[ujm]

I bought my GL500 from a customer who was not willing to repair the waterpump or some other normal issues, it was a bargain, and having owned a few CX/GL's in the past, I knew I could not go wrong.

The engine was a engineering marvel in it's day.



Here is is shortly after I bought it and replaced the stock mufflers with some fishtail pipes -

[ujm]

I had a vision, started to do the repairs and modifications...





Color theme: Black truck bed liner paint









Making progress!

[ujm]

Needed a few parts to improve looks and performance - new reservior bowl, brake line (huge increase in brake performance!)





Decided to rotate the fishtails



And tried some cafe bars for a short period of time





Ended up with some realistic handles and rode rode rode

[ujm]

Lots of smileage

Before



After



Eventually went with a set of Continental Milestoners







Took that bike everywhere around here

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Rode with a lot of other motorcyclist













Ultimately sold it, to this fellow -



This was his first bike, wanted to take it to the West coast, hope he and the bike are doing well.

[Blindstitch]

Looks like it got around. Hopefully it's still going.

[simonwrz]

if mine looks like that when finished i will be well happy :-)

[WayneDW]

great story, thanks. what year did you buy it and what year did you sell it?

[ujm]

WayneDW, on 15 November 2011 - 06:58 PM, said:

great story, thanks. what year did you buy it and what year did you sell it?

Oh man, tough question - I think I bought it in 2006 or 2007. Sold my 919, wanted something "different" and that bike came along. Sold it probably 2010.

Put a lot of miles on it, they are great machines. And you know, they run a heck of a lot better than they get credit for, when properly tuned.

Thanks Wayne, and everyone!

[dak]

Ive been thinkin of bedliner for my bike, any regrets on it? What year was that cheap gas pic taken? Or was it an out of business one

[ujm]

dak, on 16 November 2011 - 01:45 PM, said:

Ive been thinkin of bedliner for my bike, any regrets on it? What year was that cheap gas pic taken? Or was it an out of business one

Bedliner paint, it rocks. Just stand back a good foot ot two to get the desired "splatter" effect. Very forgiving, you do not have to get the surface completely smooth, no regrets for what it was, none. Cleaned up easy too, and no waxing!

That cheap gas picture was from a closed down station in Brunswick, MO - been closed a while!

Good luck

[ujm]

I was going through some old hard drives and found these pictures of my old silverwing right after I bought it -

[theCrusher1234]

i think you photoshopped the picture in front of the gas station. i can't remeber when gas was 1.03 / gallon
lol. nice bike though seriously

[Speedysdad]

No he didn't. Old Citgo station downtown Brunswick,Mo. Ill be going through there this weekend. Its been closed for a while. The bad thing is, I remember when it was open.

[ed h]

I have seen a Jeep done with this finish and it looked real sharp. I have a Kendon trailer that is starting to look ratty. I am going to have this coating done on all the painted parts on it too. Really durable and easy to keep looking good.

[Bob Witte]

ed h, on 18 August 2012 - 12:27 AM, said:

I have seen a Jeep done with this finish and it looked real sharp. I have a Kendon trailer that is starting to look ratty. I am going to have this coating done on all the painted parts on it too. Really durable and easy to keep looking good.

I did my 1974 VW Thing (a Type 181) in a hot process bedliner. It took 31 gallons of material and they worked on it all day long (I was there the whole time). Twelve years later, it still looks great. I still haven't ruled out doing bedliner on my GL500i trike project since my Thing has looked so good for so long. As you may know, I've already done a wrinkle finish on my engine/frame on it.

Here's a link to my VW Thing pictorial for those who'd like to see it up close:

http://www.bobwitte....hingamabob.html

I did the engine compartment with a DIY cold process material called Durabak. It has held up every bit as good as the $5/sf commercial stuff. Just lay the stuff down with an undercoat gun or (are you ready for this!) -- a roller. Comes in 16 colors plus black. Good stuff.