Please submit a picture of your Silver Wing

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Hi all,

Let's try out Matthews idea of posting pics of members Silver Wings. Maybe we can change them weekly so members can see their SWing on the main page. So please post a pic of your SWing here and we can choose which one should go up. Maybe we can post Matthews picture for the first week and then choose which SWing is next.

Send me a pic Matthew of your SWing if you would and let's start posting pics on this topic here. Thanks.

This is Old Dave in Western Ne

I do have pictures of my Swing in the "Album" section of this forum...
Has anyone looked at them?

Dave, I just looked. Some cool scoot. Nice mods you have. I like the decals on the dash and side. What is the gauge on the right glove box?
Keep riding safe.

It is an outside temperature....

This is my 03. I would love to have a newer one, but I love my red... although I am thinking of repainting it another color sometime soon.

The Winged Express:




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2001...



http://www.bikevis.com



View thru screen to Grimsel Pass In Switzerland..





http://www.maxi-touring.co.uk

mikbak,

I think that you have a pretty hi-tech latch mechanism on your "push to open" glove box. ;-)

Great photos.

how do i post a photo of my bike jeff?

Eddie,
Page 1 about half way down is a good tutorial. I've found that if you choose the icon that has "host and image" behind it the quickest way. Click the icon before starting to type.

Jon

Ill see if I can attach a or some photos of my oh 2 cool 07 :-) I give up :-( there in my profile photos

Here's mine sitting in the backyard.

Sorry my picture's so big - I got cheesed-off trying to resize it differently for the various galleries I frequent. I'm not too good at all that stuff.

Mike - nice pic.

How do you find the Laminar Lip? Does it actually do what it is supposed to and direct the air clear of your helmet?

Thanks, Doug. It was freshly washed and polished!

The Lip does what it says but could do with being a shade higher, I think.
I can't now remember the X9's noise level but the 'wing is much quieter now. I've lowered the volume on my iPod considerably.

My rides with it have all been in fairly high winds - the norm here most of the time so I shall have to wait for calmer weather for a real test.

I'm wondering whether the Laminar Wings may improve things even more.

I still thoroughly recommend the Lip' especially for UK residents as they're available from a chap in the Midlands (where I got mine from).

Eddie,

Thanks for joining and I went ahead and posted one of your pics in your last post for this topic. I posted a photo for the "King of bling". lol Looks great Eddie.

Jeff,

Does this count as a picture of my SWing?

Mandy...Your amazing!

Thanks, Dennis. Here's one for you...


I'll send it to you in an e-mail if you want it.

M-

WOW...Thank You, I'm very honored to be one of your artistic creations.

Thank's again,

DennisB

Nice work on the likeness.

Wes (a former Marylander)

Mike, thanks for the info on the Laminar Lip, I'm 'swinging' across to the idea more and more.

Love Emeskays graphics, superb artwork. I likeeeeee. The reds with lashes and the silver with the subtle little beard of Dennis's - excellent work.

Thank you all for the kind words.

Hopefully these pictures of my 2008 Wing will show up. This is the first time I've done this so I'm not sure how to do it.

Anyway, it's a 2008 Wing with 18,160 miles on it. It's a bit dirty in the photos but that's because it was still in FL when I took the shots. I still have to give it a bath and some TLC to get it running. It's a nice looking Wing and will look a lot better once I can give it a bath and wax job. It has a GiVi trunk and windshield on it which is nice. Just from giving it a quick look I will have to replace the left brake handle if I can't straighten it out without it breaking. It got bent when it tipped over one time. Other than that there aren't any signs of scrapes or damage from tipping over.

The trip to FL started off on a bad foot. The tongue on the trailer we were pulling broke off about 3 miles north of Cannon Falls, MN. We had to leave it at a welder's shop to get welded. We have to do a road trip to Cannon Falls to pick it up now that we are back in MN. The guy who welded it said he put some heavier plating on the tongue and said it will never break again. I rented a Uhaul trailer to haul the Wing back to MN but at least I got it home!






IT WORKED!! IT WORKED!! Thank You JeffR for the helpful pdf on how to upload photos. I have the pdf for future reference which I will more than likely need next time.

Glad you made it home.Look on left ear of shield.Does it say clearview?When I bought mine I was told it was a givi but it wasn't .It was a clearview and looks like what you have.

