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dpep said:
...........and the bike did a series of end-overs, pirouettes, and half-gainers for couple hundred feet more down the roadside.
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With that gymnastics, it seems that the GK would be completely dee-Kayed.
I wonder What all did you have to replace. You mentioned the trunk and the tank.

>>later.
And did mention the bags.
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1948man said:
.... gymnastic ability, ....
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hum... Don dpep made moto-cross, ballet and diving references. I made the gymnastic reference.

And to think that he observed the GK doing all this while he must have been doing somewhat similar himself.

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Redman said:
With that gymnastics, it seems that the GK would be completely dee-Kayed.
I wonder What all did you have to replace. You mentioned the trunk and the tank.

>>later.
And did mention the bags.
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Every visible piece of plastic but the fairing, the windshield of course. the saddle bag brackets, the gas tank. Amazingly the frame and drive train escaped pretty much unscathed. As I remember I only had to replace the triple tree and handlebars. I mentioned that I finished the ride and rode the bike home after the crash (100+) miles. I think all the plastic may have saved other damage by taking the initial impact(s). Also, the tumble path was across grass covered north Florida sandy soil, not pavement.
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Redman said:
In my 12 years of being interested in GKs I have seen pics of a few GKs that have been painted.
My observation is that even if they are a dark color or a brite color, even if they are shiney glossy or matt finish, ... that is a big bike, lots of big areas to be a solid color. And some pin stripping seems to help. Again, just my observation.
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I envisioned that some pin striping and/or lettering might be part of the looks but those are the kind of details that I figure will be decided by Frank and the forum participants as the project progresses. I am just having done the big paint job that requires the pieces be removed from the bike.

Redman said:
I could contribute to the project by purchasing the side panel emblems FROM the project. (you said it was going to be badgeless).
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I am going to hand all of the badging over to Frank in case he decides either in this project or later to remount it. My personal rule of thumb is if the bike is being painted back to original the badging stays but if it is to a different color or look it doesn't. But there are exceptions and again in this case it is not for me to decide. Let me look about though; I may have badging removed from the damaged pieces. If so you will have first dibs.
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How very gallant of you Don, *and what a great idea*. I have to totally agree with Redman on the pin-striping comment. I as thinking about a nice classy (gloss?) black pin-striping,
I think would really highlight it, and add to it's beauty and individuality. Perhaps members could submit their ideas about the striping or logos...I think your official GSR logo would be nice on the tan No logos are good too, but, please think about the pin-stripping idea. Redman read my mind....
Perhaps a 'small sun' on one side of the rear luggage case... And a happy looking small bumble be on the other side of the rear luggage rack saying .........."BEE (just use the picture) A GSR MEMBER"... ?
Just throwing out ideas. You guys have me excited now... THANKS!! ...And "Goon on 'Ya"..........And you ARE the good guys I always said you were!
 
Gramma Peppermint said:
How very gallant of you Don, *and what a great idea*. I have to totally agree with Redman on the pin-striping comment. I as thinking about a nice classy (gloss?) black pin-striping,
I think would really highlight it, and add to it's beauty and individuality. Perhaps members could submit their ideas about the striping or logos...I think your official GSR logo would be nice on the tan No logos are good too, but, please think about the pin-stripping idea. Redman read my mind....
Perhaps a 'small sun' on one side of the rear luggage case... And a happy looking small bumble be on the other side of the rear luggage rack saying .........."BEE (just use the picture) A GSR MEMBER"... ?
Just throwing out ideas. You guys have me excited now... THANKS!! ...And "Goon on 'Ya"..........And you ARE the good guys I always said you were!
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And some pink rims with maybe an extended swing arm.
 
My rims are pink... actually more of a hot pink... Yellow and pink do not go together, (unless you're making and Easter Egg Bike).
I used to have a big yellow house with black trim. It stood out among the others, all right. My neighbors used to call it the bumble bee house.
Do you really think a yellow bike with black pinstripes would be ugly? I think honda had that color scheme one year... I could be wrong. I do remember seeing someone's Honda with that scheme. Could have been a custom job... However, I really liked it. Besides... what other color goes that good with yellow? Brown? Brown just wouldn't look as crisp and clean. A solid yellow? Gold wouldn't be as classy, or defined. What the heck, there is a lot of black on the bike anyway with the frame, tires, handgrips and cables... It would be nice to see "GSResources. com" somewhere in the bike. Think advertising...
 
4-6" over on the swingarm WOULD, (ok...might), improve the look... Mine is only 4"'s over, but there is also a small rake in the frame...
I'd like to see a big old fat tire on the back.
 
Gramma Peppermint said:
4-6" over on the swingarm WOULD, (ok...might), improve the look... Mine is only 4"'s over, but there is also a small rake in the frame...
I'd like to see a big old fat tire on the back.
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You will have to remember, that virtually NOBODY will see the swingarm and very few will actually see the rear tire. :-k

Not to mention that stretching the swingarm will be rather difficult, probably to the point of making it downright impractical. :-k

It's a shafty, and the rear end is covered by saddlebags. :oops:

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Well, the swingarm idea was tossed in before realizing it was a shafty, but I'll tell you, after years of going to Goldwing rallies and seeing MANY different yellow bikes with MANY different ideas of what the owners thought looked "good", pink is not that bad a color for pinstriping, when it is included with a few others.

Yeah, I realize that very few GSers are into the same type of pinstriping that Wingers are, but the GK is closer to a Wing than most GSes, so it could probably get away with it. My Wing is definitely NOT yellow, but the pinstripes on it include a couple shades of pink, a couple shades of blue and white. Not something that I might have intentionally chosen, but I think it looks quite nice.
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Had a local painter use that for inspriation on Mrs. Steve's bike.
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Back to yellow bikes ...
Tried copying and pasting some pictures, but many of the sites are making it difficult, so here are links to the sites:
Mountain Man Art (the artist that did my Wing)
Scarecrow Art
Many others, but these can give some idea of what is possible.

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I lean toward a yellow and black scheme myself. But there is something that has to be considered. I have the original GK double bucket seat which is brown. It is in very good shape and Frank may prefer it to the plain G seat that I have on it now. Just throwing in more food for thought.

gkseat.jpg

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No problem. Is there a seat cover kit available for that model? It can always be redone by a shop. A nice soft black leather, extra comfortable seat, would be nice for Mr and Mrs Frank... And it might look good too...
This could get expensive................... Can you powder coat the wheels black?.... And powder coating the frame is always nice........LOL.......... :rolleyes:
 
...............And then again, yellow with the two-toned brown in the seat ( maybe three-toned, if you add black) pinstripes would probably also look OK.
 
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