Tall_Joe
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If I keep riding the Victory like I have been, it will be down to a cafe racer. Already pulled most of the front fairing off due to bumps and drops.
Back to a Honda
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One thing I really liked about the Vision was the low seat height .. it was a big selling point for it against other bikes ..
The GW will probably be my next bike purchase. I love the color of yours.
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The Wing will DEFINITELY be in my future, BUT! I'm gonna have me a reverse gear!
Just because I can.
Terminator2
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Very nice. A far cry from my grandfathers '77 (?) Goldwing. I sat on an attorney's ( random encounter, didn't need to hire him, lol ) new Goldwing and was pleasantly shocked how much sportier they feel now. Good for you man.
Terminator2
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Still unable to find reverse on my St after 5 years! I give up....Anybody remember saying ' Uncle, Uncle ' when tapping out? ha
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The 1800s are way different from the GL1000, and 1100, and 1200, and 1500.
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I hear ya!
Why, somebody on here asked me just this week, if I had found my ST1300's kickstarter.
Uhhhhh, ...nope!
So I guess the kicker piece went the way of my 6th gear... so I'm clueless.
Tall_Joe
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I’m almost 6’ 6” so I prefer a taller seat but the Victory was comfortable, no doubt about it. Now I went from a recliner to a bar stool.
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Are the dogs Havanese ?
Sadlsor
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I've never heard of this.
Do you mean, Japanese who live in Cuba?
What do you have half way up your leg? Havanese......
I'll let myself out........
I'll let myself out........
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Havanese dog - Wikipedia
Kind of a forever - puppy , Max here is 12 ( original name was " Big Mean Bastard " - BMB for short , but for some reason my wife objected - something about having to call him ... )
And they do not shed - at all .
Kind of a forever - puppy , Max here is 12 ( original name was " Big Mean Bastard " - BMB for short , but for some reason my wife objected - something about having to call him ... )
And they do not shed - at all .
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I had a '77 GL1000 GoldWing brand new in '77. If Honda brought it back with FI as the only change - keeping the identical look I'd own one in a heartbeat.
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Fuel injection for sure ! -- I had a '76 GL1000-LTD . Great bike except for the miserable Kehin 4 carbs . They had aluminum slides in aluminum throats that wore & galled so they wouldn't slide evenly which threw off carb sync. balance - big time ! , All within 22K. , couldn't fix it short of total replacement . I tried to polish the wear , use ATF in the gas - nothing worked . I had to sell it at 28K to a collector of LTDs. in 1992 . Sort of makes you sick that a problem like that ruins an otherwise great machine so that you get fed up & get rid of it .
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Had a 1980 gold wing interstate.Rode all over.If it only had better suspension & brakes lights.The ST 1300.Did like the wing.
steve3b3
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Congratulations on the new Wing.
I bought my '18 Tour in '19, just before the pandemic hit.
You'll park it downhill a few times, I'm sure.
I've done that when I had the ST a few times. Nothing says she loves me like my wife pushing it back up the hill!
Regards,
Steve
I bought my '18 Tour in '19, just before the pandemic hit.
You'll park it downhill a few times, I'm sure.
I've done that when I had the ST a few times. Nothing says she loves me like my wife pushing it back up the hill!
Regards,
Steve
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good guess, but the white one is a Cavachon and the smaller one is a Cavapoo .. both half Cavalier. Cavapoo is a great dog .. smart .. easy to train .. whereas the Cavachon has been the biggest challenge to get housebroken
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We try to train our dogs right away as pups to stay in the yard without being tied up .. was easy to train our 2 Goldens to do that, and also the Cavapoo (smaller one in photo) .. and the Cavachon (white one) is fine if there are no walkers going by (or he's playing fetch .. he's laser-focused on fetch), but he never fails to "say hello" to most walkers.
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Thank you. I'm already preparing myself for the moment when I'll have to ask for a push .. wife doesn't ride (invite her every time tho), so 'the pusher' will be someone else. Old bike (Vision) was much longer .. the Wing has more of the same general dimensions of an ST .. it's just heavier.