I don't have a good pic of my latest S'Wing, but here is a pic of my prior one. The photo was taken on Hwy93 between Golden and Boulder. The exhaust is a GPR I modified to be to more level in mounting. Unfortunately this scoot become a hood ornament on a '72 Mustang (as did I).

Liked your Pic so much I put it at the top of the forum.
We've never had a Silverwing with striping like that
Very interesting.
My Photoshopped bike has been at the top long enough.

Dan

Wow, thanks. Are there any requirements and responsibilities with this great honor? Do I get a title, like maybe Grand Poobah?
 

ScooterBJ, wait till you get the bill for photo inclusion on this prestigious site!

BJ,

Don't believe "Hi Yo". We used his picture once and he made a lot of money from the forum for his pic. Dan told me many times he sent "Hi Yo" the $1,000 a month fee Dan pays to the owner of the bike used on the main page.

Yup. That's why my bike was up there for so long..Cheaper that way.

Ahhh the joys of being paid in Rupiah or Parker Bros currency.
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JeffR_ wrote:

BJ,
.............the $1,000 a month fee Dan pays to the owner of the bike used on the main page.

I look forward to seeing the $1K deposit showing up in my PayPal every month. Now I can afford to install the portapotty on my S'Wing!
 

My other bike was a Goldwing.....  lol

dspevack wrote:

Yup.  That's why my bike was up there for so long..Cheaper that way.

Dan, did you ever get your Swing back on the road?
If not, did you replace it yet with another?

No point in my doing a picture. Apart from the backrest it's pretty standard, Black with chrome mirrors(off a Burgman 400) and Givi airflow screen. That's it. No Bells and no whistles.  Sorry, there is a bell, a friendship bell.

That's my commute every day to work - back and forth on 93. The evening commute tends to keep me on my guard - people drive like $#@! on the stretch that slows down at the lights coming into Golden, going south. I had a full size pickup get rammed from behind by a lady that "didn't see" my pickup stopped at the light there in her lane of traffic (nevermind the light was also red). Fortunately me being in a truck and her being in a car meant she totaled her car while paying for little more than touch-up paint on my trailer hitch. I'm glad I wasn't on the Wing that day (an unusual event).

Yes, Hwy93 is a beautiful road, but crap, it's getting dangerous. So much impatient traffic. I am sure you heard of the motor cop that was killed a few months back. Such a waste.

I like to ride down to Woody's Pizza for lunch on occasion. I also like to hit coal creek canyon up to the peak to peak hwy. So much good riding........

Side view with madstad shield.
https://2img.net/h/s27.postimg.cc/q8uu79g9f/image.jpg

Happy Trails

Mudnman wrote:

Glad you made it home.Look on left ear of shield.Does it say clearview?When I bought mine I was told it was a givi but it wasn't .It was a clearview and looks like what you have.

It's about 3" or so taller than the standard shield which is nice. Less bugs that way.

There are a lot of nice looking Wings on this forum. Mine is pretty much standard with the exception of the GiVi trunk and the Clearview windshield. I don't know but to me it looks black but the specs say it's silver. I always thought that silver was pretty much the color of coins but being Polish I could be wrong. And usually am...

From today-Georgetown to Ice House Basin/Big Hill via Wentworth Springs Road...El Dorado National Forest:

And:

Ok but first I need an interesting background as my black scooter looks a lot  like all the other black scooters   .

Greysilver,

Are you talking about your "new" scooter or your "new to you" scooter.   

I think he's talking about his scoot that goes everywhere.  

I've lurked around a lot and enjoyed this forum. Lots of help. Thought I'd share a shot of my brother as we rode both our Silverwings coast to coast in 2005. He road the Silver and I had the Maroon. We had a blast and the SW's were awesome.

Nice bike, nice trailer!

From whom did you buy the tow-hitch?

What was your mpg pulling the trailer?Nice rig.

Trailer hitch custom made by Joe Wolfe.
We rode at 60 mph and got 55+ mpg on most fill ups. Got the most (62 mpg) crossing the salt lake going east.
Worst was 44 mpg when we broke our 60 mph rule and raced an 18 wheeler who harassed us at the NM welcome center saying our scooters weren't legal and couldn't do the min. speed limit.