Why the Goldwing is the GREATEST motorcycle of all TIME!!! 

Kevin Barry you are correct but Harley isn’t really supposed to be any of those things, with the exception of reliable and durable where you have some substance to your argument. They are stylish and rambunctiousness loud and come with the brand. Some day I’ll be buying a Goldwing!

Amen!

And most importantly it doesn’t leave oil stains in the parking spot after you park 😂

Ryan s...that’s old, and false🙄. Why don’t you try being a bit more original. All you Harley haters are using the same comments...come on guys, give it a break.

BreakoutPete Have you ridden a new HD lately? Their pretty amazing.

I just bought a 06' Wing for $5k with 128,000k miles. Did an Iron Butt Saddle Sore 1000, (1,114 miles in 20 hours) without a hitch. Bike is smooth as melted butter, KEEP IT!

i wish i wad old sometimes,that way you know things will last longer than you need them for

@@votpavel HaHa.....don't ever wish that way....old age comes quicker than you can imagine. Live everyday to it's fullest. But you are correct; my Wing will outlast me since I'm pushing 80......

Great machines

I might say go for a newer GL1800, like a 2015-17, just to have a newer machine, but if you already have the stage 3, no reason, keep her on the road.

Nice 👌

Thank you truth spoken

The noise from loud pipes is only heard by the traffic behind you because the noise is coming out the back. Cars in front of you don't hear it till you get by them . To late by this time. Turn your headlights on and wobble a little bit.

I have both. Loud and quiet. I tend to disagree with the blank statement either way. It is all situational. I had so many instances in the city where my loud pipes worked in alerting people about my presence as they were about to do a move. A light blip is all that is needed sometimes. On long trips, I always wear earplugs anyway, regardless of bike loudness. In the city, I do like to have that added presence. Above all, I think the best possible defense, apart from skillful riding, a helmet with high visibility graphics. That is what most other drivers spot first.

so riding long without highway pegs still ok for legs?

I have a 92 voyager XII. Love it. But I've always wanted a goldwing aspencade

I will never give away my Voyager for a Goldwing..!

Agree.....👍👍👍👍

I'm 70 and ridden about every bike and prefer the Goldwing over anything out there hands-down. That's NOT TO SLAM any other Bike. I rode my first one that a buddy wanted to switch for a section of our trip. I had a beautiful EX100 Full Dress Yamaha at the time. It got traded right after that trip because I fell in love with the Goldwing. I haven't looked back or regretted any one of the other 5 before this one. I actually went backwards a few years and acquired an older but "NOW" VERY SAWEEET '84 GL1200 Aspencade for under $600. My wife's distant, and almost lost, cousin was in need of the BREAD so He came to me and set the price at $150 but I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself at that price so I opened the garage safe and gave him all that I had at the time which was the $575. Neither of us got messed up too badly by the deal because I have to admit that the Bike was actually pretty rough, No, let me re-phrase that, VERY ROUGH in a lot of ways in the painted dept, the engine was pitted from sitting out in all that weather as well as a lot of rusted chrome and the seat covering was shot from sitting outside, uncovered here in Idaho for maybe 10/12yrs. He inherited it from his Brother killed in the Gulf. I just felt for the guy and later gave him work around the Ranch and the Mountain Property to get him back to living a Godly Life. The Wife was in charge of all that and it always feels better to help than to not. It got a very Quick and temporary paint job, quite a bit of the time-tested stand-by rust remover and a ton of good old elbow grease, Rebuilt the front Forks, head Bearings, new fork seals N Fluid, new shifting shaft seal, other misc seals and ALL new wheel bearings front and rear, every fluid thoroughly flushed, a bit of Marvel Mystery Oil to make certain the engine even turned over before anything else got changed out and of-course all new Carb Rebuild kits later were synchronized with my 1973 true Mercury Sticks and lastly a $175 re-upholstered seat and I now love this thing...who can complain with 52mpg out of an Oldie-But-Goody ridden by an equally Oldie Dude. I now ride a Bike almost 4 decades old that gets asked about by a lot of other riders. Most people are funny and think it's a lot newer than it is and when they call me on it I show them the Registration and their mouth drops and I just have to laugh WITH THEM. Yeah I know, I plead guilty to KINDA getting carried away with all my bragging about any and ALL Goldwings in general way too much and I must confess. I still however, CLAIM I have every right because I'm about as OLD as Them-Thar Hills...feels like it some days too. Yes SIR, you are exactly correct, "The Wing IS KING." If you don't mind I'll ad-lib just a tad-bit, "The WING IS & ALWAYS HAS BEEN KING at least for this Ol' Rider."

@@tealtazmanian966 But I'm not a real fan of the automatic version. But long live the King!!!

wife and rode from Redding ca back to yelm Washington. it rained all the way⛈🤣. wife 5'0" I'm 5'11" she didnt even get wet.

I'm from Oregon. I'd never move back lol.

@@thesavoyard So am I and feel the same. I was born in Portland, grew up near McMinnville and now reside on the Monterey Bay in central CA. However, the McMenamins UFO festival is held in McMinnville and will soon be making the 800 mile drive to attend that.

The Goldwing was originally developed as touring bike, though a sporty one. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Gold_Wing

@@ntdscherer : Nope. The original Goldwing was Honda's counter to the HD, before there WERE "touring" bikes. Then they discovered that the main customer base was completely different: it was young professionals, who were putting Vetter commuter-type fairings and bags on them and MAKING the whole "touring bike" thing start. So, just like the invention of the Honda Trail, HUSA saw what other people were doing and followed their customers. They made a deal with Craig Vetter for custom Tupperware, and eventually developed the whole-bike concept found in the GL1500 and GL1800.

