite a full tank with fuel stabilizer and drained float bowls.
@@joeturner3645 If you know you're going to be putting the bike in mothballs for a while, You can get aviation fuel from most mid-sized airports. Aviation fuel is a little higher in octane, but it is 100% ethanol free. If you're concerned with the higher octane, you can add a 32oz can of Trufuel to bring down the octane level to a more normal range. Trufuel is 92% octane, but it's very expensive to use exclusively. With stabilizer added to the aviation fuel and/or Trufuel, you'd get a couple years of worry free storage without having to do a carb teardown.
Excellent video of a great bike! I’m trying to talk myself out of a ‘77, and this isn’t helping.
Glad to be a bad influence!
Dump some Sea Foam in it a couple of times and you will notice the difference.
Does the steering wheel look
Do you think this would be a good bike for 30+ mile daily commute (each way)? I like to go about 80mph. Sometimes i get traffic so i split lanes unless i take the 50mile trip. So at 80 does the bike feel like its struggling? Force? I might get a goldwing almost exactly like yours 76 faded but it looks complete with floor boards lol. I just want a solid bike and a Honda. Anything to look out for? Parts?
It'll happily go 80, but for a long daily commute I'd consider something more modern just for the handling and braking, and a windshield for comfort. I have commuted on mine though, it can be done. This generation of Goldwing is solid and reliable when maintained, but it does take quite a bit of work to get them to that state when they've been neglected for decades. What's the condition of the one you're considering? If it's been sitting for years like mine was I'd count on replacing the timing belt and tensioners, carb rebuild (with a Randakk kit), new fuel pump and fuel hoses, clean and flush the fuel tank, brake system rebuild and new brake hoses, new battery, new tires and tubes, fork seals, steering head bearings, and all new fluids and filters. Aftermarket parts are available but most OEM parts are out of production. Some parts can be hard to find, particularly ones that are unique to the GL1000. Forum support is strong, so you can find help there. Here's a ton of info to get you started: www.randakksblog.com/category/honda-gl1000/newowners-gl1000/
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The Bike Likes to Go FAST.
Hello everyone who is commenting
I'm working on same bike and I had transmitted engine from one to another bike but need some help can anyone advise
Thank you
💖🇯🇵💖HONDA MOTOR.
Looks like you have a KO not a k1 not many of these about,
Got a 76
1000 CC HONDA COOL
Changing years sounds pretty clunky
It looks like a motorcycle, but it's actually an instrument.
It does make some musical noises, with the gear whine and the intake sound! I think that's part of the fun.
I really like the shift up from 8:24. It's the same as playing an instrument.
If it's comfortable enough to just be wearing a T-shirt you shouldn't need to use your choke. Add make sure that your corporators are synced
11:38 ooh, so hot
Speak up man!
LMAO 12:18
U ever thought about putting modern style rubber on those wheels
What do you have in mind?
@@joeturner3645 pick a tire that fits the wheel. Those look like really old style tread and profile. A modern style would make the bike handle better a touring sport type