I was the owner of the Goldwing. It was great to meet you Craig! To be honest, I never thought I'd see that bike run, but I'm really happy to see it on the road at least one more time. Now that it at least starts and runs (mostly), maybe one day it will find a home and get regular use. If not, maybe it can help someone else restore their Goldwing. Great job, guys!

@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310

7 ай бұрын

What was the reason for parking it up all those years ago?

@DobieTanpaw

7 ай бұрын

@@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310 The guy I got it from said he'd stopped riding it in 2017 because his wife didn't want him getting into a wreck on it. But I have a feeling that there was more to it than that. I never rode it because I knew it needed a new timing belt and I didn't want that breaking and grenading the motor. I'd planned on restoring it and everything, but I developed some health issues that made that impossible, so it just sat.

@chrislye8912

7 ай бұрын

I love messing with old bikes, I like Craig’s style..

@whytebredd

7 ай бұрын

furry spotted

@DobieTanpaw

7 ай бұрын

@@whytebredd We're everywhere

Craig, I have a 100% success rate unlocking locked up engines in 5 easy steps. Bikes are easy. 1) pull the plug, or plugs. 2) fill the cyl / cyls with as much 91% isopropyl alcohol and let it sit for 12/24 hours (the alcohol is thinner than any oil, even thinner than water and will penetrate past the rust and rings over the night. It also will NOT smoke like oil in a cyl when you drain it out and attempt to start later or coat the exhaust. it evaporates!) 3) put the engine into 4th or 5th gear after the cyls have soaked long enough and rock the bike forward and backward until you can either see or feel the cyls begin to break loose. 4) once the cyls are moving, use an air nozzle to blow the cyls out and then refil with more alcohol and drain with ait to blast out any rust/debris 5) once cyls are dry and clean, add new plugs and give it a start. (may need to change oil first as alcohol might get into crank case) This has NEVER failed to work for me in over 40 years of using it

@skylinegtr4045

7 ай бұрын

Great tip!

@stufoo

7 ай бұрын

Good stuff. I will remember this

@sprezzatura8755

7 ай бұрын

How about industrial vinegar? I've seen that work as well.

@nathankent82

7 ай бұрын

Thanks old timer I will use this at some point I'm sure 😊

@lothre

7 ай бұрын

Just in case you are serious; Vinegar will absolutely destroy softer metals like pistons and cause flash rust on anything made of steel.@@sprezzatura8755

This Honda Goldwing has awesome potential for someone to completely restore to it's prime. I really enjoy seeing older bikes running and working again. 👍👍👍. My Dad years ago bought a new Honda 305 Dream and he said it was a very nice bike. He sold before he moved. 👍

I’m just here for Craig’s feelings 😂

as somebody who wants to get into fixing old motorcycles this is so inspirational

@JacobBitner

7 ай бұрын

Or discouraging 😂

@Oficialdadaddy

7 ай бұрын

@@JacobBitner thats a good one 😂

@chrisdow6627

7 ай бұрын

I'm well on my way with stage one, filling a garage with old bikes that don't run lol

@MikeRay1978

7 ай бұрын

If you’re serious about working on old bikes do yourself a favor and make sure you have a set of screwdrivers for Japanese screws and an impact driver you hit with a hammer. The worst part to me about working on them is fasteners that won’t come out or strip.

@M.TTT.

7 ай бұрын

@@chrisdow6627 GET OUT THERE and start workin man

Can't believe it was on fire, didn't melt any wires or anything important, and still ran.... That's definitely impressive but I'm more impressed w/ the fact that Craig actually rode it, good job guys. 😁👍😂

@walkermediaworx

7 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. It burned long enough to melt some stuff, but I guess it's a honda sooooo. 😂

Goldwings never die. Probably a special place in heaven with dudes riding them in the afterlife.

Your enthusiasm is infectious. I’d never do anything like this, but it was a lot of fun watching you do it.

No better way to start a Friday then a Bearded Mechanic and Bikes and Beards videos. Huge thank you for all you do!

This is becoming the best channel!!! Just really enjoy the down to earth, good guy wrenching humor...... you guys are killing it!!!!!🤘🤘🤘💯

Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

I absolutly love this new content Craig!! Both from you and Sean both. These videos the town of you are producing are much more enter training from now.

I love the fact your trying to decide if you can lower your safety standards and drive it with no sets of brakes

@mitchellmanson449

7 ай бұрын

bruh you stole my comment and got it hearted??

