Randakk Gallery - Notable Customer Bikes

THIS IS A VERY LARGE WEBPAGE. IT LOADS SLOWLY SO PLEASE BE PATIENT!

Below are some of my favorite bikes. All the bikes below are owned by me or customers of Randakk's Cycle Shakk. In some cases, they are Randakk restorations. Others are owner-restorations. My current show bike "Marilyn" is a Pete Boody restoration.

Like to see your bike immortalized here? I'm fairly picky about the bikes I include. It's hard to verify, but I'm told that bikes that appear in this Gallery command a significant premium when they hit the market.

For details on the method I use to make my selections, click here.

GL1000

My current '75 GL 1000 show bike "Marilyn"

Masterful Pete Boody restoration!

My Supercharged '75 GL 1000 Endurance Special details here

Wolfgang Napiletzki's '77 GL 1000 K2 - Reichersdorf, Austria

Roger van den Boogaard's '75 GL 1000 - Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

Harland Anderson's '75 GL 1000 - Maple Grove, MN

Dave Meisner's '76 GL 1000 - Scotts, MI (restored by Jerry Stenstrom)

Hank Thibodeau's '79 GL 1000 Radical custom "Gold School" - Rougemont, NC

Hank is a Randakk collaborator and the owner of Widowmaker Custom Design & Repair

Click here for more details on Hank's fabulous creations!

Jeff Smith's '78 GL 1000 cafe - Wakefield, Canada

Winston's '76 Custom Show Winner - Palm Coast, FL

Click here for more details and inspiration from Winston's creation!

Michael Carter's '76 GL 1000 LTD - Neve Yam, Israel

Ed Malfroid's Supercharged '78 GL 1000 - Middleville, MI

Bob MacBird's '75 GL1000 - Conroe, TX

More details and a reprint of the Wing World feature about this bike in the February, 2009 issue here

Howard Halasz's '77 GL1000 - Houston, TX ("Mirandy")

More details and a reprint of the Wing World feature about this bike in the January, 2009 issue here

Take a listen to Pass the Biscuits Mirandy...the Spike Jones tune that inspired the name. Be sure your speakers are turned on!

Ken Gray's '77 GL1000 - Knoxville, TN

Walter Branson's '76 GL1000 - Jay, FL

Darral McClain's '77 GL1000 - Ellenboro, NC

Larry Ruppe's '75 GL1000 - Rutherfordton, NC

Haywood Rowland's '75 GL1000 - Flomaton, AL

Ron Stuckey's '79 GL1000 - Brooklet, GA

Gary Ewing's '77 GL1000 - Weatherford, TX

Andrew Murray's '78 GL1000 - Mitcham, Victoria, Australia

Joel Koechlin's '79 GL1000 - Bangalore, India

Joel is a French engineer living in India. He routinely explores the Himalayas on his trusty GL1000. Imagine-18,000+ elevation!

Robin Ray's '76 GL1000 - Decatur, IN

Dan Murdock's '77 GL1000 - Healdsburg, CA

Alan Seery's '75 GL1000 - Perth, Western Australia

Awesome restoration by Pete Boody: click here

Finished bike pix: click here

Crating pix for journey to Australia: click here

Steve Seaman's 78/79 GL 1000 Custom - Norfolk, VA

Steve is better known as "Whiskerfish" on Naked GoldWings

Per Arne Fransson's 1975 GL1000 - Linkoping, Sweden

Randakk's Gallery Bike of the Quarter - November, 2007

Aris Hadjiaslanis's gorgeous GL1000 K1 - Windsor, Berkshire UK

(Bike first registered in Greece as a 1977 model)

Peter van Vossen's '76 GL 1000 - Rhenen, Netherlands

European direct sales model (area code ED) with short rear fender from a '75. Side cover stripes hand made by prior owner.

Lars Nielsen's very cool Blower Bulldog - Lyngby, Denmark details here

YouTube "Redline Fun" video here

Scott Jordan's '79 GL 1000 - Albuquerque, NM

Todd Olmstead's Prize Winning '76 GL 1000 - Overland Park, KS

Tom Cox's '79 GL 1000 - Loveland, CO

With full Vetter package

Dave Ayesthorpe's GL1000 with Difazio Hub Steering - UK

Photo used by permission of professional photographer and writer Andy Westlake

Click here for more details on this great creation!

Terje Olsen's '76 GL 1000 - Voss, Norway

Steve Passwater's '76 GL 1000 LTD - Rolling Prairie, IN

Jerry Tataryn's '75 GL 1000 - Edmonton, Alberta Canada

(Joe Barger restoration)

Ed Klarquist's '78 GL 1000 - Lake Elsinore, CA

Acquisition cost was $0!

Click here for Inspiration from Ed's project!

Bill Mill's '76 GL 1000 LTD - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Bill is a special effects expert for the movie industry and blows up Porsche's for a living...seriously! Look: here

Randakk's Gallery Bike of the Quarter - February, 2008

Juan C. Ortega's '76 GL 1000 - Los Angeles, CA

A unique and truly obsessive restoration! This fabulous photo is not clip art...it's a professional "portrait" of Juan's actual bike taken by noted celebrity photographer Pascal Andre. See: http://pascalandrephotography.com/celeb/

Stu Oltman's '76 GL 1000 LTD - Scottsdale, AZ.

Stu is the Sr. Technical Editor For Wing World magazine at GWRRA.

Joerg Maurischat's '75 GL 1000 - Braak, Germany

Show bike is "Bertha" - my final, ground-up restoration

This special bike took second place overall in the Japanese class for 1973-1975 bikes at the 2004 Vintage Motorcycle Days Bike Show at Mid-Ohio (lost out to a '73 Kawasaki with 100 miles!). Many consider this the top vintage bike show in the country. In 2005, the owner was invited to show this bike at the prestigious Eyes on Design car show in Detroit. This is a premier auto design concours with multi-million dollar cars and the auto industry's top design awards ceremony. The owner was referred to Eyes on Design by the folks at AMA (Bertha was owned by David Hokanson at this show).

Note posted August 1, 2008: This bike just won the Second Place Trophy in the Japanese Division at the 2008 AMA Mid-Ohio Vintage Days Bike Show (again!) The winner was a 1975 Honda CB400F "trailer queen" (owned by David McGuire at this show).

David Mitchell's '76 GL 1000 - Peachtree City, GA

a Randakk restoration...my former show bike - "Elsie"

George Parker's '77 GL 1000 - McKinney, Texas

(formerly John Romig's '77 GL 1000 sidecar bike)