ive been offered a gl1000 goldwing... - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

Catherine · 09-29-2005, 06:25 PM

a 1980 gl1100 goldwing with 110,000k miles on it for $800 -

i dont know why im interested, but i am, blue book retail is 1865 -

it runs and is in good shape for its age

am i nuts? why would i want this? i dunno..lol

farmbone · 09-29-2005, 06:33 PM

Long Distance Cruising. Nothing Better. Sitting in an easy chair going down the road.

I would jump on that in a minute!

blackie1491 · 09-29-2005, 06:46 PM

Wings have been known to log more mileage than that.
But more fun on a C50, I downsized from a GL1200A.

MagnumForce · 09-29-2005, 08:14 PM

Didn't blackie warn you about me? You just got your C50 and now you got this deal staring at you in the face. I'd say I would jump on that in a NY minute. If all else fails, send it to me. I'll put it to good use.

Catherine · 09-29-2005, 08:56 PM

LOL I just may buy it, heck why not park the cars outside and dedicated the garage to bikes?

Catherine

blackie1491 · 09-29-2005, 09:30 PM

Do not engage Pink Hippo's in conversation.
Is this Wing to replace a hijacked Red C50LE.
Blue riding Fatboys are as bad as Pink Hippo's on Harley's.
Catherine's used bike lot. Enjoy what you have, or in your case, steal it back.
Winter in the high dessert, excuse to head down and visit ZD in the sunshine, rent a bike, enjoy life. Give advise to you know who. No names, but his love life sucks.

Catherine · 09-29-2005, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackie1491

Do not engage Pink Hippo's in conversation.
Is this Wing to replace a hijacked Red C50LE.
Blue riding Fatboys are as bad as Pink Hippo's on Harley's.
Catherine's used bike lot. Enjoy what you have, or in your case, steal it back.
Winter in the high dessert, excuse to head down and visit ZD in the sunshine, rent a bike, enjoy life. Give advise to you know who. No names, but his love life sucks.

Catherine's used bike lot.
No, not to replace anything, lol - just to add to the collection? maybe something to clean up during the winter? I must be a pack rat, seems like too good of a deal to pass up...

We have a little 87 savage 750 in the back corner of the garage too...is 4 bikes too many?

Catherine

pneblett · 09-29-2005, 09:50 PM

You can't have too many bikes, Catherine.

blackie1491 · 09-29-2005, 10:53 PM

My wife use to say too many piles of JUNK.
Me, our 2 son's=7 motorcycles, 5 cars, 2 pickups. (did not count wifes car)
Downsized to Condo= Wifes car my bike...
It is easy to pick up more, hard to part with. ADDICTION
More is not better, except for Bling.(Do not tell ZD I said that)
What ever turns your crank, do not look back with regrets, LIVE.
Enjoy and ride safe.

oklahoma_mike · 09-30-2005, 08:40 AM

Id go for it

stp1971 · 09-30-2005, 08:52 AM

Sounds like a good deal,,, if anything you can ride it on the crappy days and save the sunny days for the C50. I am pondering finding a used bike to ride on days when it may be rainy and crappy. I like my bike but the chrome cleaning gets old sometimes.

oldgeezer · 09-30-2005, 09:52 AM

It's a geezerglide. Are you ready to make that step?

tlwisner · 09-30-2005, 09:59 AM

Just take your Hubby's Fatboy, sell it, and buy yourself a new C50 Limited for you to ride, since he stole yours.

Catherine · 09-30-2005, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlwisner

Just take your Hubby's Fatboy, sell it, and buy yourself a new C50 Limited for you to ride, since he stole yours.

It has been returned to me safe and sound, Fatboy was driven to work today, i think he just wanted to make sure the pipes got taken care of, lol-

Catherine

Danr · 09-30-2005, 12:28 PM

Then you too can become one of the jelly donut crowd !

oklahoma_mike · 09-30-2005, 03:53 PM

That's just wrong

Catherine · 09-30-2005, 08:29 PM

WEll I am NOT buying it, lol the list of things wrong with it just got bigger and bigger, wanna see?

Quote:

The bike isn't perfect,it will be needing a few things.

1. The rear shocks leak air and go nearly flat in about 50 miles.

2. Need to fix the oil leak at the oil filter and oil cooler junction.

3.Battery needs to be replaced next year (the clock ran it down too many times).

4. The windshield has a vertical break on the right side ( missing a piece, but have it).

5. I discovered a possible rear brake hose leak maybe ( that is of some concern).

6. Rear tire would be the first one to get replaced.

7. Seat is in need of recovering but not too terrible yet.

8. Has very small leak in rear drive area but really doesn't lose much fluid.

9. Small electrical problem with headlight circuit but bypassed the fuse to ACC side.

10. Small amount of oil in water reservoir left over from the last water pump replacement job.

These are the ten things that come to mind that need repair.

I think I will stick with spending money on the 2 pretty bikes we already own

blackie1491 · 10-01-2005, 12:35 AM

Cathrine.
You had me worried. I just read the Oct. issue of ROADBIKE,
A licensed psychologist described your problem as MBD.
Multiple Bike Disorder
Signs of this disorder; Characterized by an ever-growing number of motorcycles in the garage with a simultaneous shrinking of one's bank account.

oklahoma_mike · 10-01-2005, 09:17 AM

With that list and for around $800 bones I would still consider it but I wrench a lot!

tlwisner · 10-01-2005, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catherine

i think he just wanted to make sure the pipes got taken care of, lol-

Catherine

That is his job!