@mitchellmanson449

7 ай бұрын

you stole my comment from another video and got a heart. cruel.

@mitchellmanson449

7 ай бұрын

my comment was on First Start! CBR 1000 Engine Swapped Scooter by grind hard plumbing co.

@corydunaway

7 ай бұрын

​@@mitchellmanson449lmao calm down. It's not a contest

@mitchellmanson449

7 ай бұрын

@corydunaway wow, your right! The contest is lined up around the block, and starts at your mother's door! Lucky me I'm in line for the back door 🥴

I got a challenge for you a 1957 Harley hummer that has been my nightmare for the last year. Try to get that running.. 3 weeks later… too late got it running 👍

@BlueSquatchproductions

7 ай бұрын

Amazing

Dude you rock! Here’s a tip for you and your motorcycle: the fairing on your ride is a collectors item, Vetter Fairings are a valuable accessory created by Craig Vetter’s “Vetter Fairing Company” so you have a piece of motorcycle history on your hands!

I really like how you complete a fix all in one video instead of many, many videos. Great job you guys. 👏👏👏

I had a 1982 GL1100 Aspencade a couple years ago. I bought it from the original owner, but it had sat for 10 years. Fresh gas, new plugs, and new battery and it fired right up. I put a lot of work into it and road it 4000 miles before I sold it. Such a joy to work on these bikes. Simple, yet intricate. Ran perfect when I was done with it.

I had a '77 Goldwing brought to me poured into milk crates. Spent a cold Ohio winter putting it back together and ramming around Oh and MI picking up parts. I could both smell and feel this entire video! Thanks for the memories.

Craig, another great video!! You are quickly becoming my favorite motorcycle channel!! PLUS your in my state which makes it even more awesomer !!!

I'm currently doing an 84 goldwing. Just got it running, and seeing one chooch down the road is so amazing. Thank you. I need this!

Im always here for Craigs feelings

The fact that you didn’t give up when most people would have is just awesome! It makes seeing it ride under its own power that much more awesome!

@dmkinsey

7 ай бұрын

I love how the whole thing was smoking after the ride!

This has got to be my favorite channel! Your videos bring back so many memories. When I was a kid, my first motorcycles were bikes that didn't run when I got them, because I couldn't afford anything else, so I had to get them going. I learned a lot, and now after 45+ years of riding, I service and repair my own bikes. I've got a Vulcan Nomad I've had for 19 years with over 61,000 miles on it, and a Harley Softail Slim I've had for 11 years. I still do all my work myself. Thanks for making the vids, I really love watching them!

As an ex motorcyclist in the 1980's and 90's , I fondly remember those old Goldwings ! No one can argue or deny that they were great motorcycles in there time, but I don't think it's worth fixing at this point ! Perhaps an excellent parts bike.

Craig, that bike is too good to end up as a parts bike. Make it a channel special and rebuild it. That Vetter stuff is iconic, and the bike is a time capsule of the early 80s. As an 80s kid, those things are the coolest, I'm a Honda parts guy now and the bits you'll need are still available and i'm on the other side of the planet from you! Step up mate, you can make it awesome again! Cheers, from New Zealand!

@SchoolforHackers

7 ай бұрын

Hah, sounds like you’re more savvy than our Honda shop in Albuquerque. I went for some parts for my ‘75 400-4 and the kid at the counter was like, “There aren’t any parts for a bike that’s been discontinued so long”(?). I had him go ahead and look up an oil filter, and they had seven. I bought one, smiled and walked out. And spent $1000 at an out of state dealer for the rest of my parts. My 400 is gorgeous, btw. 😂

@roygroves5983

7 ай бұрын

Chur au , Have to agree seems too good to part out yet . Mind you I've bought an entire bike just to secure my 650z a cylinder block , got so many spare parts now ! Even Anachonda is starting to run low after the 36 years I've had mine . NZ .

@patrickmalone9380

7 ай бұрын

Might need ur help have 1984 gl 1200 has sat years previous owner .had year still have try start it want drain fuel tank first

@GlockPointer

6 ай бұрын

I fully agree, I would put way too much money into it and never regret it.

@jeffhunter2553

5 ай бұрын

Please try to find someone who wants to restore that bike. I owed a couple dozen motorcycles in my lifetime and a 1st or 2nd generation Goldwing is one that has alluded my grasp.

Your ability to consistently bring these old nails back from the dead must surely earn you the title of "The Bike Necromancer"! Well done. 👍

I'd like to see the cylinder pressure test after you rode it. I wouldn't be surprised if the dead cylinder woke up.

