Newbie Here, With Pictures

[GPz1100]

i got her last week. not new to riding, but new to the cruiser world. past rides include '83 GPz1100, '02 ZRX1200R, '08 C14 Concours. so i'm used to a different ride to say the least.

[BF]

Welcome.   

[Misfit]

Welcome! 

[Pepmyster]

Welcome!!!!!

[signart]

Congratulations, and welcome. That color always remind me of big "E". I would have to put a "3" on the side covers, if I had that color.  Great looking Valk.

[R J]

Welcome, good lookin ride.

[wiggydotcom]

Welcome! For your first cruiser, you made an excellent choice!

[Woton]

Congrats!  Any idea if you are second, third, etc owner?  I enjoy keeping the original owner informed of what's up with the bike.  He wanted a Road King and he has one, but he still seems to enjoy hearing about the Valk he so meticulously maintained.

Other than the Kury grips (and, a GPS?) it appears pretty well stock...
Strategy 1 - keep it that way and be proud.
Strategy 2 - enjoy the customizations ( my preference!)

Get used to your new ride...and have a ball!!   

[GPz1100]

i'm the third owner. and that's not a gps but controls for a hondaline cb that's no longer there. gotta take that off. i don't plan on many mods, maybe some different shocks and a cruise control unit.
do these come with factory windshields or are they after market? it had one but it's too large for me so i took it off. looking at a Memphis Shades 15" slim model.

[Woton]

Tourer model came with windshield and hard bags.  Assume yours is a Standard and not a Tourer stripped down.  Your windshield was probably aftermarket.

[Paxton]

Tourer windshields look pretty large, at least to me...
Not sure. I believe that the OME windshield has a "closed circle" around the headlight. ???

Welcome to TURBO-HELL!

[Willow]

Tourer model came with windshield and hard bags.  Assume yours is a Standard and not a Tourer stripped down.  Your windshield was probably aftermarket.

Based upon the locations of the reflectors that bike was indeed manufactured as a Standard.

[MacDragon]

Welcome from New England....  I've got a Memphis Shades 17" on mine with lowers.  It works well.  (I'm only 5'8" and 180# on a good day. )

Nice looking ride ya got there.

[Woton]

Based upon the locations of the reflectors that bike was indeed manufactured as a Standard.
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Assume you mean the rear fender reflector that would be covered by Tourer saddlebags.  I never noticed those before.  I note I do not seem to see one in the first photo, however.  Is it missing, or was there not one on that side on the Standard?

Anyway, you can take Willow's word for it, GP.   

[Gryphon Rider]

Welcome, GPz,

Based on the mounting hardware still on the bike, the windshield you took off is a Honda one.

[solo1]

Tourer model came with windshield and hard bags.  Assume yours is a Standard and not a Tourer stripped down.  Your windshield was probably aftermarket.

Based upon the locations of the reflectors that bike was indeed manufactured as a Standard.

I agree with Willow.  The Tourer didn't have the side reflectors on the back fender, they were on the bags.

[Paxton]

"...[The Standard] have the side reflectors on the back fender.:
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You are correct and they look ugly!        

[Felonious Thump]

Congrats, welcome, and what a beaut. Looks like mine before my wreck. Loved the silver and black. They are still the top cruiser IMHO. I am really trying to get the boss ( wife ) let me have a red and black available locally while I rebuild mine. I keep telling her we can both ride dragons.

[GPz1100]

Tourer windshields look pretty large, at least to me...
Not sure. I believe that the OME windshield has a "closed circle" around the headlight. ???

Welcome to TURBO-HELL!

yeah, the one i took off has a closed circle. i just ordered a tinted memphis shades slim 15" shield.

[f6john]

    Yours looks just like mine did in 1999, but it has gone through several changes over time.

[HayHauler]

Welcome GPz1100!!  First post and pictures to  boot.  I like you already. 

Again, welcome to the asylum.  You're gonna like it here!

Hay 
Jimmyt