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Would a table lift be even better and easier to use?

Don't believe your mpg. Your car shows nearly full but only 290 mile range. That works out about 30 mpg😮😮

Tried the Goldwing. Scraped the pegs on a couple occasions without riding aggressively. I thought the bags were too small, and the fuel tank is a bit small also. I think if all I did was interstate, the GW would be a decent choice, though I think I would prefer a K1600. The RT checks a lot more boxes, and can dance like a sport bike in the twisty's.

Great review. I have a 2018 Gold Wing, about 15,000 miles per year. I get over 50mpg on every trip, mostly riding 2-up fully loaded and I don't ride slow. Just returned from 7,200 mile trip and got 51.8 mpg. You were a little critical of Gold Wing performance due to weight, reasonable for sure, suggest you put it in Sport mode. It becomes a very quick and responsive bike if you want that feel. For me the RT is just too top heavy. (I sold my K1600 after one trip as it is insanely top heavy). The CG is much higher on the RT than the Gold Wing, especially 2-up and/or loaded. My friend with his RT is on tip-toes at a stop light. Like everything with motorcycles, it's personal choice and as long as we all love our bikes...perfect. Thanks Again.

I got neck ache now🤣🤣

Thank you. I respect your judgement. Goldwing it is.

You're comparing tourers, but not with the right bikes. An important part of a motorcycle is Motor, in terms of performance, character and behavior.. With this in mind, you can.. but you shouldn't compare the GW with any other bike on the market, because it as not direct competition. Just motor. There's no other 6 cil. boxer engine. In refinement, you'd struggle to find other motorcycle as good as the last generation GW.

Good grief. Was this the best you can do? Pathetic.

Drunk!

You fallen over 😂

Thanks for your nice genuine real life i4 battery range

For that price range Motorcycle the centre stand should be included. WTF is with the nickel and dime-ing Honda ??

Wow what a noob. Sounds like you do short journeys and use the heating a lot! .

The design of it can't cope with the hostility of the environment it has to work in. I've copper-slipped mine three times, which works for a few months. I've now bought a cheat device for the sensor and will remove the actuator - Ikg weight saving apparently.

I’m 77 years old now. I sold my Ducati 900 Supersport about 8 years ago. Broke my heart to do that. The only consolation is that it went to a good home.

let go of the 2018 Sport Glide for a 2022 1250 RT. No comparison, the HD is just crude, rude, heavy, and ancient technology. The BMW just carves up turn here in the Western USA with all the mountain and canyon roads to ride out west. Superior riding experience with the RT and top box.

Gorgeous bike. Personally I think it looks so much better than the Tour version.

Part of keeping a bike is the ritual of cleaning! Quite theraputic ! Have a Goldwing myself ! Never seen a problem but one golden rule is do not use a high presure jet washer with foaming agent. Few years ago had a GS with gold wheels

The Wing has a range of 275 miles and you can fit a 55 litre top box to the bagger for three hundred pounds.The wing is also easier to clean !! Richard Cottingham.

The gold wing is the most superior machine ever made by Honda, I own a 1986 Honda gold wing interstate GL1200. I bought it with original 28,000 miles. I absolutely love it, it is the best motorcycle I have ever owned. I used to own a Honda VTX 1800, another amazing machine. However,the gold wing is way smoother, in fact it is the smoothest machine I have ever owned, you could literally travel the world and have no issues at all, as long as you are ontop of your basic maintenance, you could see 400,000 miles easily on a gold wing before it needs a rebuild, then after you rebuild the entire engine, its good for another 400,000 miles. That is how good the mathematics and engineering that went into the gold wing.

Only issue i do have with my 2019 wing is im not 100% happy with the paint or clearcoat thickness as it feels soft, but my paint has held up and still looks new(thank you honda polish) My wheels still look new ,seems like your powder coating and rust might be due to heavey exposure to salt air and water but thats just a guess. Im 100% still happy with my bike, also there is a guy who hasca goldwing he calls war horse that he has over 100k miles and does not have these issue as well like you stated..well good luch with your next bike.

