Posted by laughing man on January 22, 2008, 11:34 pm
> > > > My favorite nekkid wing remains the 1975-1977 models, before the
> > > > ComStar wheels and the gas tank instrument "hump."
> > > Absolutely. I'd still like one, even now. In black.
> > Oh I could retrofit the spoked wheels. BUTT I'd rather have a set of
> > lesters...no more tubed tyres then. The Wings have always been skined
> > with plastic. My clearcoat is about gone so I'll either repaint with
> > the original colour OR go with something else. The else being many
> > choices, something subtle. You know the original Yellow the 75 came
> > in, or the Canary yellow of the 58' 'vette. Then again flat black
> > wouldn't be bad nor Red/White.
> > I need to ask some people I know if the plastic is ABS or something
> > else. Just in case I find cracks when doing the prep work.
> > p.s. Interesting not is one of the cycle magazines here in the states
> > noted that the 79' GL1k caught more are over the jumps than the CR?500
> > did...who knew it was a dual purpose bike?
> My '76 had Lesters on it, and they were kewl, but I prefer the spoked
> wheels just for looks, The Lester rear wheel on mine was a 15"
> instead of the stock 16", for some reason. The only plastic mine had
> was the side covers, iirc. The fenders, the headlight bucket, and the
> "false" tank were all steel.- Hide quoted text -
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Ayup and none have perfectly duplicated some of the colours on those
old wings. Considering my local roads I 'might' spoon on a set of Dual
Purpose tyres. Damn things fly better than a 500 dirt bike.
--
Keith S
Posted by =?KOI8-R?B?9sTq1uzJ7Objxv0=?= on January 23, 2008, 10:08 am
> Perhaps Google Groups has a configuration option to force the use of a
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So. Doesn't that suggest to you that Google groups supports user
creativity, as well as anonymity?
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> > > > ComStar wheels and the gas tank instrument "hump."
> > > Absolutely. I'd still like one, even now. In black.
> > Oh I could retrofit the spoked wheels. BUTT I'd rather have a set of
> > lesters...no more tubed tyres then. The Wings have always been skined
> > with plastic. My clearcoat is about gone so I'll either repaint with
> > the original colour OR go with something else. The else being many
> > choices, something subtle. You know the original Yellow the 75 came
> > in, or the Canary yellow of the 58' 'vette. Then again flat black
> > wouldn't be bad nor Red/White.
> > I need to ask some people I know if the plastic is ABS or something
> > else. Just in case I find cracks when doing the prep work.
> > p.s. Interesting not is one of the cycle magazines here in the states
> > noted that the 79' GL1k caught more are over the jumps than the CR?500
> > did...who knew it was a dual purpose bike?
> My '76 had Lesters on it, and they were kewl, but I prefer the spoked
> wheels just for looks, The Lester rear wheel on mine was a 15"
> instead of the stock 16", for some reason. The only plastic mine had
> was the side covers, iirc. The fenders, the headlight bucket, and the
> "false" tank were all steel.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -