I didn’t do anything with the bike last night, however, I did make some more teardown progress on Friday night. While I’ve heard of the idea of ripping off the bags and bodywork and doing the naked Goldwing thing, I never really understood the attraction. It’s not something that I’m going to do — I want something I can load up and take a trip on, not a muscle bike — I can totally see the attraction as the bodywork comes off.
I have all the luggage removed, the rear crash bars,the grab bar, and the front fairing is coming apart nicely as well. Later on when I get back to it, I want to finish removing the fairing, the front fender, and the engine crash bars so I can have the bike cut down to size and a !little more manageable for getting the actual mechanicals of the bike pulled off.
In the next couple of days, I should have a new pair of timing belts, a Honda service manual, and a new solenoid arriving in the mail.