A curiosity really. I am thinking about gas fill ups. I always put my ST1300 on the center stand to get the most fuel in it and not spill. Was thinking about the same for the Goldwing and just wondered.
Personally, not a good idea. I actually fill up on the side stand vs centerstand
I stay on the bike when I fill up. I lean the bike on the side stand, but, if, and only if I'm riding farther than straight home, I'll stand the bike up with my legs, and wiggle it a bit to really top it off. Then I reset the trip-meter.
That's why I only top off if I'm continuing riding, so my consumption exceeds expansion.
I saw a 2018 white tour DCT, low miles on Facebook Marketplace today for $16k even. That is a bargain. If interested, I am sure you could find it by doing a search easily.
Easy is relative. I knew the technique, but it was never easy for me to rock the bike backward and lift it on to the stand while pushing down on the center stand arm. I was always able to do it, but I would never have said it was easy. The technique made it easier.
How many people would admit that a new,$38k bike was NOT "awesome"??
But a Goldwing is an old man bike.
I think slow speed turns are 95% mental. The rest is practice. I have no problem with circles, 8s and U turns on my 2006. I didn't have any problems on the 2018s I've ridden either.
I had a couple of the older wings and now the newer one. I can tell you first hand, doing a u-turn on a tight two lane is WAY easier on the newer smaller wing. You are right, it takes a lot of practice to do it right and even with practice I never was very good at it with the bigger wing, especially with a passenger.
I still disagree there’s much difference. When I was able to take a 2018 home every weekend I was able to ride both gen bikes back to back and did so many times.
