My brother practically lives on his Goldwing. Last year he decided to trade - well over 100k miles on his current bike but had a heck of a time finding a new Goldwing with the old manual transmission. Finally found one at a dealer a couple states away. Apparently Honda is forcing everyone into their new dual-clutch trannies.I'm an elitist, but if you don't have to shift, I don't see it is a motorcycle
I "wish" Someone would manufacture a Scooter with the the "looks" and all the good aspects of a Vespa P200e, but with a engine more in line with good 500 cc twin cylinder. An honest 25 HP would do. NOT a Berger-mister! ;-)
They ain’t forcing anything, even Honda has been surprised by how many folks choose the 7 speed DCT over the manual 6 speed transmission .My brother practically lives on his Goldwing. Last year he decided to trade - well over 100k miles on his current bike but had a heck of a time finding a new Goldwing with the old manual transmission. Finally found one at a dealer a couple states away. Apparently Honda is forcing everyone into their new dual-clutch trannies.
You tricked me! When you referred to a Honda SilverWing I immediately thought about my 1981 Honda SilverWing. Totally different machines. I restored the SilverWing to 'as new' condition, then sold it. Good running bike, that's for sure.
You tricked me! When you referred to a Honda SilverWing I immediately thought about my 1981 Honda SilverWing. Totally different machines. I restored the SilverWing to 'as new' condition, then sold it. Good running bike, that's for sure.
I was thinking of you, reading desert's post.....They ain’t forcing anything, even Honda has been surprised by how many folks choose the 7 speed DCT over the manual 6 speed transmission .
I have taken test rides on both and highly prefer the DCT.
The 2002 Goldwing I bought brandnew currently shows 613,000 miles on odometer.