The pin has been welded back onto the side cover with my soldering iron with the custom tip and welding rod made from a piece of ABS drain pipe

This 1100 had a broken side cover pin like my '82. The PO said he had to re-glue it every year. After I took possession I noticed he had also whittled the pin down so it wouldn't offer as much resistance when the side cover was pulled off. Time for a definitive solution like last time: ABS welding

This is the bike to date. There is a nice sweep to the headers and mufflers. I need to figure out the bars

The bikes are back in their nice clean, power washed home

It was time to clean out the garage so everything had to come out

The brackets have been made and mounted. It looks easy but it took awhile to determine the angles and the offsets

I found some Harley mufflers online that almost bolt right up to the stock headers. They are mocked up with a pail and a gas can to determine the orientation that works and that I like. Now I can figure out 2 brackets that use the stock mount points on the inside of the mufflers and hang the mufflers from the passenger peg mount points. Don't tell anyone I have Harley mufflers on my GL ; it will ruin my street cred. My brother knows and the comments are relentless

Fill, sand, primer over and over. The tail light holes have been cut and now that the tail light housing can be located, a fiberglass mount can be made which will also hold the licence plate in a position to be illuminated by the licence plate light in the bottom of the tail light

I have to stay off of Kijiji. Another Goldwing now lives at my house. A 1980 Standard. The net number of Goldwings in my garage has remained the same though since I gave my 82 to my brother