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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2017, 06:45:13 PM »
Not sure about the new wing but when bought an 07 Wing 1800 the bloke who sold that once you ride a wing you will not ride anything else. At first I think he was being a good salesman but he is correct. The wing is the 5th Honda that I have owned and it is leaps and bounds ahead of another of the other 4. Probably the reason why we have out 03 Honda St 1300 on the market. Rgds GB

I had a 2012 Wing for nine months.  Sold it and bought my third ST1300.  Go figure.
Guess I just like bikes with big tanks that don't touch the ground with their belly when you go through round-abouts.
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2017, 06:58:57 PM »
Models available in Australia. :cuss

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2017, 07:25:58 PM »
Not sure about the new wing but when bought an 07 Wing 1800 the bloke who sold that once you ride a wing you will not ride anything else. At first I think he was being a good salesman but he is correct. The wing is the 5th Honda that I have owned and it is leaps and bounds ahead of another of the other 4. Probably the reason why we have out 03 Honda St 1300 on the market. Rgds GB

I had a 2012 Wing for nine months.  Sold it and bought my third ST1300.  Go figure.
Guess I just like bikes with big tanks that don't touch the ground with their belly when you go through round-abouts.


There have been a few here in SE Qld that have had the Wing, and have gone back to an ST. Is it that the ST is a better 'allround' package?   :whistle
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2017, 08:37:58 PM »
Better and an awful lot lighter.
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #29 on: October 27, 2017, 09:35:47 PM »
Bought my 1300 new in Oct 2008 it has now done about 24,000 kms.
Bought my first Goldwing, an 88 GL1500 in April 2012, rode it around Australia and had done over 28,000 kms on it before replacing it with a 99 GL1500 two years later.
After 18 months and having done 20,000 kms on the 99 wing replaced it with my GL1800,
I have now done over 32,000 on the GL1800 in two years.
So 24,000 kms on the ST1300 in 9 years and 80,000 kms on wings in 5 years, go figure  :wink1
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #30 on: October 27, 2017, 10:57:25 PM »
I wonder if they persisted with the ridiculous reversal of the horn and indicator switches.
Presumably they have, for whatever irrational purpose that serves.
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #31 on: October 30, 2017, 04:25:23 PM »
:runyay well im excited and registered my intrests for a test ride and prices ect  :runyay

Let us know what you think after the test ride mate :grin

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #32 on: October 30, 2017, 05:29:16 PM »
:runyay well im excited and registered my intrests for a test ride and prices ect  :runyay
Me too... I'll need to sneak it into the garage without the Mrs seeing it.

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #33 on: October 30, 2017, 09:23:16 PM »
I wonder if they persisted with the ridiculous reversal of the horn and indicator switches.

Yeah that threw me with the Valkyrie, it takes some getting used to and I beeped a few people when I was turning initially.
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #34 on: November 12, 2017, 05:54:54 PM »
Cycle-Ergo has now included the 2018 Goldwing.

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #35 on: November 12, 2017, 11:12:54 PM »
Cycle-Ergo has now included the 2018 Goldwing.

http://cycle-ergo.com/



Forward lean 0o
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #36 on: November 28, 2017, 10:30:36 PM »
I was checking out helmets today in a local Honda shop in Perth...
He'd just received the pricing... Tour Premium = $45,500 ride away. </ouch>

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #37 on: November 28, 2017, 11:55:40 PM »
I was checking out helmets today in a local Honda shop in Perth...
He'd just received the pricing... Tour Premium = $45,500 ride away. </ouch>

I'd settle for the manual shift for about $5K less.  IF I ever wanted a land barge again...
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #38 on: December 02, 2017, 02:35:39 PM »
I was checking out helmets today in a local Honda shop in Perth...
He'd just received the pricing... Tour Premium = $45,500 ride away. </ouch>

I'd settle for the manual shift for about $5K less.  IF I ever wanted a land barge again...

Wednesday had a reason for a visit to Dalwallinu, 522 kms return, so just rolled out the "'land barge" and left the 1300 in the shed.

