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A 1978 Goldwing GL1000 w/fairing and hard bags....just paid $1200. for it.....a motorcycle mechanic friend had owned it for years and sold it to a guy near 70yo that can't ride any more who is now selling it to me. It has 62k miles and looks pretty good. I'll pick it up Friday after it gets all checked out. It has a big old honking cassette deck just under the shield but at least I can hook up my satrad or ipod easily now with the cassette adapter. I bought a new jacket and extra helmet yesterday and my motorcycle mechanic friend can order me a heated jacket liner for cost. What a guy.
I'll take pics later. I've already bought a ME/NH/VT motorycle tour map. I plan on staying a little close to central Maine for awhile untill I get comfortable with it. I see many bikes out now as the roads are clear and the sun has melted most of the snow. It's been in the forties many days lately. Although we can still get much more snow, the main roads get dry pretty quickly as the sun stays out longer.
I'm still working on getting a business started here. A cabin and a garage/workspace with rental unit above. Planning on renting atv's, sleds and maybe motorcycles later. I've talked to a rep at the Harley dealer and he may be looking for a satellite location for rentals where all paperwork is done on the internet and I would just hand out keys and check in bikes when they are returned. My mechanic friend of the family wants to set up a satellite shop himself and take care of all my rental servicing. He's an expert atv, sled and motorcycle mechanic. I originally thought of just having rentals for guests only but he thinks we can rent to anyone that CAN rent and could have 40-60 different things in our fleet sooner than I would want. Insurance and liability is a big concern but I've found out a lot talking to the Harley rep.
I already know lot's of atv'ing trails around here. But as I put 1400 miles on my sled in about 6 weeks, I've learned that the available trails are about 10 times that of atv'ing. Now with the bike, I can now think about touring the state and coming up with a route to go to a couple Canadian provinces, NH, VT and perhaps MA, CT and RI too, all in a couple days route.
I had always thought of making cabins that are motorcycle friendly but not until I came here for a winter did I realize that snowmobiling is really huge here in central ME. Along with atving there is fall colors, hunting season and the holidays. There just isn't enough cabin rentals around the Dover/Dexter area. Everyone thinks the business plan is sound.
Anyways, I'M BACK BABY. I'm still looking for another bike too but not as old.
I'll take pics later. I've already bought a ME/NH/VT motorycle tour map. I plan on staying a little close to central Maine for awhile untill I get comfortable with it. I see many bikes out now as the roads are clear and the sun has melted most of the snow. It's been in the forties many days lately. Although we can still get much more snow, the main roads get dry pretty quickly as the sun stays out longer.
I'm still working on getting a business started here. A cabin and a garage/workspace with rental unit above. Planning on renting atv's, sleds and maybe motorcycles later. I've talked to a rep at the Harley dealer and he may be looking for a satellite location for rentals where all paperwork is done on the internet and I would just hand out keys and check in bikes when they are returned. My mechanic friend of the family wants to set up a satellite shop himself and take care of all my rental servicing. He's an expert atv, sled and motorcycle mechanic. I originally thought of just having rentals for guests only but he thinks we can rent to anyone that CAN rent and could have 40-60 different things in our fleet sooner than I would want. Insurance and liability is a big concern but I've found out a lot talking to the Harley rep.
I already know lot's of atv'ing trails around here. But as I put 1400 miles on my sled in about 6 weeks, I've learned that the available trails are about 10 times that of atv'ing. Now with the bike, I can now think about touring the state and coming up with a route to go to a couple Canadian provinces, NH, VT and perhaps MA, CT and RI too, all in a couple days route.
I had always thought of making cabins that are motorcycle friendly but not until I came here for a winter did I realize that snowmobiling is really huge here in central ME. Along with atving there is fall colors, hunting season and the holidays. There just isn't enough cabin rentals around the Dover/Dexter area. Everyone thinks the business plan is sound.
Anyways, I'M BACK BABY.
I'm still looking for another bike too but not as old.