Great job guy's. I can remember riding one of those bikes. I was 17 and thought it was awesome back then in 1987. I had a 400 custom Honda and my friend had the gold wing. Thanks for the video keep up the great work and stay safe.

As somebody who pulled a 1978 Goldwing out of a shed and brought it back to life after about 20 years, I can’t believe you got away with doing so little to make this run lol. The amount of time I spent on the airbox Plenum alone makes me want to cry. You’re the man Craig! Keep up the good work.

@martinkulik9466

7 ай бұрын

You did the right thing. Starting these old engines that sat long time full of hardened oil and other residue in a hurry does more damage than good.

@JC059

7 ай бұрын

El sonido honda no desaparece , igual me dolió 🤷‍♂️💫💫💫🇺🇾

It’s a Honda surprised it didn’t just fire straight up lol

@nikonordman7624

7 ай бұрын

I mean it did when they got it unstuck

Funny as ferk. I laughed out loud for real. Thank you for that. Truly awesome. A 'don't do this at home folks'. Let the professionals do it. Excellent. Made my evening. Glad it ran on petrol. Well done Craig. And thank you Dan for continuing to film.

I have liked and subscribed Craig my good brother. Thanks for taking me along on some adventures, since I had a stroke, I’ve not been able to work, which means I used up all my savings and had to sell my bike. Been without one now for about 3 years and it’s killing me. Made a good recovery and could ride, but here in England the bikes are expensive to run, so between you and Sean, this is about as close as I come to a ride out these days. Thanks for the company and the entertainment brother. Great content. Stay safe man. 🙏

Awesome Craig when I saw it catch on fire I thought it was never going to run you proved me wrong every time and down the road you go awesome video brother

I’m 40yrs old and those fart sound effects when Craig’s putting in all his effort makes me giggle every time!! Another great video, keep up the good work!

Old Goldwings hold a special place in my heart. Reminds me of my dad coming home from work at Amoco.

I really like how you complete a fix all in one video instead of many, many videos. Great job you guys.

To turn the engine over, take the bolt cover off of the back of the stator and turn the bolt clockwise. That’s how you turn the engine over when setting the timing.

@TimS57064

7 ай бұрын

I wanted to say the same thing, yet thought I would look thru the comments first. Had to do it, when I changed the timing belts on my 1982 GL1100 Interstate.

Exactly what I needed before work on a Friday!! 🤙🏻❤️😇

man I love your channel. so happy that you are still making videos. Keep at it.

Just shows how robust these Honda's are, great engineering. Nice job guys.🇬🇧🏍

@vincedibona4687

7 ай бұрын

*Hondas - no apostrophe necessary

You're killing it, man. Loving your content. And i'm not just saying that because I've been keeping an '86 Goldwing I dragged out of a shed four years ago alive and on the road... Keep up the good work!

despite his young age he is old school top notch mechanic !love the knowledge he displays !amazing

Marvel mystery oil has always been my go to for stuck engines. Pull the plugs and fill the cylinders up with it and let it sit overnight.

Craig never fails to help keep my ADHD brain entertained during my mornings. Thank you always for the content!

This s gold! Awesome explanation of timing and how it connects with proper motor function. Go Bearded Mechanic and Dan (love his input and what he brings), keep moving forward and can't wait to see what you get into next!

Y'all are incredible. It'll only be a parts bike from here on, but y'all gave it a good send off! Good job!

You make this old motorcycle run again that is great specially you show your knowledge and experience great video 👍

This was an absolutely amazing video. You are the Cesar Milan of motorcycles. No matter how rough they are, you don't give up on them. Every time I watch one of your videos, I get an incredible itch to go ride my motorcycle.

@BlueSquatchproductions

7 ай бұрын

100%

Craig youre such a good mechanic. Youre the best type of mechanic too. You love what you do and your work shows

Good job Craig! What i see here is not a bike full of parts for restoring another bike but a complete and (most) running bike that needs a ton of love.

Just started watching, but this has to be the most exciting video yet! Oldwing that has been taken over by mother nature. I am rooting for you, Craig.

I may have mentioned this before,I am a stroke survivor. I am still, quite screwed up! Every day is a fight to get something back. Thanks for the inspiration !

It's, actually crazy. I have a project 81 Goldwing Gl1100 interstate right now haha, been trying to get it running since April!

