Chris, I have learned to greatly value your input and would like to ask for your guidance, if you don’t mind. I am truly passionate about this hobby and currently ride a beautiful 2022 Road King with a number of great enhancements (14” bars, Rhinehart Slip-Ons, Stage 2, Saddlemen Extended Leather Seat with Seat back, TourPak etc…it’s been babied, is stunning and has only 7500 miles. But I’m 60 years old, have had 7 surgeries from football and hockey and my body is starting to hurt - and really think I would benefit from a new Goldwing…here are my quick question(s): 1. Is there any valid reason to have BOTH of these bikes in my stable or is it pure greed? 2. Is there overlap or will they complement one another? 3. If the answer is “that’s a dumb idea”, am I out of mind to sell this beautiful Harley to purchase a GoldWing? How are you able to sell your bikes without emotional attachment? Do you ever suffer from buyers/sellers remorse? I fear looking back and saying, “what in the world was I thinking”…thanks for any thoughts!
All extremely good points. I love the Honda Goldwing more but because there is no touchscreen then that was the deal breaker for me. The supreme pros that the goldwing offers for a person like myself is the DCT automatic feature - Runs cooler in areas that are hot, You can daily commute in heavy traffic because you don't have to shift gears, Various modes to ride crazy hard and fast or go extremely slow by using the crawl or creep forward mode and the reverse gear so that you aren't damaging your knees and risking injury backing up. Big plus is that it uses regular octane gas which is cheaper. The service intervals are double that of an H-D. The price for the purchase of a GW is half that of a HD. You can purchase a Honda GW without the pressure tactics and be in and out in 90 min or less. GW has the push button electric adjustable windshield so that you can add or reduce wind protection. You can ride a goldwing and feel more centered on the bike and since the gas tank weight is not location in front of your body, and central lower on the bike, the weight of the bike feels half that of a HD limited or Ultra Grand Touring. The Goldwing is better in every aspect accept not having a touchscreen and you have to from showroom store your cell phone in your trunk until you add a handlebar mount and run a cell phone wire from the trunk to the front. The suspension and overall feel of the Goldwing makes you want to throw your HD in the trash. I only sold mine to buy the new HD CVO because I am more into electronics than anything and with the new CVO having the new 12" touchscreen infotainment it was everthing that I was looking for in electronics. However, the new CVO had and has so many music and phone connection issues and glitches I regret several times trading a new 2023 Goldwing with 900 miles for an HD CVO. The advantage that HD has over all other bikes are the amount of service centers and shops world wide and you can travel anywhere and locate a dealership to attend fun events, purchase cool everchanging merch, and always meet new friends from all walks of life who are also Harley Owners. The HD HOG Membership is also a plus. I would say that any motorcycle enthusiast must own two bikes no matter how much you hate one and love the other. If possible one should alway own 1 Goldwing and 1-3 Harleys. With H-D you need 1 and a backup because both will have an issue and one will be in the shop or being worked on while you ride the backup HD or multiple backup H-D's. You have a Goldwing and you only need one bike. You will not feel unconfident or wondering if something will happen.. Every HD owner rides listening for something wrong to happen or we carry tools or look for local dealerships for our road trips just in case; but with Honda Goldwing you are confident and you simply ride. No tools even thought about transporting or no thoughts of breaking down or anything going wrong. There is so much more to say on this. I will 100% get another GW if they come out with a full touchscreen. However if HD came out with a H-D version of the Goldwing like a DCT Automatic HD CVO Road Glide LImited with reverse and automatic, then it would put Honda Goldwing out of business no matter what the cost will be. Many like not having the HD sound from exhaust or that the Honda GW Tour Pack requires a very expensive and about 4 hours of labor to install something that will permit you to have a removable tour pack. So GW should make the tour pack easily removable and add a touchscreen and HD would be in trouble and if HD made a version of the Goldwing then honda would be in trouble.
You are incredible. Thanks Chris. The time and effort you put into your response is remarkable. I’ll let you know what I decide. Thanks again for everything!
Another outstanding video brother. Thanks for capturing the day for us!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you 🙏🏾
...Loving the rides ya'll have! Great vid!
Thank you. 🙏🏾 I appreciate it
You do such great work. Top shelf!
Thank you! 🙏🏾 I appreciate it.
