Honda Valkyrie Roadsmith Build With Pictures

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One of our Texas members (Elliot A/K/A TW) brought us his very nice GL1500CT Pearl Sonoma Green & Creme 1997 Honda Valkyrie Tour to convert. After a lot of research on this site, and a long visit at our shop in Conroe, he decided to go with the Roadsmith conversion. This thread will document the build.
~Zook

Uncrating the Roadsmith conversion. Simplicity, but a very well engineered and bullet-proof design that has been well tested in the market. Elliot opted for the upgrade, HD anti-sway bar.

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We removed the seats, backrest, hard bags & mounts, lights and the rear half of the fender, no cutting of the Valk rear fender is necessary as its made in two pieces. We also removed the rear swingarm, shocks and wheel assembly and disconnected the brake line. Roadsmith utilizes the stock factory exhaust system and on this particular conversion it stays in place.

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Kit in place, mounting brackets installed, now to bolt everything together with grade 8 bolts, nylock nuts or locktite on the smaller non-locking nuts, torque and witness mark all the bolts, hook up and bleed the brakes and install the 6 degree rake kit, tapered bearings and races. The bar shown above, serves two purposes. One, it is the receiver hitch for pulling a trailer and two, the crossbar provides the two rear mounting points for the body. Simple and well engineered.

[Raxus]

Love these type of threads! Thanks for posting!!



Rax

[Zammy]

Yep, love a build thread with pics.

[Sully]

Great looking rear tires.

[clint44]

Very nice set-up!

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Ya gotta love a build thread ... ... more pics ... we want more pics ...

[TW]

Love the thread, but love the trike better.

I am in the process of learning to ride it.....I am making progress.


Elliot

[clint44]

Love the thread, but love the trike better.
I am in the process of learning to ride it.....I am making progress.

You have a fine ride,Elliot. Valkyries are excellent machines. I sure loved my 99 Valk. Does yours still have the standard 5.3gal fuel tank or the 7.1gal Interstate unit?

[keepinon]

Oh yeah, TW.. you're gonna love that little hot-rod.

Where's the finished pic?? Gotta have pics... pics...pics..

ETA: found TW's thread.

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Shot of the conversion bolted in place. The Roadsmith IRS suspension is a clean, straightforward design and rides like a Caddy. Look at the thickness of the frame and the size of the sway bar, built like a tank! Also the attention to detail, like the red powdercoated springs, crossmember and swaybar are a very classy touch.

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Before the body goes on...

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After the body and trunk is installed. Looking good!

Elliot wanted to add a tour box, where before it had just a backrest. I found a real nice local Harley chopped tour box off a CVO Road Glide and sent it to Roadsmith with instructions on how we wanted the paint laid out and this was the result. We like to always be unique on our paint job layouts and this one was no exception.... We don't do ugly.

Roadsmith built a custom stainless mount for the tour box to attach to attach to the Valk frame via a set of interstate side brackets I found on eBay and fitment was perfect. I think it turned out really nice.

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Roadsmith's paint jobs are second to none. The paint match is always perfect and the graphics are tasteful.

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Long and lean with perfect curves and showing off her 6 degree rake kit.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Dang Zook .... the more I see the work you do ... the more I can't wait to get my gl1500 to you ..

[CobraXL]

Man that is one sweet-looking conversion! That is gonna draw a lot of attention everywhere it goes.

[tbear]

Nice Job! i might add; it sure looks alot LONGER than a Triglide.?

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Its quiet a bit longer than a TriGlide.