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Year: 1987
Model: Interstate
Eng Size: 1200
Pipes: Stock OEM
Seat: Stock OEM
Wheels: Stock OEM
Accessories: Shown on Website
The Story:
On a cool spring day while driving to work, I noticed this sand color goldwing on the lawn in my neighborhood with a for sale sign on the windshield. I continued down the street thing if I should turn around. I have always wanted a goldwing, however I thought that it might be closer in time when I would retire. I also noticed that it was an older bike and I have always been interested in older bikes, this one really caught my eye. Well needless to say I turned around and went back to see the bike. It was just as I expected, the bike was still in good shape. Now here is where it gets interesting, I have not owned a bike before much less a goldwing and I have never rode a goldwing before. I have been on smaller bike, but until now never a bike this big. Now it is time to give this bike a test ride and I am not sure I really want to do this with no experience. So I did the best thing I knew, I phoned a friend (WOW sounds like an episode of “Do you want to be a Millionaire”) to go on this test ride. Well the rest is history, the bike rode just fine. I asked the gentleman who owned the bike, why was he selling the bike. He told me he could not handle the bike anymore. I am glad he decided to sell because I really feel I was buying a real nice bike. The bike did need work and I had nothing but time to complete this rebuild.
I purchased the bike on April 3, 2002. The bike had 14,300 original miles on it. The bike was garage kept by the previous owner and well serviced.
After taking a riding course I now enjoy riding as much as I thought I would. I have had many day rides and even enjoy overnight rides too. Some of my most memorable rides has been through the Smoky Mountain National Park. On a trip in October of 2005 to North Carolina-Tennessee I was able to ride the more famous roads of the Smoky’s and make those memory happen again. I was also able to ride many of the more popular road of Tennessee and North Carolina. Including The Tail of the Dragon and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
I also traveled to Natchez Mississippi to do some hiking and biking on the Natchez Trace. The Trace is one of those place where the follage is so thick you can believe you are in the mountains somewhere.
Since my purchase in 2002 I have started the long road of restoring the bike. These older parts are getting harder to find. Some parts even Honda stopped making, so you have to look for these parts on the Internet. Ebay has helped me to find many of those parts that the local dealer could not get or did not have in stock. I have been able to find and add many parts to the bike to give it a little flare. I have added chrome to the engine, but yet trying to keep from over doing it. I have changed almost all the lights to LED's on the bike to help give a little relief to the alternator.
Since 1975 I have enjoyed showing cars, trucks and traveling to some of these shows in other states as well. In 2004 I decided to start entering my bike in local shows as well as Goldwing District Rallies bike shows too. I have had a good time at these shows meeting people and making new friends.
One Photo of the bike:
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Here is the website with many pictures http://members.cox.net/goldwingrider
Model: Interstate
Eng Size: 1200
Pipes: Stock OEM
Seat: Stock OEM
Wheels: Stock OEM
Accessories: Shown on Website
The Story:
On a cool spring day while driving to work, I noticed this sand color goldwing on the lawn in my neighborhood with a for sale sign on the windshield. I continued down the street thing if I should turn around. I have always wanted a goldwing, however I thought that it might be closer in time when I would retire. I also noticed that it was an older bike and I have always been interested in older bikes, this one really caught my eye. Well needless to say I turned around and went back to see the bike. It was just as I expected, the bike was still in good shape. Now here is where it gets interesting, I have not owned a bike before much less a goldwing and I have never rode a goldwing before. I have been on smaller bike, but until now never a bike this big. Now it is time to give this bike a test ride and I am not sure I really want to do this with no experience. So I did the best thing I knew, I phoned a friend (WOW sounds like an episode of “Do you want to be a Millionaire”) to go on this test ride. Well the rest is history, the bike rode just fine. I asked the gentleman who owned the bike, why was he selling the bike. He told me he could not handle the bike anymore. I am glad he decided to sell because I really feel I was buying a real nice bike. The bike did need work and I had nothing but time to complete this rebuild.
I purchased the bike on April 3, 2002. The bike had 14,300 original miles on it. The bike was garage kept by the previous owner and well serviced.
After taking a riding course I now enjoy riding as much as I thought I would. I have had many day rides and even enjoy overnight rides too. Some of my most memorable rides has been through the Smoky Mountain National Park. On a trip in October of 2005 to North Carolina-Tennessee I was able to ride the more famous roads of the Smoky’s and make those memory happen again. I was also able to ride many of the more popular road of Tennessee and North Carolina. Including The Tail of the Dragon and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
I also traveled to Natchez Mississippi to do some hiking and biking on the Natchez Trace. The Trace is one of those place where the follage is so thick you can believe you are in the mountains somewhere.
Since my purchase in 2002 I have started the long road of restoring the bike. These older parts are getting harder to find. Some parts even Honda stopped making, so you have to look for these parts on the Internet. Ebay has helped me to find many of those parts that the local dealer could not get or did not have in stock. I have been able to find and add many parts to the bike to give it a little flare. I have added chrome to the engine, but yet trying to keep from over doing it. I have changed almost all the lights to LED's on the bike to help give a little relief to the alternator.
Since 1975 I have enjoyed showing cars, trucks and traveling to some of these shows in other states as well. In 2004 I decided to start entering my bike in local shows as well as Goldwing District Rallies bike shows too. I have had a good time at these shows meeting people and making new friends.
One Photo of the bike:
Here is the website with many pictures http://members.cox.net/goldwingrider
