Comfort: Gold Wing v. Ultra Limited 

Khaja Wasim It was a pleasure, and thank you for the topic!

The goldwing is 1,0000000000000 times better then the harly

Eddie B. Hahaha!! Yeah, the butthurt was bad for a while there, but I’m seeing more and more people similar to me in making the switch.

Hi, as you had both harley and GW. do you prefer the wing only because of the comfort on long rides? Only reason I ask is because I'm looking for my first brand new bike. I'm male nearly 50 years old. I'm stook between the new wing and harley davidson fatboy. I'd take the wing without thinking if I put a lot of long days in the saddle but truth is I will be a fair weather rider. Long weekend rides behind me now. Any suggestions

Dan The Chippie to me both are great bikes. Mike makes some good points. I would like to ride the new GW DCT. Pro with GW it is a bullet proof bike. I known people that have risen 300,000 miles very little maintenance. Modern GW is a two wheel car. My only con was it is made for people 5’9-6’1” max, I am over 6’3 and fat. So i felt cramped all the time on the bike. Only reason I sold was someone offered me a good price. Con maybe pro: not a lot of add ins, other than paint it comes complete. My bike after wing was a Yamaha Venture deluxe full touring bike. Big enough but had a long wheel base and I didn’t like the way it cornered. I picked up my HD 09 Ultra Classic to clean up and sell. I fell in love with it. I like the way it feels, they way it rides and corners. I am also bought into the HD culture. I live the way it looks. HD is family. Now GW has a pretty good club and following too. But HD is a culture that bridges race and age. To me if you are going to be a weekend rider and small weekend trips get the HD If you are going to put on some miles buy a wing

@@theramblingsoflarry9290 hi Larry, thank you for responding to my post. I will seriously have a look at the fatboy now. I think it's cheaper than the wing too 😁

@@theramblingsoflarry9290 k lp

Mengey O had two Goldwing 1800 and now electraglide limited I find the Harley more confortable but it is not in the same leage as the goldwing, if you had a Goldwing before then you know how far you want to push the enveloppe of the Harley, with proper tires and at leasr 35 pds of pressure in the suspension beleive me you can hold your place except for the agility but you can freaking bank it intelegently as far as the goldwing and with that torque you get out of these curves with honour.

Thanks, BG! I haven't made as many motovlogs lately, but I'm fixing to. Say, did you see the Harley folks have a 135 c.i. engine now as a Stage IV? I cannot begin to imagine how HOT that thing would run! Not to mention the problems that result from a Stage IV build. I did one once and it contributed to why I left H-D and moved to Honda. Faster is a nice idea, but I'm getting too old for that crap now. Eyesight ain't worth a damn, and my reaction time is slowed by gabapentin.

Did you get a GW DCT also? Didnt know that. Must have missed some of your videos.

Why don’t you just drive your car? You certainly don’t appreciate a bike and all it offers ( or doesn’t offer). Your comment made me laugh.

Thanks! 😎👍🏻👍🏻

Wow! High praise indeed! 😎👍🏻👍🏻

Broncoride Thanks, my friend! I’m a happy camper for sure! 😎👍🏻❤️

Give it a try! ❤️

Congratulations on the new bike enjoy and ride safe.

No change, and happily, no problems at all! I’m 5’11”, with a 31” inseam, and I feel like this bike fits me perfectly! 😎👍🏻

Standard issue with my Aria Corsair X. 😎👍🏻

I didn't like the new and smaller one either.. but I've never been on a Goldwing 🇧🇷

I just 6260 miles over 15 days. I am not sure if I accumulated 1000 within 24 hours though. I only noticed heat radiating up at me on the highway one time when the temperature was in the 90s but the wind was blowing it away as fast as it got to me. Never once burned myself or anything on any surface of the bike. The bike has cruise control.

