"all bikes lead to a Goldwing"

wjbertrand said:
Good luck with your upcoming procedure!
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Thank you. I was walking without a walker or cane within one week, and rode my 1300 26 days after surgery.

dduelin said:
Put it off as long as you can, not the Goldwing but loss of mobility and leg strength.
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I disagree; waiting longer does nothing except prolong the pain.
 
Larry Fine said:
Thank you. I was walking without a walker or cane within one week, and rode my 1300 26 days after surgery.


I disagree; waiting longer does nothing except prolong the pain.
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I didn’t say anything about being in pain. Keeping our weight down and getting good exercise goes a long way towards prolonging our riding health.
 
CDNolddude said:
That’s true but IMHO it is far better than pre 2018 models.
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My 2006 Goldwing had more ground clearance than my 2018. They were many improvements in the 2018+ but hustling corners wasn’t one of them. Ground clearance was always the limiting issue with my Goldwings.
 
dduelin said:
My 2006 Goldwing had more ground clearance than my 2018. They were many improvements in the 2018+ but hustling corners wasn’t one of them. Ground clearance was always the limiting issue with my Goldwings.
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Every time I test rode the older version I touched the pegs easily for some reason. Even my 1985’s I didn’t do that. Maybe just me but it kept me from buying beautiful 2010 wing before
I find my 2024 tour DCT to be noisier, and engine not near as smooth, but it handles better.
PS. Bought my second st1300 instead of that 2010 wing
 
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CDNolddude said:
Every time I test rode the older version I touched the pegs easily for some reason. Even my 1985’s I didn’t do that. Maybe just me but it kept me from buying beautiful 2010 wing before
I find my 2024 tour DCT to be noisier, and engine not near as smooth, but it handles better.
PS. Bought my second st1300 instead of that 2010 wing
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59,000 miles on the 2006 and 13,000 on the 2018.
 
Larry Fine said:
Thank you. I was walking without a walker or cane within one week, and rode my 1300 26 days after surgery.


I disagree; waiting longer does nothing except prolong the pain.
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Agree. Putting off only leads to more scar tissue and pain. The scar tissue makes PT and recovery harder too. I put off my left one for 10+ years and wish I’d done it sooner.
One legitimate reason to put it off the surgery is age. The best implants are now projected to last about 30 years before you’ll need a revision. If you’re very young and don’t want to do this twice, that may be a reason to wait.
 
I do leg presses and half squats regularly. I’m trying to stay ahead of strength loss. As for the GoldWing it’s hard to say how long I can stay ahead of that one. Time will tell. A lot of bike, a lot of money, even used.
 
I had my right knee done in 2010 and my left knee done in 2011.
I go in about every 3-5 years to have them checked.
The ortho doc at my last 'check' (a few months ago) said they look like they are brand new - no noticeable wear.
And I usually walk 3 miles a day five days a week.
So 15 years on mine and they are holding up pretty well.
I wish the rest of my body was doing as good as my knee replacements ... but I guess there is an age difference! ;)
 
Yeah I did it. '22 DCT with 13k miles on it. One owner dealer sold it new owner traded it in on a '25 Tour. Put 260 miles on it so far and I'm impressed with how easy it is to ride and how easy it is to ride fast. Once you get past the visual size of it it's a wicked cool bike to ride. My NC750 isn't going anywhere this is in addition to. NC is still my primary ride. All bikes lead to a Goldwing.....no idea where a Goldwing will lead.

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Bug Dr. said:
It was June 2008. I had just purchased my ST a week earlier. I was filling my fuel tank for the first time on my 2007 ST 1300 when an old, weathered man riding an old, weathered Goldwing 1500 pulled up beside me. We started talking about bikes, riding and travelling. I mentioned that I had just returned to riding after a long break, and I was excited to see the U.S. and Canada. He told me it looked like I had a worthy steed for my plans and then threw in "all bikes lead to a Goldwing". I laughed and told him that I wasn't sure about that. I guess the old guy was smarter than I gave him credit for being at the time.

This bike wasn't even on my radar three weeks ago. I was still in the Veruca Salt mindset of "I want an RS and I want it now". The fact that there are no BMW dealers in my state kept wearing on me. I don't want to be 3.5 hours from a dealer and I don't want to trailer a new bike home. I kept asking myself "what do you want?"

I already have the Versys 650. That will fill the fun in the twisties urges and I can travel on it for shorter distances.......so all of those boxes are checked.

I wanted the following:
Simple
Reliable
Comfortable (must have cruise control)
No drama (borderline boring)
Local
Relatively inexpensive

The answer I came up with.......no, it can't be.......over and over again........hell no, it can't be...........I'm not that old.........it checks all of the boxes...........damn, that old man was right.

A 2024 Goldwing (ouch, it hurts just to say it)..........I'm at least getting the "sportier" version without the lounge chair on back.

Meet Kermit, the green Goblin
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Yes, I actually did it.
Mike
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Yup. I was a baby. Just 51 years old when I pulled my 1981 CB900f SuperSport into a Honda Dealer to look for a new pair of gloves. Just eyeballing that Wing and thinking, "Maybe in fifteen years." Salesguy walks buy and asks what I was looking for. "Glove," I say. He saw that curiosity in my eyes and said, "Right. Go ahead. Take it for a ride. AND TRUST IT LIKE YOU TRUST THE 900." I thought he was full of *****. Then I rode it. And trusted it for twenty years. Got rid of it (and the 900) at the end of last year and then surprised myself again and bought an NC750x. That's a big downsize! It does fine on the highway when I want to get away from a semi up my butt. It is crazy fun on secondary roads. It is stupid easy running around town, which is a good bit of my riding. My only complaint is after a 250 mile day running around Vermont with a kid half my age, I was sore the next day. I do miss the comfort of the Wing!
 
At almost 76 years old this month I am still too young for a gold wing. That is why I still have my 2014 FJR1300 and now a NT1100. I once had a 1986 GL1200, but that succumbed to a 1992 ST1100, and I never looked back. Too many tight twisty's around here, where I ride, to try and hustle that behemoth around. I agree they are a sharp looking machine and if it works for you, that is all that matters. Enjoy your Wing.
 
Beemerphiles being what they are, I'm back to enjoying a couple of black Beemers these days. I thought the R1250RT was going to be too much weight and knee bend for me but both are fine. It seems much lighter than its 615 lbs. I am working diligently to lengthen the arc of time with Asian squats and long walks daily.

Don't let the old man in.
 

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beemerphile said:
Beemerphiles being what they are, I'm back to enjoying a couple of black Beemers these days. I thought the R1250RT was going to be too much weight and knee bend for me but both are fine. It seems much lighter than its 615 lbs. I am working diligently to lengthen the curve of time with Asian squats and long walks daily.

Don't let the old man in.
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Lee, that R is lovely....
 
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