custom scooter

does anybodies ride look as good as this one?

Nice looking show bike, lot's of care and attention spoiled by all the chrome trash on the handlebars, a dodgy looking seat the colour of old ladies knickers, and that ridiculous excuse for a windscreen. I'd like to see it after a winter on salted roads. 6 out of 10.

Looks very nice. Would i like to own it .No thanks

WOW!

That sure looks good... and a little out of my budget...Show Scooter.

Well, with DennisB's gps mount mine does.

Very nice but I would be nervous just pushing it our of the garage!

WOW thats shiny

Its got carpet on the foot rests, wonder what is that bit near the tank filler in the first photo and it doesnt seem to be there in the other photos...

DennisB wrote:

That sure looks good... and a little out of my budget

I thought this was the mods you were teasing us with

Gee Bill,

The mods I've been working on are only about $130.00 all added up neat and tightie, not a Gazillion dollars.

I really like the chrome wheels.

Nice custom ride, I like the chrome.

Chrome won't get you home. Just something else to have to keep polished. Looks like an Oriental showbike that probably doesn't get ridden very far. Kind of like the guys w/ the $30,000+ custom choppers - rides it a couple of miles to a bar, parks it so everyone can tell him how nice it is, and then rides it a couple of miles back home and puts it a garage.
The chrome rims do look nice but everything else is too garish for me.

ucwinters,

That's true...Chrome won't get you home...But it sure looks good.

Pictures of my old 59 Panhead I rode for 20 years out in California and Oklahoma. I sold it and bought a Silverwing.





I had a GREAT time!!!

Love your pictures, Dennis!

The custom Silverwing's nice but I think I'd buy a Harley if I wanted to spend my time polishing.....and there's no chance whatever of my doing that!

The custom Silverwing is very snazzy, are the mirrors chrome and if so where and how much did you pay for them?

If I'm not mistaken, some Swingers replace the stock mirrors with Burgman 400 ones - chrome, direct replacement, stick out further and are not expensive.

The ones on the bike (not Burger 400s) look to me as if they've been chromed with all the other parts - good quality!

Meldrew wrote:

Nice looking show bike, lot's of care and attention spoiled by all the chrome trash on the handlebars, a dodgy looking seat the colour of old ladies knickers, and that ridiculous excuse for a windscreen. I'd like to see it after a winter on salted roads. 6 out of 10.

Tell it like it is Meldrew. I fully agree with you.

:flower:

MikeO wrote:

snipped ... some Swingers replace the stock mirrors with Burgman 400 ones - chrome, direct replacement, stick out further and are not expensive.

All true and that's exactly what I did. The only down side is that if you are in a tight spot the mirros do protrude a little more.

Alos, when trailering in a covered cargo trailer, you may have to swing one mirror in to load it safely if you are trailer two bikes. Other than those minor inconveniences, I prefer the Burg 400 mirrors by far.

~ sonuvabug ~

sonuvabug wrote:

MikeO wrote:

snipped ... some Swingers replace the stock mirrors with Burgman 400 ones - chrome, direct replacement, stick out further and are not expensive.

All true and that's exactly what I did. The only down side is that if you are in a tight spot the mirros do protrude a little more.

~ sonuvabug ~

The Burgman mirrors rotate through 90 degrees reducing the width of the bike overall. One of the more useful attractions to the 400 Burgy.

That Silverwing is cool.

It makes a change to see a scooter put up there with conventional bikes.

I would ride it but only on warm sunny days with the entire road network to myself.

I love it.

I agree looks like an Asian show bike....HOWEVER...

You know some companies go through all the trouble to make something like this - like a chrome company or a painting company to highlight their capabilities and have it on a showroom floor to garner more business.

So before we pout and rant something akin to a 9 year old, if it aint yours and you dont have to ride it, go ride your own and enjoy yourself.

Errr... the original comments were from 2012, over five years ago and over three years before you joined the forum. There seems to be an ongoing trend for dredging up old topics and adding to them as if they were current, and of course the original pouting ranting 9 year olds from back then are now moody teenagers.

Meldrew wrote:

Errr... the original comments were from 2012, over five years ago and over three years before you joined the forum. There seems to be an ongoing trend for dredging up old topics and adding to them as if they were current,  and of course the original pouting ranting 9 year olds from back then are now moody teenagers.

Great comeback! Love it! LOL

Looks like a poser bike; nice looking and all, but it makes one wonder how it is ridden... probably not much and then just for show when it is. I like that lived in look... gives it credibility beyond just an odometer reading. Comfortable, familiar and utilitarian like a favorite pair of shoes. Maybe I'm just not that vain but others may think I have lower standards... So what? I'm happy even if they aren't.

Well, for a show bike, which I think it is, it's a damn pretty one. Mine's almost like it... well, at least it's black...

Well, we shouldn't be jealous of these custom bikes. I find my Silverwing very personal and comforting. I've found this with Honda in general but a I wouldn't ride customs in the same way or feeling. A bike needs to be a bit 'gritty'.

Anyhow aren't you jealous of my model? It takes pride of place and keeps reminding me of what a lovely looking bike it really is. Just my opinion !

I have one of those models on the way, love them!

I've got one of those in front of me as I type this!

I love my Silverwing but that sounds a bit obsessional. Go for a ride....

I've just got back from one!

