1983 Honda Other on 2040-motos

It's too nice to be called a “survivor” and it never was damaged so not “restored” it's very close to “like new”.  It was not stored and forgotten to allow rubber to crack and tank to corrode, it's always been carefully ridden by mature owners, but less than 1000 miles per year on average.

If you searched for this, you already know the bike. Others who stumbled across it, this is the last year of production for this design, and the GL650 was one model year only. GL500's were made in 1981 and 1982, and the Interstate gets you the fairing and hard bags in all years. The same engine design goes back to the CX500 in 1978, liquid-cooled and shaft drive. Everything you ever wanted to know, and a wealth of technical information, are available on a website dedicated to these, from enthusiastic riders all over the world, who put long touring miles on them. I have bought, ridden, and sold seven of these, counting three that I bought purposely to flip.

Why sell? After 60 years with no injury on motorcycles, I notice myself making some mistakes, plus I was in a car hit by a texter. It's time to hang up the helmet. This one I've had for three years, I bought with 24K miles in Brunswick Maine from an experienced rider who also had a GoldWing which he preferred, and he bought it from the original owner, an elderly man in Canada, not long before.

It has a NOS starter, not cheap, I bought it after the original one got very slow cranking. The original one comes with it if you want to swap the guts to get the correct look of the black case.

New rear tire at 30K miles, the front was new at 25K, as was the battery. Last winter, I went through the rear suspension to lube it with the correct Honda “assembly paste” moly grease, a tough job, so it will be creak-free for years to come.

Absolutely everything works as original. I ran it up to 100mph yesterday and it was still accelerating strongly. I'm not in the practice of doing that, but I noticed how smooth it was with the new rear tire at 75, so kept on it. It gets 50mpg or more, and is absolutely reliable, as these are well-reputed to be.

Absolutely nothing leaks, ever.

It comes with original tools, the original factory cover, and a manual

The photos are a little out of focus, but I think you can see there is only one scratch on it, the left edge of the fairing, so it must have gone down once in its life. It has evidently always been garaged, the seats and decals are all perfect, showing no weathering. The ONLY crusty or corroded place is the clutch cover, but that's much cleaner than on others like this. I cleaned and painted the GL650 label on the engine, so it looks like new. One key fits everything, and you get a spare one.