@stuartbowerman7132

7 ай бұрын

I think the trick is to get it a little bit on fire

@july4813

7 ай бұрын

Maybe, will have to try that soon@@stuartbowerman7132

Thank you for giving this old man indescribable joy when I see and hear the excitement of your success at resurrecting a bike!!!

Craig, your videos are educational and funny at the same time. I have enjoyed every one that I have watched. It’s people like you and your team that inspire others to do this themselves. The fire towards the end of the video was scary but no one got hurt. Great job guys.

You are the master of old bike resurrection Craig!!!! Great video and job guys.

Love the videos Craig. Keep em coming. Another bike saved

Now that was absolutely amazing!!!!!.....excellent work guys, excellent work. Love your channel guys, your killin it, don't stop!!!!

Awesome job Craig & Dan getting that old GL going again 😀👍👍

Great motorcycle content! Keep resurrecting the old bikes.

Hey Craig! I've been lucky enough (or unlucky enough) to have worked on tons of the Goldwing 1000-1100's. If you need any information about them or maintenance items I recommend you do immediately (timing belts), please feel free to reach out. I can also send you a list of parts you will need that I have saved for Goldwing 1100's that I have worked on. Good luck with the Wing! I am looking forward to seeing how this series goes.

@lukedunn7615

6 ай бұрын

Greetings, might you be in CA? I'm inspired after watching this and starting to tackle the pile that has been in my driveway for years.

@willjohnson5861

6 ай бұрын

Hello, I am in MN so I might be a little far away to help in person.@@lukedunn7615

I love watching you fix these bikes. It looks like magic to someone who has no idea what are you doing.

I just bought my own 1983 Honda Goldwing and have been slowly fixing it up myself, it's been a struggle but I'm getting her to run smoothly little by little.

What better way to start a friday than watching Craig do stuff................and to be fair, spinning the dingledarm usually works...

It has always fascinated me how a bike like that was once somebody’s pride and joy and an absolutely state of the art bike - and now is a sad old thing that runs….sort of and is only good for parts. Oh well - good save Craig!

Equal measures of genius and madman, love Craig's videos!!

Craig this is awesome. Love to see these bikes get new homes instead of sitting and rusting

Love the videos, and I'd listen to Craig's feelings and ideas. I love listening to people who know a variety of things. Working on a bike and you learn about life perspectives. It's only a problem if you make it.

Would be interesting to do another compression test on it now that the engine has run a bit

Thank you for putting out clean, interesting, informative, and funny content! 😀

it's so oddly satisfying watching other people get old junkers running and get just as excited as I do when I get my junker projects running lol. Just brought a 95' Yamaha FZR600R back to life after sitting for a good while, hopefully it'll be ready for a short test ride tomorrow!

I'm surprised it moved on it's own after the fire. Good job as always!

Outstanding video Craig! Makes me want to go out and free up the 2 stuck engines in my shed on my 1980 Honda CB650 Custom and 1977 Honda CB400F! Now where did I put that PB Blaster:) Keep up the great work guys!

@SchoolforHackers

7 ай бұрын

Wait a minute: you have a 400-4 parts bike? Where are you?

@marcusscott9800

7 ай бұрын

Not a parts bike but my current project:)@@SchoolforHackers

@SchoolforHackers

7 ай бұрын

@@marcusscott9800 So I guess you’re not selling it to me? 😉 I have a gorgeous ‘75 myself.

@marcusscott9800

7 ай бұрын

LOL, no I am trying to get my bike to be where yours already is:)@@SchoolforHackers

Love the bike revivals man.

Great video .... can't believe that thing moved under it's own power. Craig and PB Blaster to the rescue

Lord, bless this man Craig. I would've been swearing up a storm and lost my temper and given up dealing with half of these issues. Craig has some serious diligence and patience that is very refreshing and cool to see.

the best part of Bikes and bears uploading is knowing that craig will have a video out in an hour

Awesome job, back in 1982 I bought my second street legal bike the GL 1000 LTD. It came without any fairings or cases, it had a small handlebar and was sold as a sportsbike. The LTD came with a socalled "blueprint" engine, a beautiful aubergine like metalic color and gold colored rims. So I (like everyone else in those day's) added higher handlebars, a Vetter windshield/fairing and Krauser cases wich turned it into a greate cruiser. Honda noticed and changed their later designs into cruisers complete with everything you like and more. Thanks for bringing back some beautiful memories to a now 65 year old.