Is it me or did I hear him say... It weighs 300 tons! 😮 1:37

If only the Wing had a top box that big! 🤦🏻‍♂️ How do you feel about the boxer vibes? 300 mile range…wow!

I ride both the BMW K1600GTL and the latest Goldwing Tour DCT (not the bagger). They both have their fors and againsts. The K1600GTL has more power, sounds awesome and goes like stink. Handles quite well but is slightly top heavy. Also, both me and my wife get a lot of buffeting regardless of how high I put the screen up. Neither me or my wife find it particularly comfortable. The Wing is not as fast (acceleration or top speed) as the BMW but handles equally as well (grinding the pegs is a regular occurrence), if not better than the BMW as the centre of gravity is very low. I have the standard screen and neither myself or my wife suffer any buffeting what so ever on the Wing. (6ft 3”) The comfort of the Wing is far superior to the BMW and the DCT is awesome, especially if you use it using the paddles, even when in automatic mode. By the way, there are more modes on the Tour version of the Wing. Eco, Rain, Tour and Sport. Most of the time we use Tour, but Sport DOES make a difference and the Wing comes alive for some huge fun. Rain is useful for..well, when it’s raining. Eco is a waste of space and pointless. Fuel consumption for us on the Wing is 45-47 mpg..range about 200+ miles. As mentioned, depends on driving habits. The most I have got has been 50mpg when following a mate on his Honda Deauville. Ref the storage. The BMW wins hands down! The Wing is disappointingly small, especially on the 2018-2019 models. Slightly improved on the 2020 onwards. Have to agree with the corrosion..Honda have always been bad and the Wing needs a lot of cleaning after getting wet. The BMW on the other hand is a LOT better and you can drive in any weather and just tuck it away until you get round to cleaning it. I enjoy both for different reasons. Despite them both being in direct competition, they are completely different animals and both in need of an “update” soon as they are getting “old” now.

Great to hear you are enjoying the GSA. A lovely bike. I still love my Blue 2021 RT.

Congratulations 🎊 👏 on the new bike. Beautiful color combo.

What did your dealer say about it mate ?

I had the exact same problem on the Aplecross pass .

Doea your goldwing have ticking sound on the right side when idle?

Just thinking of buying the exact same bike, 22 plate in blue. I can't believe the corrosion on your bike. Its really made me reconsider buying one. I've had several Hondas in the past and they have been faultless. How common is this corrosion problem on the newer Goldwing models?

The paint wheel problem is not from a break liquid leak ?

BMW's connectivity system is so awful. It works sometime, sometime not, and you never know why...

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Unfortunately, you won't get away from this on heat shielding due to the heat cycling unless it stainless. Not lasted to bad for 2 year's but looks like they skimped on the costing on the inside from factory

So many of these new shape wings for sale, poor show by Honda skimping on quality….I’ll stick with my 2002 wing….👍

I’ve watched your previous video and the corrosion was awful. I do sympathise. But if you had been fastidious you would still have an immaculate Goldwing.worth 18500.My 22 bagger bought with 1200 miles cost me 19000 and is still immaculate.Cleaning the wheel isn’t difficult but you need to lie on your back an spin the wheel.Simple. The matt paint should be avoided being much more sensitive than matt on Harley or Indian.Triumph lacquered wheels on Rocket 3,loads of claims so removed it and told owners to clean them. End of claims.Good luck Richard

Had the same problems, first turn the brightness up and use blue tooth auto not blue tooth transmit

Honda customer service hasn’t had much practice, having owned fifty wings and done 200000 miles (I was a dealer until 2012)I had one issue on one) . BMW had lots and lots and lots of practice .Tee Hee 😂 Richard Cottingham

I have had my 2018 tour for 5 years and don't have any issues with the wheels HOWEVER I know you have the blacked out model which has painted wheels which does seem to suffer from thin paint. You say you have invested in an ABBA lift to get into the nooks and crannies on your replacement bike, do you think had you done this with the Goldwing the wheels could have been saved before they got into such a state as you did say you are not one to clean your bikes after a ride me neither btw. Reading between the lines I feel the major gripe with your ownership is the poor customer service from Honda UK which has put a damper on your experience which is a real shame.

