1987 Other Makes Pulse Litestar Autocycle

GCRV -

4 - Cyl.

Manual

17JTW15G0HM000276

Gasoline

I am the second owner of this Pulse. I used to be a Honda motorcycle dealer and I purchased this Pulse from the original owner when I met him at my dealership. It is Pulse #276 and has the Fiero type pop-up headlight and a 1983 Honda Gold Wing 1100cc 4 cylinder water cooled engine. It has 5 speeds plus reverse. There is also a heater, windshield wiper and fresh air vents. It has a clear title and is currently licensed for street driving. I have personally driven this Pulse with my wife as passenger to both the 2009 and 2010 National Pulse Rallies in Marion, Indiana. That is about 900 miles round trip counting miles driven while at the event. I was able to see and closely examine probably 25 other Pulses between those two rallies. There are only 1 or 2 Pulses that I would trade this one for or that I would consider better than this one and one of those is the pristine Pulse #220 that was just offered for sale here on Ebay where the final bid of $39,100 failed to meet reserve. Mine is not as good as that one, I’ll say that up front, as that is probably the nicest one in existence but in some areas I have it beat, such as the Dakota Digital dash. However, it is not far behind it. I have done an extensive amount of work on this Pulse. The only thing it needs, in my opinion is a new paint job exhibiting a more modern color. My plans had always been to paint it Honda Pearl Yellow. You can see from the pictures that there is nothing really wrong with the current paint but it is original and has the typical road dings and scratch here and there from being driven. Mechanically, this Pulse is excellent and extremely reliable. I drive it on a regular basis and, as all Pulse owners will attest, it is a head turner. You could drive it to any car show wherein there would be $300,000 Ferrari’s and literally steal the crowd. A rare inclusion with this Pulse is a one of a kind original paperwork collection preserved in a single notebook in vinyl paper protectors. The original owner was wise enough to keep every letter, envelope, advertisement, document, newspaper clipping, magazine article, sales invoice, purchase receipt, you name it from the time Pulse were first advertised. He gave them to me and, although I think they now have considerable value in their own right, I want them to stay with the Pulse and will give them to the next owner. There are close to a hundred pages of documents including an original owner’s manual, letters from Litestar and Pulse executives and signed by from the Tomorrow Corporation. There are documents and hand written notes signed by original founders such as Ed Butcher, Sue Butcher, Stanley Leitner, and Carl Coates. It has the original order receipt and invoice. An incredible history that you can spend hours reading and going through, I know as I have done it. You won’t find these with any other Pulse. This Pulse has always been garage stored by both the first owner and myself. None of the frame components are rusted and everything is in excellent condition including the fully functional pop up headlight. The first owner let the Pulse sit for 7 years prior to my getting a hold of it so I went through it completely. I had never really planned to sell it so I didn’t document everything we replaced or worked so I am probably missing something so the following is a partial list: 1. Rebuilt carbs, replaced starter, battery, spark plugs, rectifier. Replaced radiator hoses, rebuilt radiator, repeatedly flushed engine till clean. Replaced fuel lines cables and wiring. Replaced oil & filter multiple times and flushed till clean. Engine runs beautifully and starts with a touch of the key. It never overheats even in 100 degree weather. 2. All new tires, front wheel, battery cables, brake calipers, brake lining, brake lines, master cylinder, all light bulbs and headlight sealed beam. Many of the exterior running lights have been converted to LED. 3. Replaced all dash wiring and electrical gauge wiring and installed an all new digital dash custom built by Dakota Digital. The rewiring is all done with soldered and heat shrink connections. No scotch locks, twist connectors or tape only connections. The digital dash include digital readouts for speed, rpm, water temp, volts, fuel supply, odometer, oil pressure, front shocks air pressure and rear shocks air pressure. The gauges are user adjustable for upper and lower limits. I programmed the speedometer (airspeed) to a GPS while driving, it is dead on. I have nearly $2,000 invested in this dash system alone. Just the coolest dash ever. 4. There is an onboard air compressor with separate dash mounted switches for front and rear air pressure. There are new Autozone air shocks front and rear. The air system does not leak and stays where you put it till you change which is easily done on the fly. The switches are located right and left of the steering wheel just below the digital dash. 5. The stereo system has been completely replaced. There is a rare Fusion digital display radio that has a removable faceplate with a built in Ipod dock. It can hold most any model of Ipod. It currently houses a16GB Ipod Nano that has close to 2000 songs but would probably hold twice that many. I will leave it in there as it is always better than the radio. But, I’m a big Elvis fan and there are probably 750 Elvis songs on it. There are 4 Sony Explode speakers to deliver the sound, believe me, more than enough. Close to $1,000 invested in the sound system. 