1982 Honda Goldwing, GL1100, standard

Hello everyone -

just joined the forum today -

I wanted to know if anyone here has ever heard of or seen a Honda GOLDWING being raced before?

I have an 82 1100 standard that I thought might make a solid 1/4 mile bike just for getting my feet wet racing.

I know, who in their right mind would want to race a big ol' heavy goldwing right?

Thanks everyone -

Thanks Steve......

Thanks Sam and again thanks Steve,

I appreciate you two taking the time to reply......

I've been riding for 30+ years and now have 2 children I would like to expose to motorcycles on the track as opposed to the street.......

I've personally never raced but have always wanted to.....

As far as getting involved in motorcycle bracket racing, I'm assuming the best way is to contact local tracks to see if they offer motorcycle bracket racing and then go from there.

Any other advice on getting involved in bracket racing would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks again,


KaineT

edited by me - because I can't spell. lol


Edited by kainet - 25 June 2009 at 9:55pm

Kaine, Come on over to Cordova or Byron. As for your wing You'll need to run stiffer clutch springs and take a close look at the rear end coupler they are notorious for wearing the splines down to nothing. A common mod is to find a rear end from a crashed Valkyrie or 1500/1800 wing and adapt it. An added benefit is wider rear rubber. You might look at some smoothbores and get that stock muffler off of there and look at a set of supertraps or something less restrictive. This should get you going.

Kaine I thought I had something for ya! It looks like a Suzuki Gs lock up is close. It may take an adapter ring to get it to bear properly on the pressure plate but it looks do-able. I'll look at it Monday.

Thanks Sam Green, T. Bix and also Triple Obsession............................

Sam,....................is that a goldwing?      wow if it is........................

T. Bix, thanks for the technical support. I'll take any clutch advice you may have.......

Triple,   thanks also for the advice...I replaced the timing-belts, water pump, rebuilt the front and rear brake calipers, front and rear brake master cylinders, front and reat tires, battery, air filter, spark plugs, rebuilt the carburetors, replaced the battery, etc, etc........................................................

Can't wait to be on the track............



The bike was in a storage locker for 18 years before I rescued it and had just over 6k on the odometer......

Thanks agin for all of your advice..........


Edited by kainet - 28 June 2009 at 7:24pm

Originally posted by kainet Thanks Sam Green, T. Bix and also Triple Obsession............................ Sam,....................is that a goldwing?      wow if it is........................

I drag race but not my wing. Here is what Honda should have made them look like. IMO