How to turn a Honda Goldwing into a Cafe cruiser?

I have a 1983 Honda Goldwing with the fairings and saddle bags. I want to strip it down, remove the fairings and saddle bags and make it look more like a cafe cruiser. When I pull the fairing off will I have to get any extra parts or make any modifications so that the front will look half way decent? What other mods are usually made when converting the goldwing into a cafe cruiser?How to turn a Honda Goldwing into a Cafe cruiser?There was / is a guy in Detroit that would bring really cool gold wing cafe conversions to the State Fairground swap meets. There is a site "naked goldwing.com check out their bike of the month pics if you want some ideas. Or do a google search of Honda goldwing cafe racers and check the image pages. There is stuff that ranges from the ridiculous to the incredible.

Good luck with your projectHow to turn a Honda Goldwing into a Cafe cruiser?The idea of a cafe racer is to strip off everything that's not necessary to make the bike as fast and as light weight as possible while remaining street legal. Better shocks and suspension help make it handle better. Trim or remove the fenders and get rid of anything else that's not required for lighter weight. See if you can find a smaller gas tank and fiberglass seat pan. Maybe a little clip-on windshield and smaller handle bars... If you want to go fast, then you need to make sure you can stop as well. Better brakes are a good idea.



If your bags and fairing are still in good condition, you could probably sell them on ebay or some other auction site.How to turn a Honda Goldwing into a Cafe cruiser?You will have to figure out how to mount the headlight and turn-signals. Be prepared for lots of ugly stuff hidden by the fairing! The Gold Wing will never look much like a cafe racer, though: Cafe racers never have anything but chain final drive, and the flat-four motor will look totally wrong. You should really have spoked wheels, too, which the mid-to-late-seventies Gold Wings had. You can't really replace the "fuel tank", since it isn't really a fuel tank, and houses the electrics.