Great video Bro. I have a 21 Street Glide with the Rineharts!! Awesome sound!!👏🏾👍🏽
Nice 👍🏾 when paired with the headers and a bigger bore engine it’s unmatched
When you going to do a video on the road King with all the upgrades
Very soon! All the parts so far are in the description.
Chris, I have learned to greatly value your input and would like to ask for your guidance, if you don’t mind. I am truly passionate about this hobby and currently ride a beautiful 2022 Road King with a number of great enhancements (14” bars, Rhinehart Slip-Ons, Stage 2, Saddlemen Extended Leather Seat with Seat back, TourPak etc…it’s been babied, is stunning and has only 7500 miles. But I’m 60 years old, have had 7 surgeries from football and hockey and my body is starting to hurt - and really think I would benefit from a new Goldwing…here are my quick question(s): 1. Is there any valid reason to have BOTH of these bikes in my stable or is it pure greed? 2. Is there overlap or will they complement one another? 3. If the answer is “that’s a dumb idea”, am I out of mind to sell this beautiful Harley to purchase a GoldWing? How are you able to sell your bikes without emotional attachment? Do you ever suffer from buyers/sellers remorse? I fear looking back and saying, “what in the world was I thinking”…thanks for any thoughts!
All extremely good points. I love the Honda Goldwing more but because there is no touchscreen then that was the deal breaker for me. The supreme pros that the goldwing offers for a person like myself is the DCT automatic feature - Runs cooler in areas that are hot, You can daily commute in heavy traffic because you don't have to shift gears, Various modes to ride crazy hard and fast or go extremely slow by using the crawl or creep forward mode and the reverse gear so that you aren't damaging your knees and risking injury backing up. Big plus is that it uses regular octane gas which is cheaper. The service intervals are double that of an H-D. The price for the purchase of a GW is half that of a HD. You can purchase a Honda GW without the pressure tactics and be in and out in 90 min or less. GW has the push button electric adjustable windshield so that you can add or reduce wind protection. You can ride a goldwing and feel more centered on the bike and since the gas tank weight is not location in front of your body, and central lower on the bike, the weight of the bike feels half that of a HD limited or Ultra Grand Touring. The Goldwing is better in every aspect accept not having a touchscreen and you have to from showroom store your cell phone in your trunk until you add a handlebar mount and run a cell phone wire from the trunk to the front. The suspension and overall feel of the Goldwing makes you want to throw your HD in the trash. I only sold mine to buy the new HD CVO because I am more into electronics than anything and with the new CVO having the new 12" touchscreen infotainment it was everthing that I was looking for in electronics. However, the new CVO had and has so many music and phone connection issues and glitches I regret several times trading a new 2023 Goldwing with 900 miles for an HD CVO. The advantage that HD has over all other bikes are the amount of service centers and shops world wide and you can travel anywhere and locate a dealership to attend fun events, purchase cool everchanging merch, and always meet new friends from all walks of life who are also Harley Owners. The HD HOG Membership is also a plus. I would say that any motorcycle enthusiast must own two bikes no matter how much you hate one and love the other. If possible one should alway own 1 Goldwing and 1-3 Harleys. With H-D you need 1 and a backup because both will have an issue and one will be in the shop or being worked on while you ride the backup HD or multiple backup H-D's. You have a Goldwing and you only need one bike. You will not feel unconfident or wondering if something will happen.. Every HD owner rides listening for something wrong to happen or we carry tools or look for local dealerships for our road trips just in case; but with Honda Goldwing you are confident and you simply ride. No tools even thought about transporting or no thoughts of breaking down or anything going wrong. There is so much more to say on this. I will 100% get another GW if they come out with a full touchscreen. However if HD came out with a H-D version of the Goldwing like a DCT Automatic HD CVO Road Glide LImited with reverse and automatic, then it would put Honda Goldwing out of business no matter what the cost will be. Many like not having the HD sound from exhaust or that the Honda GW Tour Pack requires a very expensive and about 4 hours of labor to install something that will permit you to have a removable tour pack. So GW should make the tour pack easily removable and add a touchscreen and HD would be in trouble and if HD made a version of the Goldwing then honda would be in trouble.
You are incredible. Thanks Chris. The time and effort you put into your response is remarkable. I’ll let you know what I decide. Thanks again for everything!
@@tctc2470 Thanks Again. I appreciate it.