If they transplant the new motor, front suspension and instrument panel into the current 1800 I would be very happy, until then or I commit to fitting a side car to an 1800 wing my money stays in the bank.
Less luggage and less pillion comfort Honda just don't understand who buys goldwings or maybe as evident from the lack of reply to a letter I sent to Honda Australia just after I purchased my GL1800 they don't care.
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #39 on: December 02, 2017, 06:42:23 PM »
Here's a closer look at the new 'wing.

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #40 on: February 14, 2018, 11:28:11 AM »
I wonder if they persisted with the ridiculous reversal of the horn and indicator switches.
Presumably they have, for whatever irrational purpose that serves.


Bill,
I have been curious about your comments above, finally checked mine and they would appear to be the same?




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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #41 on: February 14, 2018, 11:52:35 AM »
Glen's picture look normal - I don't recall indicator/horn switches being any different on any bike I've had.

Indicator is used more often than the horn (if at all) and being closer to the grip is logical.
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #42 on: February 14, 2018, 12:36:50 PM »
Nor do I,  but was going recheck the kwaka before commenting.
 

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #43 on: February 14, 2018, 03:19:25 PM »
Cycle-Ergo has now included the 2018 Goldwing.

http://cycle-ergo.com/

This is a pretty good thing. I checked the ST1100 that I used to own against the CF Moto 650TK that I have now and the numbers are almost identical. I knew it felt just like the ST when I first rode it and now the numbers confirm.  :thumbsup
 

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #44 on: February 14, 2018, 04:30:03 PM »
I wonder if they persisted with the ridiculous reversal of the horn and indicator switches.
Presumably they have, for whatever irrational purpose that serves.

Bill,
I have been curious about your comments above, finally checked mine and they would appear to be the same?


Well there's no doubt about it on the Honda Crosstourer I test-rode.
That was one of two major strikes against the bike (which I really wanted!) and led me to the V-Strom.
Does anyone have access to Hondas from say 2015 on to check whether the horn switch is above or below the indicator selector?
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #45 on: February 14, 2018, 06:45:08 PM »

Does anyone have access to Hondas from say 2015 on to check whether the horn switch is above or below the indicator selector?

Just did a quick search and found a CTX1300

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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #46 on: February 15, 2018, 01:06:31 PM »
Yep!  Thanks Alan. There it is!  How stupid is that?  It would be plain dangerous to swap between bikes with opposite switching.
What could Honda possibly hope to achieve by that?  There is very little about it on the 'net that I could find- just one other whinger agreeing with me.
Which switch do you use every time you go out.
And which item would you need to select in an emergency and in doing so, make an "emergency choice", i.e. reach further and fast.
On my ST13 I have Abe's son's mod which stops a tankbag operating the horn, but which also directs my thumb immediately to the horn without an "overshoot".
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #47 on: February 15, 2018, 05:02:49 PM »
Yep!  Thanks Alan. There it is!  How stupid is that?  It would be plain dangerous to swap between bikes with opposite switching.
What could Honda possibly hope to achieve by that?  There is very little about it on the 'net that I could find- just one other whinger agreeing with me.
Which switch do you use every time you go out.
And which item would you need to select in an emergency and in doing so, make an "emergency choice", i.e. reach further and fast.
On my ST13 I have Abe's son's mod which stops a tankbag operating the horn, but which also directs my thumb immediately to the horn without an "overshoot".
It's not just Honda - I saw a BMW as well. Guessing the EU must have done something to change it. Quite a few from BMW going back to 1999 and yet the K1600 has the horn on the bottom - no set standard like the Japanese bikes.



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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #48 on: February 15, 2018, 06:20:16 PM »
https://touratech-usa.com/Store/Horn-button-protection-BMW-R1200GS-ADV-R-HP2-F800-650TwinGS-up-to-2012

So what we need is for a third party manufacturer to produce copies of these modules with the switches in the correct locations.
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Re: 2018 Honda Gold Wing Sheds Weight
« Reply #49 on: March 15, 2019, 08:41:30 PM »
:runyay well im excited and registered my intrests for a test ride and prices ect  :runyay

Let us know what you think after the test ride mate :grin
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