I was just remembering that during my late teens, I worked at a Suzuki shop and it seemed that bikes of that era had a lot of trouble with needle and seats leaking, and bikes that were left sitting also had clogged piolet jets. Its amazing you got it running and my hats off to you. Good job

Just bought my very first bike! Loving the content, Craig

Craig, I thoroughly enjoy watching you work and I appreciate how hard you work to get bikes running. Only you can take a busted up garden bike and get her purring. I'm learning a lot from these videos and I hope they continue. By the way, what's the story behind the tattoo on your wrist? Respek, Josh

Bought a 15 year barn stored one and got it back to life as per my profile picture. Back to frame and engine before rebuild. Absolutely love it.😊

Thanks for the memories. I had a 78 and an 81 wing. Just hearing it start up was awesome. I miss the 78 it was my fave. Glad I found the channel. It's a lot of fun.

This was awesome!!! Great work and great video! Glad the fire was controlled too… 💯👍🏼🙌👊🏼

Great vid craig! Loving the content buddy

The best cycle rescue channel on YT. Always wanted to see you do a led wing.

Love this video Craig, if your anything like me. It's bikes like this that really have no place being on the road that I love most.

It's really awesome to see it's come back to life ❤

I feel your pain, I bring bikes back to life on a daily basis. I have done numerous Goldwings too. Thanks for sharing!

You should try some of that compression restore in a bottle, stuff like that works miracles sometimes lol Rislone compression repair. It's a shot in the dark but it's worth a try and would be an interesting experiment!

Sight and sound brings back so many great memories...I had a GL1000 K1 in 1990, drove it from Holland to Sweden couple times, and many more countries and great rides, on one of the rides back from Sweden ear Malmö, temps started to rise, and a huge smokescreen in the rear view mirror, burning coolant, so found a small town garage/blacksmith, found the right rear cilindersleeve had loosened and sunk a bit in the aluminium block, which was very bad off course, but had to get back home, still 900 km to go, so made a copper ring to fit between the sunken sleeve and cilinderhead, loads of heavy duty gasket-sealant and an extra 10 liter tank of water hooked up to keep things cool enough to ride. Drove all the way back home, remember driving through the hilly landscape in Denmark seeing a huge trail of white smoke curling through the hills and roads behind me, but kept it cool behind the windjammer screen, rolling sigarets while driving, scared faces in cars and gasstations, but made it all those 900 km, drove straight to a motorbike breakersyard, found a K3 engine low mileage, hoisted it on the rearseat, some ropes around it and drove home to make it well and run until 2 years ago to sell it because cancer decided I couldn't ride anymore, But death did not catch me yet! So I bought 2 Yamaha XJ's 650 and 750 to make 1 riding bike out of it for the fun of working motorbikes, and getting strong again after bad times, this spring will be the one to start riding again! Thanks for your so inspiring videos, keep 'em ridin'!

Man, watching your channel makes me a lot more hopeful of getting my Concours 1000 to run perfectly again. I gotta do a full carb rebuild and re-sync, as well as tires, and replacing the fork seals. I’ll probably replace whatever lines I find that are in bad shape on the way. I miss riding so much.

I can see the listing now ... 1981 Honda Mosquito Fogger runs great! Starts almost every time. Safety PPE included. (both fire extinguishers) That was fun to watch! Thank You Guys 🤠

I saw one of those Gold Wings when they first came out, maybe it was 1975. A marine was riding one with his wife or GF in back of him. Pretty odd putting an engine suitable for a car in a MC. It was the smoothest bike on the road at the time, no vibration at all. What I really was in awe of at the time was the Kawasaki 900cc Z1. That was the bike I wanted and lusted after.

Thanks for a great end to a bad week!!! Good vid.

This has became my favorite KZread channel I do love these old gold wings pretty much any old honda thou

Nice GPZ1000 in the back ground in the shop! Great video amazing to see that thing actually pull its own weight!

The amount of excitement I felt when it started was awesome. I hope you guys restore this awesome bike

Bringing old junk back to life is always a great feeling

i restored the first 3 years of Goldwing ,and the GL1000 came out in 1975 i have one in my barn .. the 1974 was only a demo and not sold to the public . i still have a 75 and a 77 . i sold a mint 76 with 2680 miles ...and yes i have the fairing that are aftermarket parts ..nice build ...i have a running GL1000 motor with 42000 but well kept motor, they a special valve spring compression tool ,i have one of those tools ..i have every part of that bike in my shop . only thing not the same is bore size ...if you need a part i got them ..i live in upstate NY ..