Meldrew,

May I invite you to Georgia on you next excursion to the USA? Please come to Georgia. Love to meet you and the missus. My missus and I will go out of our way. We have wallpaper paste almost every morning. But we know how to do biscuits, BBQ, and Texas Toast, and of course a good steak on the grill. I do of course, have a Silverwing here that you can rant about; although nothing remarkable, it does get me from A to B, and C on occasion. The invitation is open...

its a very nice looking $3,000 dollar scooter just kidding its very nice and looks like a lot of hard work.

janitorj1 wrote:

Meldrew,

May I invite you to Georgia on you next excursion to the USA?  Please come to Georgia. Love to meet you and the missus.  My missus and I will go out of our way.  We have wallpaper paste almost every morning.  But we know how to do biscuits, BBQ, and Texas Toast, and of course a good steak on the grill.  I do of course, have a Silverwing here that you can rant about; although nothing remarkable, it does get me from A to B, and C on occasion. The invitation is open...

Thank you for the open invitation, it's Mrs M who organises our holidays and there's nothing on her planner to the US in the forseeable future, but we are going to The Land of Poutine instead, Canada.

Meldrew wrote:

Thank you for the open invitation, it's Mrs M who organises our holidays and there's nothing on her planner to the US in the forseeable future, but we are going to The Land of Poutine instead, Canada.

Oh boy! I can't wait for this next culinary review. Cod tongues, duck in a can, poutine...

Tim

Cosmic_Jumper wrote:

Meldrew wrote:

Thank you for the open invitation, it's Mrs M who organises our holidays and there's nothing on her planner to the US in the forseeable future, but we are going to The Land of Poutine instead, Canada.

Oh boy! I can't wait for this next culinary review. Cod tongues, duck in a can, poutine...

Tim

This made me spit my coffee a little laughing out loud! LMAO

Cosmic_Jumper wrote:

Meldrew wrote:

Thank you for the open invitation, it's Mrs M who organises our holidays and there's nothing on her planner to the US in the forseeable future, but we are going to The Land of Poutine instead, Canada.

Oh boy! I can't wait for this next culinary review. Cod tongues, duck in a can, poutine...

Tim

Play fair now, who else buys cheese in a aerosol can, has chicken fried steak that has nothing to do with a chicken, eats a sickly sweet potato pie with marshmallows on top, and weird piggy things like chitterlings and scrapple, washed down with cold tea drunk out of old pickle jars.

Meldrew wrote:

Play fair now, who else buys cheese in a aerosol can, has chicken fried steak that has nothing to do with a chicken, eats a sickly sweet potato pie with marshmallows on top, and weird piggy things like chitterlings and scrapple, washed down with cold tea drunk out of old pickle jars.  

My comment wasn't meant to demean our fair neighbors to the north. I'm just anticipating your jaundiced opinion.

And, hey, in my bar fly days I found cheese-in-a-can & pretzel sticks to be a tasty accompaniment to the muscatel I'd been hammering down.

Culinary Wars - Neither side plays games when it comes to food.

The sweet potato pie sounded good till the marshmallows came into the conversation.
Cheese in a spray can??? Good grief what an obscene concept :-(

It's all a question of taste really.....

To heck with all those jealous guys, that scooter looks beautiful. I'd love to have one like that. I'd only ride it on nice sunny days. Having restored a few older Goldwings I can appreciate the work that goes into such a project. You have the honor to be riding the most beautiful Silverwing. Ride safe!

It could use a Corbin seat though. They are great looking on the SW. Many choices of color, material and stitching available. Also about the most comfortable bike seats going.
Take a look:
http://corbin.com/honda/hsw.shtml

I agree, that Silverwing is a winner. I can image the amount of work and $ , that must have gone into it, to make it look so glorious. I would find a place of honor in my garage for something like this real fast!

Love those Corbin seats. I bet they cost more than I paid for my bike. Notice that the belt drive cover is silver. I might take that idea. I've always thought that there is too much black on the left hand side, whereas we've got aluminium and chrome on the right.

I still don't understand why I've craved Honda all my life and especially the Silverwing. Just an illness I guess....come to think of it, I always liked estate cars (station wagons) coz I always end up taking loads of 'stuff' with me. I can do this without panniers on the Silverwing, just the top box and under-seat cavern.

It's very rarely see a Corbin seat on UK bikes, the last one I have spotted was on a used BMW in a showroom and the previous owner had obviously gone over the top when ordering on colours, contrast stitching, and logos. It just didn't look an integral part of the bike, Suzuki puts nasty brown seats on their white Burgman 400’s a few years ago and that spoiled the look of them too.

Apart from the initial price of ordering a custom Corbin seat from the US which is always going to be expensive, then the cost of postage to the UK at whatever the current exchange rate is. The sting in the tail is the additional hefty Import Duty and VAT you have to pay on top of that to Parcelforce before you collect your package.

Over the years I've noticed when the subject of importing bike gear and kit from the US comes up in biking circles and the added expensive at this end. Someone will inevitably claim they paid nothing and got expensive stuff in tax and duty free labelled as 'Business Samples. I've always been a bit sceptical about that.

You're correct about the costs involved of course. It's easy for us over here to forget the cost of imported items. One advantage we do have in the US is a large market. Granted that scooters aren't as well accepted here than across the Atlantic, but in general the large population of the US is still a pretty good sized market which is enough to cause more companies to make aftermarket parts for trucks, autos, motorcycles, you name it.

Yeah, I take your points. The USA always seems to have the extra trimmings on their imports. I nearly bought an XS1100 Custom which was an import from the USA, it was gorgeous. I was told that getting parts could be a problem here in the UK. I didn't buy it. This was before the internet existed.

I don't understand why we can't have everything, everywhere when we need it without dubious costs all the time?

I'm sure there are some nice seats available here if I looked. That Corbin just kinda did it for me. However, it's on with the front brake overhaul for now. See 'Parking Brake' and 'Brake Bleeding Nightmare' in the topics if you like. I think my old SW was left standing (indoors) for some time during its life. I plan to bring her back to her former glory with a couple of mods and additions. That custom bike and the Corbin one have given me few ideas......mmmmmmm