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In conversations with my wife after the last trip I took on my 2008 gl1800 she made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. She said in essence get rid of all three of your current bikes and you can get a newer one. I was pleasantly startled but after some more back and forth she held firm in her offer (We make all of our big financial decisions together so it was important to me that we agree).
I’d been looking at the 2018 and above Goldwings and BMW RT bikes. I knew that between three shops in town both were available. I went to the one that had a several pre-owned 2018-2021 Goldwings first. In researching it looked like the 21 had standard fog lights, a bigger cargo option, some updates to the dct, a slight change in seating cushioning, and was setup for xm radio. The 2018 that was dct and much less cost but similar miles had sold before I arrived. The 2018 that was there was a manual trans.
We talked preliminary numbers, I test road the the 2021 for a short distance, redid the numbers with my 2008 goldwing in trade and finalized the deal.
So now I am one goldwing down and one goldwing up. They delivered me and the bike home last night, I opted not to ride in Portland rush hour traffic the 45 minutes it would take to get home on a new to me unfamiliar bike.
The part of the deal that I liked was that instead of me taking off all my auxiliary (farkles) the sales manager offered for their service dept to take them off for me, leaving the old bike and taking the new one home. The guy who delivered bike and I took back a standard windshield and oem seat to reinstall. This is a pretty big convenience for me, and I’m sure for him as well.
The caveat for the 3 bikes for 1 was that I keep my ST1300 until I am sure I want to keep the new goldwing. So I’m going to be getting rid of the 2002 ST1100, and the 2008 goldwing is gone.
We have a couple of days with some decent weather ahead so I will update how I’m jiving with the new to me bike. And I’ll post some better photos. For now though here’s one from last night. (not sure how to make photo right side up, its properly aligned on my computer)
I’d been looking at the 2018 and above Goldwings and BMW RT bikes. I knew that between three shops in town both were available. I went to the one that had a several pre-owned 2018-2021 Goldwings first. In researching it looked like the 21 had standard fog lights, a bigger cargo option, some updates to the dct, a slight change in seating cushioning, and was setup for xm radio. The 2018 that was dct and much less cost but similar miles had sold before I arrived. The 2018 that was there was a manual trans.
We talked preliminary numbers, I test road the the 2021 for a short distance, redid the numbers with my 2008 goldwing in trade and finalized the deal.
So now I am one goldwing down and one goldwing up. They delivered me and the bike home last night, I opted not to ride in Portland rush hour traffic the 45 minutes it would take to get home on a new to me unfamiliar bike.
The part of the deal that I liked was that instead of me taking off all my auxiliary (farkles) the sales manager offered for their service dept to take them off for me, leaving the old bike and taking the new one home. The guy who delivered bike and I took back a standard windshield and oem seat to reinstall. This is a pretty big convenience for me, and I’m sure for him as well.
The caveat for the 3 bikes for 1 was that I keep my ST1300 until I am sure I want to keep the new goldwing. So I’m going to be getting rid of the 2002 ST1100, and the 2008 goldwing is gone.
We have a couple of days with some decent weather ahead so I will update how I’m jiving with the new to me bike. And I’ll post some better photos. For now though here’s one from last night. (not sure how to make photo right side up, its properly aligned on my computer)