6. The windshield and canopy are original and are in excellent condition. 7. There is a new Zirgo radiator fan controlled by a Dakota Digital fan controller system. The fan cut-on and cut-off temps are customizable and user adjustable. It can even be programmed to run for set time period after ignition shut off. The fan is extremely quiet but there is an orange indicator light on the dash the lights any time the fan powers up. Again, this Pulse does not overheat. 8. There is a keychain remote that senses air pressures in all 4 of the tires. The air pressures on a Pulse can be difficult to check because everything is so covered. There is an electronic sensor on the valve stem at each wheel. Just press the button on the keychain remote and it displays air pressure at each tire. The remote can also be programmed to beep and/or vibrate with designated low or high pressure amounts. Works great and is accurate. About a $400 item. 9. There is a new custom built, stainless steel fuel tank with new sending unit and race car style gas cap. This tank is as big as it can be and still fit in there. It holds close to 12 gallon which is a huge range. On our trips to the rally, we consistently got between 55 and 60 miles per gallon. It runs fine on regular, premium or even ethanol. That’s just how a Gold Wing engine is. 10. When I got the Pulse there was about 2800 miles on it which is all the original owner put on it. He was older and just didn’t drive it much. I installed the digital dash at 6,259 miles and I have the original speedometer to show that. The new dash started at 0 on the odometer and now shows 2,860 miles so, all told, there are 9,119 miles on it as of October 29, 2011. I do drive it so there could be a few more. It is possible to change the odometer to reflect the actual mileage but the dash would have to be sent back to Dakota to do that. 11. The interior has been completely redone and is only a couple years old. The seats have been rebuilt with black ultra-suede leather in a tufted pattern. The carpeting on the floor, side and inner canopy is black, low pile designed for rugged use with great looks. The side panels have been built new and are carpeted and leather covered to match the seats. The dash cover has also been covered in the same material as the seats. 12. An auxiliary fuse block and a central grounding block were installed during the dash conversion and are installed under the dash hood. 13. The choke cable is a custom made vernier dial type cable which allows applying and releasing the engine choke merely by twisting the dial instead of applying undo pressure to the dash by pulling the stiff choke. The throttle cable is also a custom made cable that now uses a bearing pivot on the foot end rather than just screw clamping the cable thus eliminating common cable breakage. 14. A few other nice touches include a bright green neutral gear indicator light located just between the shifter handle and the reverse power switch. There is a 12 volt power outlet which I use mostly to power a GPS. There is a storage pouch on the back of the driver’s seat. There are four lighted rocker switches for the outrigger running lights, the interior lights, a manual override for the cooling fan and one empty switch for future use. There is a port on the left rear with a hinged weather cover that is wired to the battery and is used to plug a battery maintainer into for long term storage. 15. Disclosure: There is a crack in the dash where I took out too much material installing switches too close together. It doesn't bother anything to drive it but it bothers me. I have a new fiberglass dash that will go with the Pulse. This new dash is fiberglass where the original was plastic so it won't break. In addition, I have new custom made switches for running lights, cooling fan, windshield wiper and interior lights. They are smaller (16MM round) and very expensive. The switches are custom made of bilet aluminum and are about $40 a piece. They are lighted and laser labeled for function. They better compliment the digital dash and really look great. They are these auto-loc switches: http://www.autoloc.com/catalog/Switches-and-Buttons . The new dash is $237. It is a blank dash (no pre-cut holes) so it can be customized with a whole new layout. It was going to be winter project for me this year but it is not to be. These items plus a bunch of other parts are include. I feel the new owner may want a different switch layout. 16. While at the 2009 Pulse Rally, we were interviewed with our Pulse by one of the events main organizers as they were interested in our travels in the Pulse. That year were were the second longest distance attendee that actually drove a Pulse to the event. That interview can be watched on you tube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7N6Zvzfjj4 ********************************************************** TERMS ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ $2000.00 NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT DUE WITHIN 48 HRS. THIS PULSE IS FOR SALE IN OTHER MEDIA AS WELL SO I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS AUCTION AT ANYTIME. ONCE IT MEETS MY RESERVE IT WILL SELL ONLY ON THIS AUCTION ! FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. DO NOT ASK MY RESERVE. I WILL NOT DIVULGE THE RESERVE OUT OF FAIRNESS TO OTHER BIDDERS. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************