Gl1000 Cafe Racer Build

Apr 27 2020 explore john rockwell s board gl1100 build on pinterest.

Gl1000 cafe racer build. Although we now think of goldwings as full fairing six cylinder bikes they were flat fours up until the introduction of the gl1500 in 1987 and the early models were available in largely naked trim. However the original goldwing launched in 1974 was the second fastest production motorcycle that year running the quarter mile in 12 92 seconds at 104 5 mph second only to the mighty kawasaki z1. Honda gl1000 goldwing 2 years ago i would say. See more ideas about goldwing honda cafe racer.

Rune kellberg is a 33 year old single father who spends his spare time in his workshop 85 speed shop with his 6 year old son lucky kid. And now something less common in the cafe racer scene. Cafe racer project bike runs great rides great 99 complete needs your paint color and minor finishing touches i hate to let it go but have started another project and this needs to be ridden 3 300 00. Then with the help of my friend dan szolis he helped get me out of my comfort zone with a cafe build on a 1980 cb750 and then the gl1000.

However i am continually looking for my next custom build now that i have the bug. And now one year later pablo pérez gonzález and the dragon s team released a follow up to their beemer. I ve never seen a nice build based on goldwing it cannot be done and even if it doesn t make any sense. The honda gl1000 goldwing may not seem like the best candidate for a cafe racer build.

But this is exactly what makes it so special. Goldwing cafe racers and other customs octane s ngw project bike the gl1000 was produced from 1974 1979 followed by the gl1100 and gl1200. They love building old cars but especially bikes. Jun 12 2018 explore logan xavier s board my goldwing build followed by 239 people on pinterest.

When it came time for his fourth build rune decided on a 1977 gl1000 goldwing. Their debut creation a glorious six cylinder bmw kl1100lt trimmed into a cafe racer turned heads and raised pulses when it was unveiled. See more ideas about cafe racer goldwing goldwing motorcycles. Bike has 35k miles on it when i started project and expect i ve put on 1000 more since complete.

Spain s dragon s motorcycles created a massive stir with just one build.