Doesnt Matter Here you go: qualidyne MTB Shorts Men's... www.amazon.com/dp/B07DQK5GJ7?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share 😎👍🏻

Maikeli7 , thanks bro! These are padded throughout the entire seat area? Cycling shorts are usually only padded where a bicycle seat would have contact with the body, which is much narrower than a motorcycle seat.

Doesnt Matter It’s padded where the two butt bones contact the seat. Worked great on my big trip! 👍🏻

Maikeli7, thanks again, I’ll order them as they a great price as well and probably better than wearing 2 pair of Depends Ultra Absorbent Men’s Undergarment! Lol! Although the Depends cuts down on the washroom stops when you really want to log those big mile days! Hahaha!

No, I have never ridden one of the older gold wings. I was never into their bulky, bubbly style. In the case of two passenger cruising on a grand tour, the older one would probably be much more comfortable and offer much more storage. For a single rider, I think this bike is ideal for commuting, long touring, and inner-city getting around. And it goes very much like a sport bike when you want it to!! 😎👍🏻

The old wing is a much better touring machine than the new. It is right there with the new water cooled M8 motored ultra limited but without all the modern electronics. If I couldn't afford a new harley I would definitely get a 2nd Gen 1800. I would not downgrade to the ST1800 sport tour. It is not really a goldwing.

@@xtreme4stringbass Well, thanks for taking a giant shit all over the best bike I’ve ever ridden.

I’ve got just over 2k miles in less than a month on my 2021 GW Tour DCT and I’ve had a 2003 GW. Hands down the new bike is better in every way. The tech is unsurpassed by any other stock touring bike. With that said I did order over $2500 in extras that should be here in the next 2 weeks. I’ll get all that installed before heading off later this month

What years?

Dogbone13 Thanks! I thought you might. 😎👍🏻

Dogbone13 Agreed!

Gave mine a year and 13K miles. Getting the wingsoft upgrade cause they can move me back another inch and add better padding. I never really had an issue with the seat itself but after adding the Heli-bar risers, I wanted to move back a little more and get rid of that poorly angled back to the driver's seat.

For me, the new Wing is a massive leap ahead of the Harley. After riding a new Wing for 4 months, I rode my friend’s Ultra Limited (same model I switched to my Wing from), and I was horrified by what I used to love. But that’s just my take. You need to do a test ride to really get a feel. I recommend the DCT version. I know one thing: Harley has lost its power over me!

My Wing is more comfortable, quieter, easier to handle, lighter, more reliable, faster, smoother, cooler running, more capable, and just all around better than my M8 H-D Ultra ever was. No more burning my leg on the engine/pipes. No more pulling in a POS hydraulic clutch-so bad, in fact, that H-D abandoned it. No more going without my bike for a week or more for yet ANOTHER breakdown. I bought my Wing 2 years ago, snd I have never been happier. After 14 years on Harleys, I am done with them.

Piere Cheers, Pete! The new Wing feels so light and is so agile, it would do quite well in the sorts of scenarios you’ll encounter in England. I say go for it! 😎👍🏻

Yeah, I don't have a passenger, so all the luggage is for me, and I'm OK with the wind thing. I am not into loud noises, so the fact that the '19 model has a less-than-overwhelming speaker setup is not an issue. Heck, I listen to my stuff through my helmet anyway. After 15 years of Harleys, the past 3 years of Honda have been the most enjoyable yet!

I have saxophones for looks now. The bike’s for riding, not looking.

I disagree with every you’ve said. I LEFT my loud, hot, heavy, unreliable Milwaukee 8 with a Stage IV for my Wing, the best bike I’ve ever owned. Rode 13,000 miles in a year, 6,260 miles of it in two weeks, crossing through 16 states and in 2 countries. STOCK. Carried more with me on my Wing than I did 2 years before on my 2-week ride up the East Coast. No problems! But then, I’m a 260-lb 50 year-old travelling 1 up. 2-up, even for wee folk like yourselves, is not what this new Wing is for.

I suppose that is a possible association.

Dogbone13 I know, right! Amazing that I wasn’t overheating!

@@maikeli7 People really knew that!

