1983 Goldwing GL1100 Aspencade - Refurb

On Sunday January 3 2010 I purchased a 1983 Honda Goldwing GL1100 Aspencade. The Aspencade was the Fully loaded version of the Goldwings and include all the bells and whistles available that year.

I bought this bike from the 3rd owner but only second operator. How is that? Well the bike was originally purchased and driven by someone in the SF Bay area. He sold or traded, I am not sure which, to a dealer based out of Portland Oregon. This dealer did not operate the vehicle as his transportation but had it just for resale and sold it to the person who I ultimately bought the bike from.

My Goldwing has seen better days for sure but she appears to be a solid machine and although she has over 175,000 miles she still runs very well. She had been sitting for 2 years before I brought her home and she needed a good bath and some TLC.

I will be outlining the process and steps of her resurrection over the coming days, weeks and months. She needs a lot but over time she will become an awesome machine. My original goal was to buy her, clean her up and fine tune a few things and sell her off, however I have already become quite attached to her so I know that parting with her may be harder than I thought. We will have to see what happens over time and how things play out.

I have started some work on her over the past 2 weeks and tomorrow I will outling what has already happened. Right now I will start off with a preliminary list of things that I want to do to her as part of her resurrection.

*Clean and polish

*Clean surface rust spots from chrome and seal chrome with a good polish

*Repair crack to top of right saddlebag cover

*Repair chip to the trunk cover

*Fix the left half of tail light not lighting

*Fix intermitent starting issue

*Fix intermitent turn/brake light/horn not working

*Sync carbs

*Replace timing belts

*Fix fan that runs all the time

*Change fluids

*Repaint all painted areas

*Pinstripe or airbrush graphics on painted areas

*Recover seat and backrest

*Replace high wattage bulbs with LED or low wattage options

*New grips

*Repair radio

*Replace speakers

*Wire Satellite radio in

*Bleed brakes

*Replace front brake master cylinder cup

*Replace valve covers and timing cover with chrome covers

*Add floor boards and heel/toe shifter

*Chrome caliper covers

*Chrome rotor covers

*Tighten mirrors

This is what I know off the top of my head now and I am sure as things develop the blueprint for her resurrection will change and evolve.