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Reed and heed the following!
1. The Riding Skills material shared in this Blog is intended to augment live instruction by trained professionals.
2. No written material is an adequate substitute for on-the-bike training.
3. Motorcycle riding is an inherently dangerous activity. You and you alone are responsible for your own safety.
4. Should you decide to implement any of the information shared here, you do so 100% at your own risk.
Note from Randakk:
Randakk customer Hervey Boucher and his companion Martine are currently on a great journey from Quebec to South America on his 1976 Honda GL1000!
He has limited access to email and the Internet, but here are some interesting dispatches. Pictures at top …narrative at the bottom.
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.
Continue reading “Ballast Resistors Explained + Ballast Testing Procedure”
The Randakk Rallies have been lots of fun for me and I was able to meet lots of customers face-to-face, but I’ve decided I can meet even more customers by “piggybacking” my vendor / hospitality events with other major motorcycle rallies and events throughout the year. This will also allow me to attend more events and cover a wider geography.
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This is a 3-step procedure. It helps if you have $10K worth of hand tools plus very small hands for Step 1 which is a royal pain! The good news is that Step 1 rarely needs attention for the life of the clutch cable once it’s properly set. Before you begin, loosen the adjuster at the handlebar perch and screw the barrel all the way in. Also, loosen the lower adjuster locking nut (where the clutch cable enters the rear housing) and screw the adjustment barrel all the way in (this would be clockwise from above). You should now have lots of slack in your cable.
GL1000s are blessed with very well engineered braking systems…especially given their vintage and weight. Triple disk setups were certainly not the norm in 1975 when the GL1000 debuted.
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This custom exhaust system is currently out of production. Contact – Hank Thibodeau for more details.
For my exclusive Master Carb Overhaul Kits and other items…click here
This Tech Tip is provided courtesy of John Evans of Glasgow, Scotland. John is known as “Old Fogey” on the Naked GoldWing Forum
If you have to renew your swing arm bearings, here is a simple and effective upgrade for you.
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