Hi Larry, glad to hear it all went smoothly. The Gold Wings (1500's) are sooooo different between years and even trim models as far as fit and finish goes, some have a lot of room for the tree modification and others, like yours, don't. We had one with a trike conversion that came in to the shop to get the steering done and every panel I took off told a story. It appeared that the bike had traveled down the highway for some distance on it's side before it was triked!!!! Things were bashed in, bent, panels were replaced and the customer had no idea either. He thought it was a great rig and paid a reasonable amount for the whole thing! The room he had available in the fairing was probably less than yours was and took some creative persuading to get it to fit together. Enjoy the ride and the great steering that goes along with it now. 🙂
Take care,
Brock
Hack'n - 5/1/2010 2:07 PM
Welcome to the Forums Brock!
Peter prefers to talk one on one so the information doesn't get dispersed as well as it does in our Forums.Lonnie
Northwest Sidecars
Hi Lonnie, Ya my dad doesn't do the whole computer thing and doesn't have time to sit and dictate to my mom to type it all out, conversations can take time on the phone, typing it would take a really long time 🙂
I'm taking over the shop in the next few months so they can retire and travel around. Shop is moving to my place in town in to a brand new building and I am a little more fluent on the ol' computer. I won't go on any rants or anything like that on the forums, no one wants to hear them anyways 😉 Just here, like you and others are, to offer some good advice for those new to sidecars and help get safe, reliable rigs out on the road for everyone to enjoy. Thanks for the forum welcome.
-Brock Smith
Hi Brock.......Not sure if I would call it as being smooth. Had a few bumps along the way but with yours and your dads help and support we got it done. If nothing else, I have become almost an expert on GL1500 front ends. No, I don't want Goldwings lined up outside of my house for conversion. LOL Again, Thanks Brock
