In keeping with my Goldwing theme on my Goldwing I have decided to use the original mirrors but not in their original location. I did have some smaller stock looking round mirrors mounted below the handlebars which is a perfect location because you look back past the narrowest part of your body (unless you are a Harley guy). In the stock location I am always trying to see past my shoulders. So... I am making bar end mirrors out of the stock mirrors. I have cut the stems down and rethreaded them and welded corresponding nuts into the ends of the handlebars

The bike has been at oVc to have the rear caliper rebuilt and I had Ken put on this stainless steel Motad exhaust since the original is rotten. It is much lighter than the stock exhaust

Another copy of the LED template has been spray glued to a piece of plexi and cut out and drilled for 5mm LEDs.

I want to try and use LEDs in the stock tail light housing so I will use an old rusty bucket to experiment with. The reflector and socket have been removed and the LEDs have been laid out on a piece of paper. With reflector out the threaded holes used to mount the tail light can also be used to attach the plexi that will hold the LEDs by using longer mounting bolts. The corresponding nuts have been laid out on the paper as well to ensure there is no interference with the LEDs. Also, I am going to retain the central round area as the stop/tail light as original but use the rectangular areas on the sides as turn signals. This will allow me to ditch the large stock rear turn signals that I just made the brackets for. Two downward facing white LEDs will be used to illuminate the licence plate.

Since I am trying to keep as much Goldwing as I can, I made some aluminum brackets to mount the stock turn signals to the shock mounts

I couldn't wait to finish the tail; I had to see it in place so I sprayed it with the rattle rat black that I am using as a guide coat, and took the bike for a spin

Seat pan fiberglassed