Posts tagged Vintage Goldwing

If necessity is the mother of invention, then ambition is the mother of skill acquisition. With an inspiring design in mind, I set out to create a custom solo seat and tail for my 1983 Honda G1100.

Few things are as fun to do as the impossible. In un-linking my GL1100’s front and rear brakes, I crossed a line from customizer to full-on recreational engineer. No going back now.

On a lovely spring day, I took the GL1100 out for its first real proving ride. Meeting up with my buddy Bree, I’d play the part of wingman — escorting him and his Bonneville into Chicago for the first time.

It’s time for handlebar swap #2 on my Honda GL1100. This meant making new control cables, and sourcing a new hand control because of an obscure part that gave way.

There are really two kinds of motorcycle repair jobs. There’s the bolt-on-bolt-off stuff, then there are the in-depth repair procedures. For me, both are fun …

When The Mrs and I made the move to Chicago, we left our motorcycles in storage in Minnesota. Having the moving company take them would …

It’s no secret inside the walls of BlueCat Motors that my ambitions tend to far outpace both the time at hand and any sort of …

Buying a nearly three decades-old Honda Goldwing is not an easy decision to explain. I wonder about it myself sometimes.