I'm surprised that it is corroded this much for such a new bike. On the other hand, it does bring to mind about your previous bike (BMW R1250RT) which also had a corrosion issue; albeit, it was with the braking system. Is it something that is on your local roads, the salinity levels or some chemicals that are prevalent in your local roads? The question is that BOTH bikes had corrosion issues. I live in the NW USA, and our climate here is very similar to the British Isles, wet and cool. I do not see this kind of corrosions on my '22 Goldwing.

How many k1600 have had new engines because of corrosion,lots.I’ve watched lots of owners tip toeing around car parks frightened of falling over.Very easy to stall,terrible resale value. Early ones are very cheap compared with wings because of reliability. Piece of crap ? Read 99% of other reviews. Richard Cottingham

Hi,I’ve owned three new wings and covered 30k . My bike is manual and despite being a quick rider I have never seen less than 50mpg !! All have averaged 53-56. You obviously bought the wrong after market screen. I had the first Matt silver one and hated the the fragile finish ,my shiny mud grey is perfect.Don’t buy Matt. I’ve had no wheel corrosion at all. Richard Cottingham

Did you get a courtesy bike.?

240miles on motorway

Nice to know you have a new bike Jim. I struggle with choice of bikes with being only 5’4”. I did fancy the BMW 1000 XR with a low seat but prices put me off. I’ll be 66 this year so maybe not so many years left to ride . Anyway glad your sorted Phil

For Apple CarPlay You can plug a Bluetooth dongle into the usb port in the pannier. Fools the bike into thinking you have a headset connected. If you don’t want to have a headset on.

It’s easy to conect to your helmet

WTF, given how old the bike is and the state of the wheels/exhaust, 100% unacceptable. Honda (like Toyota) knows the market it is selling to. E.G Toyota panels are made thicker for UK market as they know about rock salt - Shame on you Honda, you should know better and on a premium motorcycle. FFS👹👹👹🤬🤬. Great honest review, take note Honda👹👹👹🤬👹🤬🤡👹👹🤬

Hi jim, Try applying a frosted screen protector to the device screen to reduce the reflections.. As for the connection issues, as far as I can see, if you first connect the headset to the phone, and then the phone to the carpuride it should work. There is a you tube video about this which may help. Apart from this as always, I enjoy watching your videos, very informative an interesting

I had a 2020 Bagger in matt black. Lovely bike to ride. However, i dont ride my bikes in the wet, because they are so difficult to clean, and more importantly DRY, in all the nooks and crannies. Once, when riding on a high road in Derbyshire towards the end of the riding season, i did get caught out on a damp road that had had its first application of salt. When i got the bike home i cleaned and dried it and sprayed WD40. However when i looked at it a few weeks later I was really quite shocked to see that there was quite a lot of corrosion under the bike, including the exhaust fasters, the black paint on the exhausts exhausts themselves was flaking off and they were rusty where the paint had come off, the rear brake line fasteners were all corroded and had lost their black paint and the shock absorberbody and piston were also rusty. I couldn't believe how much corrosion there was...the bike was new and had done less than 1000 miles and had never got so much as damp before. I did complain to the dealership and got the exhausts replaced under warranty. The dealer principle hinted that GWs were not very good in salty conditions and great care had to be taken to clean and dry the bikes. The other issue with my bike was the matt paint, which i found marked extremely easily and, once marked it is impossible to polish out the mark. I had to be extremely careful and basically avoid touching the matt black paintwork. However, I did buy the bike with 3 free services provided by Honda and the dealership i took it too were not careful with the paintwork. As such it came back with loads of marks to the paintwork. After a long battle I got them to replace the affected panels at no cost to me. After those experiences, i part exchanged the matt bagger for a gloss bagger, but even the gloss ones have matt areas e.g. the cubby lid, which i have had to cover with 3m tape for peace of mind. All in all, i love the bagger but they definitely do require a high level of care and i am very careful to check the weather forecast before i go out on it. I may have to swap the bike for something more robust because of this. I had a BMW GS, but that also suffered corrosion / paint problems....so are there any makes that dont suffer these issues?