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Hi All,
My name is David, and I go by "MaineRider". I live in central Maine, near Belfast. I'm 45, and I've dreamed of owning a Goldwing since I was a young boy, and a friend of the family gave me a ride on his early 1980's Honda Goldwing Interstate.
I learned how to ride a motorcycle myself in 2001, and I've been riding a 1995 Shadow for a year or two, and then in 2002, I bought a brand-new 2002 Honda Shadow ACE 750.
I still dreamed of owning a Goldwing, and Friday, that dream came true when I was able to purchase a new-to-me 1986 Goldwing Interstate (burgandy red) 1200.
I purchased it used from the original 1986 buyer, who has put 58,481 miles on it. It's practically in cherry condition.
A couple very minor things. The windshield is a little to tall for me...I'd like to to be about 4" shorter than the stock OEM shield on it. I've looked around, and Memphis Shades seems to make replacements, but none of them say how tall they are.
The other thing is the radio. The radio is a Jensen, with a cassette deck. I can't tell if it's original to the bike or not, does anyone know? It doesn't work very well, but it might be the radio, or it might be the antenna? The housings for the two speakers in the front also look in rough shape. So, I think that replacing/shortening the front windshield and replacing the stereo and front speakers are the two things I'd like to do...does anyone have any suggestions on what to do, and how to do it?
Like I said, I've dreamed of owning a Goldwing for 30 years...and now I do...I'm so glad to be part of the club!
Thanks for reading my first post!!!
-MaineRider
2002 Honda Shadow ACE 750 (66,688 all-mine-miles)
1986 Honda Goldwing Interstate (58,520 miles (39 mine, still gotta register it!)
My name is David, and I go by "MaineRider". I live in central Maine, near Belfast. I'm 45, and I've dreamed of owning a Goldwing since I was a young boy, and a friend of the family gave me a ride on his early 1980's Honda Goldwing Interstate.
I learned how to ride a motorcycle myself in 2001, and I've been riding a 1995 Shadow for a year or two, and then in 2002, I bought a brand-new 2002 Honda Shadow ACE 750.
I still dreamed of owning a Goldwing, and Friday, that dream came true when I was able to purchase a new-to-me 1986 Goldwing Interstate (burgandy red) 1200.
I purchased it used from the original 1986 buyer, who has put 58,481 miles on it. It's practically in cherry condition.
A couple very minor things. The windshield is a little to tall for me...I'd like to to be about 4" shorter than the stock OEM shield on it. I've looked around, and Memphis Shades seems to make replacements, but none of them say how tall they are.
The other thing is the radio. The radio is a Jensen, with a cassette deck. I can't tell if it's original to the bike or not, does anyone know? It doesn't work very well, but it might be the radio, or it might be the antenna? The housings for the two speakers in the front also look in rough shape. So, I think that replacing/shortening the front windshield and replacing the stereo and front speakers are the two things I'd like to do...does anyone have any suggestions on what to do, and how to do it?
Like I said, I've dreamed of owning a Goldwing for 30 years...and now I do...I'm so glad to be part of the club!
Thanks for reading my first post!!!
-MaineRider
2002 Honda Shadow ACE 750 (66,688 all-mine-miles)
1986 Honda Goldwing Interstate (58,520 miles (39 mine, still gotta register it!)