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OK...so like I need yet another bike...right???

Chuck, I really like these vintage wings. I think this is a great score! Personally, I have seen an early model with 450k miles on the clock. I don't think you will ever wear it out.
 
One of my friends just upgraded to an '87 'Wing. He would like to sell me his other 'Wing, it's an '85 fully dressed and then some (Interstate package), has 68,000 miles on it. I can get it for $2,000, it's had regular maintenance, a beautiful bike. I wish I had the money for it, but I really think the next bike I get will be something like a DR450 or a KZ. I need a dual purpose, not another road bike right now.:p
 
Chuck, are you planning on a quick flip or going to ride it? Those early naked Wings are cool! I could have bought a running 75' last year for $400 but around these parts there is very minimal upside to make a buck. If yours needs extensive service, battery, tires, ect you could find yourself upside down in a hurry. Clean carbs , polish up and sell is my vote
 
DanTheMan said:
One of my friends just upgraded to an '87 'Wing. He would like to sell me his other 'Wing, it's an '85 fully dressed and then some (Interstate package), has 68,000 miles on it. I can get it for $2,000, it's had regular maintenance, a beautiful bike. I wish I had the money for it, but I really think the next bike I get will be something like a DR450 or a KZ. I need a dual purpose, not another road bike right now.:p
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I think my son is eventually going to go full touring (ie Wing / Venturer ) at some point. Like you said you can find them well serviced & nice shape for a low bucks fairly easily
 
Arent those carbs a bear to remove? Something about the engine has to come out?
 
How could you resist? First Goldwing, very historically significant, $300?!?

I rode a friend's '75 when it was new. One guy said he didn't like it because it was too smooth - too much like a car.

Wonder what that guy would say about the newer ones with reverse gears!

If I had a 'Wing, I'd ride it naked - no fairing, no windshield, no bags, no trunk. No clothes, in summer. :biggrin:
 
Nebraska...It was running last summer when the carbs started leaking and other than that there wasnt any issues...that he is telling me about anyway.

Already got ahold of my buddy down in Killeen Texas thats been the top metric bike mechanic for Killeen Power Sports since 1980. He has advised me to get the carbs off, clean them and do new orings. And he said there is a fuel transfer tube down by the airbox plenum that has orings at the ends which are famous for giving up the ghost.

I also intend on changing the antifreeze and timing belts soon as its an established runner again. Also doing the full maintenance schedule per the service manual. The rear diff oil for sure is gonna be changed too. Probably gonna keep it for a while and see how it grows on me. Never rode a wing before.
 
Chuck, it will probably need a bunch of work done to it. I'll be down shortly to take it off your hands. :)
 
Now would that mean all or just part of her? I can throw the frame in the trailer!
Nice score Chuck. Those are one of my favorite bikes. That and the R series BMW's from the same era.
 
OH NO MISTER!!!!! Full on RIDER or no dice. Get her done while your back still lets you and me take the Pepe and Penelope reunion cruise.
 
chuck hahn said:
I was wondering if the black pipes this bike has was stock or if they were supposed to be chrome..and I think someone else asked that too.

So heres an article with the sales add picture and it seems black was what it was in 75...
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Where's an article?
 
Just realised this...I now own at least one of the Fab Four

Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, and now the addition of the Honda ( again ).
 
Steve, Dale, anyone else with a wing...need an opinion. I "think" I know but I need your opinions here.

So I get the bike this afternoon and trailer it home. I want to do the look over..oil level, coolant etc etc. All looks good so I decide to remove the plugs and crank the engine over to get some oil sloshed around to the top end. Put the socket on the first plug to snap it loose and not one bit of resistance..so i think WTF!!!!! Dont tell me he stripped the threads. Nope thats not it..not 1 of the plugs was tightened down even remotely..all started but never seated.

So now I turn on the petcock...little drips but not a gusher by any means. Hit the button and not one squirt or gush of fuel from the bowls, cross overs, or fuel lines. I crank the bejesus out of it while looking for a leak..nothing. All I notice is the bottom of the plenum has gotten wet with fuel. This makes sense to me as the plugs are out and the fuel pump is pumping but the cylinders arent creating vacuum because the plugs are out...sound right??? So now I am thinking that the guy put new plugs in, forgot to tighten them, then noticed the engine was wet but not realising it was from the petcock!!

So he gets all paniced and takes the airbox off and sees the plenum full of fuel..because the cylinders cant suck any in without the plugs sealed!!! Guys...could this be all that simple?? Really??? Really???

And now that i think of it, if the floats are closing the float needles shouldnt there NOT be any fuel getting into the plenum whether or not the fuel pump is creating the line pressure? ever had a bike with a fuel pump, so that why I ask. Seems the floats should shut off flow and there would be a pressure bypass somewhere???
 
Chuck,
If you are just looking to get it running for a flip, then give it a go. If this bike is something you may want to keep, I'd pull the carbs and replace the O-rings and do it up right.
 
Probably gonna keep it a while, but right this moment the focus is on getting to started first. Cant really tell squat till shes spinning under her own power.

My post was Just about what I have found so far and what my summations are...and if they seem like a plausable scenario. Decisions will be later coming.
 
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Just finished working on one of these only red, possibly the smoothest running 40 year old bike I have ever been on. BTW Chuck the carbs are a beast to work on, more jets than a DFW runway!
 
Chuck, I've never worked on a bike with a fuel pump. Tons of vehicles with them but not bikes. On vehicles there isn't any sort of bypass system in the carbs themselves, only in the fuel pump to regulate the pumps pressure output. No, the only thing that stops fuel from continuously flowing past the needle and seat is the upwards pressure from the float. The normal fuel pump output pressure on vehicles was in the range of 4 to 6 p.s.i. It probably will be less on your bike but the principle is still the same.
 
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