09-29-2005, 06:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Catherine Clunked into first gear Joined: Sep 2005 Bike: '05 C50 Limited Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 208	ive been offered a gl1100 goldwing... a 1980 gl1100 goldwing with 110,000k miles on it for $800 - i dont know why im interested, but i am, blue book retail is 1865 - it runs and is in good shape for its age am i nuts? why would i want this? i dunno..lol __________________ Catherine, biker buddy to soulmate Ray 40 and loving life! ~Mom of 2 Humans~ and 2 costly machines... Last edited by Catherine; 09-29-2005 at 09:05 PM. Reason: adding pic

09-29-2005, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
MagnumForce Throttle Jockey Joined: May 2005 Bike: 05 M50, 06 CBR600F4i Location: Sitting on the can... duh! Posts: 3,160	Didn't blackie warn you about me? You just got your C50 and now you got this deal staring at you in the face. I'd say I would jump on that in a NY minute. If all else fails, send it to me. I'll put it to good use. __________________ "I love the smell of toner in the morning… it's the smell of victory!" MAJ M, Staff Officer

09-29-2005, 08:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Catherine Clunked into first gear Joined: Sep 2005 Bike: '05 C50 Limited Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 208	LOL I just may buy it, heck why not park the cars outside and dedicated the garage to bikes? Catherine __________________ Catherine, biker buddy to soulmate Ray 40 and loving life! ~Mom of 2 Humans~ and 2 costly machines...

09-30-2005, 08:40 AM	#10 (permalink)
oklahoma_mike Clunked into first gear Joined: Sep 2005 Bike: SV650/GS1200 Bandit Location: Tulsa, OK area Posts: 243	Id go for it __________________ You have the Constitutional right, to not have any rights, the government doesn’t what you to have, at any given time! 2005 SV650 Yellow 2001 GS1200 Red

09-30-2005, 08:52 AM	#11 (permalink)
stp1971 May 2007 Member of the month Joined: Mar 2005 Bike: 2004 Suzuki Intruder 1500LC / 2005 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom Location: Douglasville, Georgia Posts: 7,833	Sounds like a good deal,,, if anything you can ride it on the crappy days and save the sunny days for the C50. I am pondering finding a used bike to ride on days when it may be rainy and crappy. I like my bike but the chrome cleaning gets old sometimes. __________________ Biketoberfest 2006 flashback courtesy of Intimid8er: "Like you knew damn well you shouldn't eat something like that, but all be damned to hell, you were gonna eat it!" __________________

09-29-2005, 06:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
farmbone Fender Buffer Joined: May 2005 Bike: M50 Blk Location: South Bend , IN Posts: 429	Long Distance Cruising. Nothing Better. Sitting in an easy chair going down the road. I would jump on that in a minute!

09-29-2005, 06:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,333	Wings have been known to log more mileage than that. But more fun on a C50, I downsized from a GL1200A.

09-29-2005, 09:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,333	Do not engage Pink Hippo's in conversation. Is this Wing to replace a hijacked Red C50LE. Blue riding Fatboys are as bad as Pink Hippo's on Harley's. Catherine's used bike lot. Enjoy what you have, or in your case, steal it back. Winter in the high dessert, excuse to head down and visit ZD in the sunshine, rent a bike, enjoy life. Give advise to you know who. No names, but his love life sucks.

09-29-2005, 09:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
pneblett Seat Tester Joined: Aug 2005 Bike: Suzuki Boulevard C50 Location: West Virginia Posts: 61	You can't have too many bikes, Catherine.

09-29-2005, 10:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,333	My wife use to say too many piles of JUNK. Me, our 2 son's=7 motorcycles, 5 cars, 2 pickups. (did not count wifes car) Downsized to Condo= Wifes car my bike... It is easy to pick up more, hard to part with. ADDICTION More is not better, except for Bling.(Do not tell ZD I said that) What ever turns your crank, do not look back with regrets, LIVE. Enjoy and ride safe.

09-30-2005, 09:52 AM	#12 (permalink)
oldgeezer Handlebar Consultant Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 646	It's a geezerglide. Are you ready to make that step? __________________ Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, d!ckheads--they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.

09-30-2005, 09:59 AM	#13 (permalink)
tlwisner Throttle Jockey Joined: Apr 2004 Bike: '05 Boulevard C50 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 3,208	Just take your Hubby's Fatboy, sell it, and buy yourself a new C50 Limited for you to ride, since he stole yours. __________________ Tim Wisner AMA, SCRC Happiness is something we create

09-30-2005, 12:28 PM	#15 (permalink)
Danr Sit speling cheker Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,616	Oh no, Catherine Then you too can become one of the jelly donut crowd !

09-30-2005, 03:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
oklahoma_mike Clunked into first gear Joined: Sep 2005 Bike: SV650/GS1200 Bandit Location: Tulsa, OK area Posts: 243	That's just wrong __________________ You have the Constitutional right, to not have any rights, the government doesn’t what you to have, at any given time! 2005 SV650 Yellow 2001 GS1200 Red

10-01-2005, 12:35 AM	#18 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,333	Cathrine. You had me worried. I just read the Oct. issue of ROADBIKE, A licensed psychologist described your problem as MBD. Multiple Bike Disorder Signs of this disorder; Characterized by an ever-growing number of motorcycles in the garage with a simultaneous shrinking of one's bank account.

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10-01-2005, 09:17 AM	#19 (permalink)
oklahoma_mike Clunked into first gear Joined: Sep 2005 Bike: SV650/GS1200 Bandit Location: Tulsa, OK area Posts: 243	With that list and for around $800 bones I would still consider it but I wrench a lot! __________________ You have the Constitutional right, to not have any rights, the government doesn’t what you to have, at any given time! 2005 SV650 Yellow 2001 GS1200 Red

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