Here are a few fun facts reported by Dennis about himself and his love affair with motorcycles.
Dennis Parrish at speed
Ballast Resistors Explained + Ballast Testing Procedure
Like most battery/coil setups of this vintage, early GoldWings feature a “wasted spark” ignition design. This clever design was chosen by the engineers to save weight and space. Thus, only 2 coils are required to fire 4 spark plugs. All without a distributor as in most cars of this era.
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Honda GL1500 Accelerator Pump Details
This Tech Tip is provided courtesy of Howard Halasz – noted GL1500 Expert. Howard is a frequent contributor of technical columns and other information to GWRRA’s Wing World Magazine.
GL1200 Motorcycle Gallery
John Westcott’s ’84 GL 1200I “Dark” with Standard Tank Pod – Clarkdale, AZ
Reproduction GL1000 Graphics
(Note: I don’t supply these…order directly from Keith Fletcher)
For GL1000 graphics I recommend Keith Fletcher. Keith can supply exquisite reproductions of frame decals, pin-striping sets for the “tank, “radiator shrouds, side cover decals, etc. Keith can supply complete pin-stripe sets for the 75 and 76 GL1000’s to match all available factory colors.