The back of the LED board has been sanded flat and it has been mounted on the tail with the lens

Only the LED board and lens will be used. The giant housing will get tossed

This is the tail light I am going to use. It is an LED replacement truck tail light

The tail has been filled and sanded and is almost ready for primer. The fairing I'm not very happy with as it makes the bike look too tall so I'll set it aside for now

The fiberglass parts and plugs have been removed from the bike and now the finishing begins

Three layers of fiberglass mat have been laid. The rear supports can be seen just ahead of the butt stop

The fairing plug is done also but I'm not in love with it. It makes the bike look top heavy

The plug is almost done. I have squared off the top to match the squareness of the tank. The seat will be mounted at the front with the bolts that hold the stock seat support bracket onto the frame and at the back I will use the stock fender mount holes on the horns. The plug is made flush with these mount spots so the seat can be bolted on without any spacers and the seat will be as compact as possible. On the top of the front seat support I have made the plug flush also so the fiberglass will be supported here. To support the rear of the seat I placed two styrofoam knockouts in the plug where the stock seat sits on the frame. When these are removed the fiberglass will dip down and touch the frame

And so it begins. I am freehanding the plugs but the drywall compound I am using is premixed and takes forever to set. This is going to take awhile

I want to make a cafe tail and small fairing so I mocked them up in Photoshop

I had the word out that I was looking for another Goldwing. Ken at Old Vintage Cranks in Hillsburgh found a '79 with 36,000 kms. Ken's shop deals with Urals and Dneprs and this is where Steve and Rick have their bikes serviced. He is also graciously allowing me to work on my new bike at his shop so I'll have to learn how to speak Russian

I finished the fairing in time for Friday the 13th in Port Dover. I rode down with Rick and Steve with their Urals and Shane with his cool rat bagger. It was a nice day and very busy but Rick still scored us a nice parking spot across from the Arbor

The fairing is mounted on the brackets and the turn signals have been relocated to the sides of the fairing.

It's looking better. Fill, sand, paint repeat

The fiberglass is on and it is kind of a mess. It will get better

The plug was made with spray foam covered with drywall compound. It was made flush with the headlight and brackets

I have everything wrapped in plastic because I know I will start off nice and neat and then by the end I will be dripping resin everywhere

Brackets have been added to the top of the headlight to support the fairing

I want to make a small fairing to cover the mess at the front. I'm trying to figure out the curvature so I can make some brackets.

Rick and Steve in the Paris Fairground parking lot before we went in. There are always interesting bikes in the parking lot so we usually spend some time here first.

I met Steve and his friend Rick at the Tim Hortons in Paris before we rode to the Vintage Motorcycle Show at the Fairgrounds. Rick also has a Ural and while we were there another Ural, almost identical to his, pulled in, so that was good for half an hour

This what the fender looks like in place. There is plenty of clearance for the tire and it looks better than the previous one

Everything is bolted together. The licence plate is attached to the light bolts under the fender with small brackets. The contour of the fender matches the bottom of the light almost perfectly

This is the bottom of the light showing the mounting holes, wires and the nice rubber gasket

I was trying to figure out what kind of fender to use with this light when I realized the small fender extension from the original fender would work. It has been drilled for the light mounting bolts, the wires and the bolts to attach the fender to the frame horns

I found a new tail light that I'm going to use. I'm not sure what kind of bike it came from

The front needs to be cleaned up

It looks good... from a distance. I finally got around to painting the front fender and now I'm not liking the rear fender. Also when I ride, there isn't enough clearance so the rear tire hits the licence bracket and kicks up the fender at an amusing angle. Not the look I was after. Adios

Before Greenpeace finds out that I have a whale skin seat I thought I had better do something before they attack me with one of their Zodiacs. I panicked and rattle canned it with the satin black I used for the tank. It looks OK but I rode the bike too soon and ended up with black butted jeans. I have no idea how this is going to play out since I have never heard of anyone painting a seat. This could be a major breakthrough for people with ugly seats. Cutting edge.

Here's the dilemma; my brother offered to cover my seat for me but unfortunately, unknown to me, he only had gray vinyl in his shop at the time. On one hand, I appreciate the sentiment and he did a nice job but on the other hand, I hate it. What to do...

The rear fender has been filled and painted

I removed the Rolls Royce grill and replaced it with a much lighter mesh grill

Turn signal mounted to the head light

The original wiring to the tail light and turn signals was chewed up so I had to redo part of it

New turn signals are needed since the old ones are in the fairing and bags. My brother bought these for me for Christmas so I made some aluminum brackets to mount the front ones to the head light and the rear ones to the fender mount holes