Baker Air Wing Installation

[BlueWingBill]

Can anyone recommend someone in the Houston/Conroe area that has a lot of experience installing Baker WindWing/HandWings? Ideally, I would like to take it to a shop that could work me in on a Saturday and not have me leave the bike for several days. I've talked to several shops and when they tell me that they haven't done this but they can figure it out, it doesn't instill a lot of my confidence in them.

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800

[bushwhacker]

I've talked to several shops and when they tell me that they haven't done this but they can figure it out, it doesn't instill a lot of my confidence in them.

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800

Everyone I know who has Bakers installed them themselves.

Just show up at the next Tech day in your area (Doesn't matter if it is bike specific, people who love to tinker will tinker with anything) and I will bet they will be very professionally installed in no time.

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[BlueWingBill]

Thanks Bushwhacker. I thought about giving it a shot myself but you haven't seen what I am capable of doing with any kind of cutting or drilling device. I might try on a 2x4 that I can replace easily but the new scooter only has 450miles on it so I want to hire it done.

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800

[Texas T]

Have you been down to talk with Patrick?

http://www.motorcycles-unlimited.com/

[BlueWingBill]

No Texas T. I've never been in that shop before. They are on 1960 aren't they? Would you say that they would know what they are doing and could you recommend them?

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800

[Chirpy]

Yes, they know what they are doing. They build a lot of track bikes and race bikes and do a lot of fabrication.

Bolting stuff to a couch shouldn't be a challenge ;-)

[BlueWingBill]

It is a big couch isn't it? Definitely a differrent riding style than what I came off of. But it is totally amazing that it handles way better than a 1/2 ton of motorcycle should.

Thank you all for the posts. I will give Motorcycles Unlimited a call tomorrow.

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800

[Quick-Silver]

It is a big couch isn't it? Definitely a differrent riding style than what I came off of. But it is totally amazing that it handles way better than a 1/2 ton of motorcycle should.

Thank you all for the posts. I will give Motorcycles Unlimited a call tomorrow.

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800

Yes, A big couch.;-) If you haven't already done so, you can ride the 600 - 700 mile days and get off at the end of the day feeling like you just got out of bed abour 30 minutes before.

It handles beautifully just like the heavy sport bike that it is.

:sun:

[Texas T]

No Texas T. I've never been in that shop before. They are on 1960 aren't they? Would you say that they would know what they are doing and could you recommend them?

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800
Chirpy already responded but I don't think anyone on this board has ever had a complaint about Patrick's shop. He mainly a lurker but he does post up in here once in a while.

[Maintainer]

It is a big couch isn't it? Definitely a differrent riding style than what I came off of. But it is totally amazing that it handles way better than a 1/2 ton of motorcycle should.

Thank you all for the posts. I will give Motorcycles Unlimited a call tomorrow.

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800

I put some Bakers on my GL last month, it's really a snap. The packaging includes an excellent template and the proper drill bit also.

[JR]

Over the years, I've owned no less than 10 (TEN) GoldWlings. On most of them I installed Baker Wind Wings myself. Installation is usually ZERO in terms of being a "big deal." Baker Built products, in my experience, have excellent instructions and templates for owner/buyer self-install.

If you're going to be a GOLDWING rider and pay to have things installed and the bike serviced......YOU'D BETTER BE NEARLY ARE RICH AS BILL GATES...

90% of the pleasure of being a Wing Rider is personalizing the ride YOURSELF... at least so it seemed to me.

And yes, the WING is SUPERB for the DISTANCE. I've personally logged 10 days with over 1000 miles per day on GOLDWING...

If I could get a naked or nearly naked one I'd probably have one now... but sadly Honda no longer offers a GOLDWING for the "simple life" rider... too many gadgets and appliances on it for me....

JR
Lake Livingston, TX

[bushwhacker]

If I could get a naked or nearly naked one I'd probably have one now...



It's called a Rune :trust: :lol2:

[kurt]

It's called a Rune :trust: :lol2:

I always wondered if those came with the orange wig and clown's nose or if you had to buy those separately. :-P

[BlueWingBill]

Chirpy and Texas T - Thanks a lot for the advice to go see Patrick. Really liked his shop and his service. He worked me in and got me out in about 2 hours. (His idea, not mine.) I think that I am going to let him do my routine maintenance. The bike shop that I bought my "couch" from told me not to worry about an oil change until about 1000 miles but in talking to Patrick, I think I'm going to get it done sooner than that.

The Bakers rock. It makes a hot day a lot more rideable in my opinion. The air wings stay put well but I seem to be having a bit of trouble with the hand wings under the mirrors closing down when a big truck goes past in the other lane on a 2 lane road. One seems to do it more than the other. The instructions say don't tighten up the chrome caps for fear of breaking the plastic screws but I don't see how else these things could be made not to close down. Kind of a pain to re-adjust at stop lights.

Thanks again to everyone for all the advice.

BlueWingBill
'07 GL1800
Heavy Sportbike

[Texas T]

You're welcome Bill. Patrick is held in high regard by many on this board.