Very true! Seats, handlebars, and highway pegs are always very subjective.

Hahaha!! Glad you enjoyed that! You are totally correct about the gold wing and the K 1600 being in a league of their own.

Ahmed Al ismail Hi Ahmed! 😎👍🏻

Funny how you can say that a spider is for a girl, when a Wing rider can claim that a trike is for a girl- and a Harley rider can claim that a Wing is for a girl. 🤣

On a real ride, I go 13 hours per day. Comfort galore. Convenience to the max, reliable, quiet, faster than my ‘17 Ultra Limited with the Stage IV. I LOVE MY GOLD WING TOUR DCT!

Also, your GW friends sound too tame. You wouldn’t get that bullshit from me. And on my Kawasaki Z H2, I’d lose you so fast your head would spin. That bike can go 200 mph. But I’m older and more damaged nowadays, so I’m taking it much easier. I’ve done all the speedy twisties up and down the east coast, been across the country, seen the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Devils Tower, Mt. Rushmore, Sturgis, the Great Plains, the Harley-Davidson Museum, Michigan’s UP, Canada, and tons more. Owned 4 Harleys, did all the mods, made all the motovlogs, enjoyed my bikes for 14 years, evolved past them, and now, I’m learning the saxophone, music theory, and Jazz. I don’t give a fuck about brands or stupid loyalty to brands. I buy what I want and enjoy my freedom.

@@maikeli7 That DCT was dusted on the way back from Sturgis. The owner of the Goldwing got into my lane and said “Let’s go” I dropped one gear and left him. When we stopped my only question was if he was in sports mode.

@@alfonsodennis8450 Try that with me. I’ll smoke you. I know this for a fact. The DCT in Sport mode will take a 114. I used to ride a 114-aggressively. Tore up the Tail of the Dragon on my M8 114, scraped the floor boards and under pillars to a knife edge. And the 114 wasn’t good enough for me. Got the DCT, and routinely abandoned all my Harley riders on every road. They simply couldn’t keep up. And I have video evidence. Look up my Road to Hawk’s Nest video. I left all three of my friends and quickly went out of comm range. Or my Maikeli7 Rides the Back of the Dragon video, where one friend crashed just trying to keep up, fell so far behind he got careless and careened off a curve. Or on the road in South Dakota, when Moose’s stock ‘17 Ultra Limited couldn’t even maintain 75 MPH. He ended up getting a DCT.

@@maikeli7 I wish you could line up next to my Harley-Davidson. I will show you Harley’s are not what they use to be. I love Goldwing an’d considering getting one but I’ll keep the Harley that offers me 131ft lbs of torque at the rear end to continue to kick Goldwing butts.

Maybe Harley should make the bike in India and they could sell CVOs for the price of a Limited. That way it would crush the Goldwing in every category.

@@guysmiley8473 if you buy a Harley for $5 it still gets crushed in ever category other than price.

@@geddstock spoken like a true hater that never owned a Harley. My limited is faster, gets better fuel mileage, is more comfortable (yes, it's subjective seeing how I'm 6'4"), has more storage, has better quality paint and undoubtedly will have a better resale. Not to mention Harley is American. A buddy and I took a 450 mile round trip. The only thing my buddy had me on was the price. I only rode his for 5 min, but that's all I needed. He likes it, that's all that matters.

@@guysmiley8473 😂 not a hater m8.why would anyone hate a motorcycle? The Honda is just a better motorcycle and you know it. I happy that you have your dream bike I really am,ride long and ride safe man.❤️

Scott Bollinger DCT = Dual Clutch Transmission. AKA Automatic. Best setup I’ve ever had!

Where’s the fun in that ??

Scott Bollinger If I have to explain, you will never understand. 🙄

Maikeli7 ..you don’t, I was kidding.... I have an 19 ‘ Ultra Limited

Scott Bollinger Hahaha!!

Guy Smiley 6’ 260 lbs. Wing fits me fine. Last I checked, still have my balls.