2018 Goldwing Review Cycle News

[the Ferret]

ESB if you will sit on your ST before going to the show and then compare the size of the Wing with the ST for me. Not sure I could go much bigger than an ST (I'm a munchkin) but maybe if it wasn't too much larger I could. Had no problem with the 4 cyl wings,76-84 but when they got to be 6 cyl, they just grew too big for me.

 

[paulcb]

ESB if you will sit on your ST before going to the show and then compare the size of the Wing with the ST for me. Not sure I could go much bigger than an ST (I'm a munchkin) but maybe if it wasn't too much larger I could. Had no problem with the 4 cyl wings,76-84 but when they got to be 6 cyl, they just grew too big for me.

Check out cycle-ergo.com. They have the 2018 Wing listed. According to that site, the 2018 Wing seat height is 1" lower than the ST1300, 30.8" vs. 31.8".

 

[Mellow]

ESB if you will sit on your ST before going to the show and then compare the size of the Wing with the ST for me. Not sure I could go much bigger than an ST (I'm a munchkin) but maybe if it wasn't too much larger I could. Had no problem with the 4 cyl wings,76-84 but when they got to be 6 cyl, they just grew too big for me.

From this thread: https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?162231-2018-st1800

 

[the Ferret]

Wow, it still looks a lot bigger to me. Thanks guys. I will check them out when my dealer gets one, but he said it won't be for a couple weeks yet.

 

[ST Gui]

Hopefully they'll be some room around it to squeeze in and look.

If it's anything like the Long Beach show there will be plenty of bikes and more than enough room to try one on. I had plenty of time and nobody made me feel rushed.

However I made an error in just sitting on the one bike (DCT Tour) which was on the center stand. There were a few on the side stand and I didn't think to sit on one and heft it around a bit. So when you're there make sure you do that and focus your foot to saddle comfort. My preference is to be able to flat foot a bike and it's a doable on the ST but just.