@@SoloPilot6 Yeah you might be right, I think the source I looked at was poorly written.

Awesome

Really, I've had both and an LT BMW. I'd like to build one bike with features from each.

Moto Mengy I’m with you, HD’s are American bla bla, but the Honda always has and always will be the best touring bike made. No comparison between the two.

Hi, I am very interested in your experance as I am between the Honda gold wing and the new HD fatboy. I can't decide

@@danthechippie4439 honestly in my opinion they are two completely different bikes. Goldwing is more touring oriented while fat boy is more a cruiser

@@danthechippie4439such different bikes. If you intend to ride for more than an hour at a time and intend on taking a passenger,The Wing all day long. And the odds of a breakdown on the Honda is very low, unlike the Tubby Lad.

Bought my first goldwing after my wife passed I bought 1000 than 1100 then a 1500cc had it for 12 Years Kept her in my Daughters Old bedroom Sold her an Bought a LUXURY Goldwing 1800 God,s own Bike Buy one Now you will never Regret it stay safe Wear Leathers all the Time.

I dont know anybody that does. He is walking the unbeaten path of righteousness! Amen! "Its not what you ride, its where your going!" Love it!

It’s weird and pretty creepy.

@@84xxComeGetSomexx84 wow so people cant be religious because its creepy to you? Talk about pretentious.

My girlfriend says you're wrong. ;)

Hahahah yes 😂

Or your daughter. Just sayin... :D

11 months later and I bought a Goldwing from SRK cycles, but the wife didn't come with it, whats going on here?

The wife is also a grandma

I would say it's neither. It's simply about you riding and enjoying yourself, no matter the destination (as long as it's not off a cliff).

Most of the time you won’t hear until the bike is right on top of you.

ya Harleys have that nice growl to their exhaust but thats it....A car driver would have the radio on or be talking to a passenger so they are not goin to notice anything noise....

Moral of the story: car drivers are idiots.

@@LordVladimort So car drivers are idiots because motorcycle exhausts face backwards and they listen to the radio while driving? You know this bike even has a radio on it... 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@@alexm9479 It's not just that. When you drive a car you're relaxed and don't pay attention as much. Motorcycle riders tend to more self aware, even when driving a car.

My wife falls asleep while on back on long highways rides.

Is that good or bad?

I just bought a 2008 goldwing with 50k miles. Runs like new and love it!

@@opichocal Welcome to the club! Did the previous owner have all service records? How did the brake pads look? The biggest improvement for my GW was replacing the fork springs with Progressive monotube shocks and Progressive rear mono-shock spring. Loads of maintenance videos on you-tube. Enjoy!

IDYLBERRY I didn’t get any maintenance records. So far I’ve replaced all the fluids, battery and the spark plugs. One of the front forks is leaking and the steering head bearings are loose. When it cools down in Dallas I’m going to rebuild the shocks, replace the bearings and change the air filter. I just ordered 60W day running lights. So far I put 2000 miles on it.😁

That generation was built like a tank. Loved mine

I just picked up one today! I’m so excited

I've had an 82 GL1100 for a few years. Great bike!

I have a 1985 gold wing bought it new 7500 the thing is gas tank rusted and chrome rusted , need tires and charging system on this year go bad so the question is the bike worth fixing seeing it would take 2500 to get going 5000 if dealer works on it the value just ant there

Wow

Agree 100% ….. I own and ride an Electra Glide and an 08 GL1800. My poor Harley is feeling lonely these days

Wish has bikes?!?!?!?!?

@@rykerthompson9731 sure does have bikes they got full size bikes scooters pocket bikes

Don't ever buy anything off of wish. It is a scam 100%. You are trading your purchasing information to the chinese for a couple bucks. The shipping is god awful and the products are almost always terrible quality.

I'm in the same general area. How do you manage the winter riding?

@@Gofr5 as long as the roads are dry, I have made the trip from Toronto to London at -3. I’m a big guy, and the cold doesn’t bother me much. I get a lot of strange looks

@@bobuncle8704 Ah ok. I find that even when it's dry, they already tend to have salt out, so I just don't feel comfortable going out in that condition. That and a couple of years ago I had a fall when it was 0 degrees while pulling out of a parking lot. I blamed it on the cold road and tires having no grip and ever since then have been very apprehensive of riding below 5 degrees for fear of poor grip in the cold thanks to that fall I had.

At low speed, you'll hear them as well as all the people in their houses or the ones walking or cycling or eating on the terrace. For unknown reasons, those pipes seem louder when the rider is at a stop sign or just about to go...lolllllllllll

Yup, and the Goldwing has one of the best horns ever made....sounds like a transport truck and no one can miss it.

The Advantage of a quiet bike is you KNOW you can NOT be heard so you ride that way. As opposed to thinking Everyone can hear you and expect to be SEEN because your LOUD.

Only a certain number of bikes had that problem and it's easy to check by serial number. However, with all Wings of the 01 - 12 versions, it's wise to check the rear aluminum parts for stress cracks. My 03 wasn't on the formal list, but each year I do check it out and so far so good. But that wouldn't stop me from buying an older Wing as long as everything else checked out and the price was right.

sounds like you ride it just not on the road respect!

This happens to all G-Dubya owners.

The BMW K1600GT is a nice bike too and it's more powerful than the GW.