2018 Gold Wing

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It's a really great looking bike. I prefer its horizontal lines over the upswept theme of the BMW K1600. The bikes with the upswept styling tend to look like they are in mid-stoppie all the time.

Hopefully the new Gold Wing will handle cross winds better than the outgoing model.

My 1982 Goldwing Aspencade had the fuel tank under the seat and a flat four 1200cc engine. This provided a low center of gravity which made it easy to handle. However heavy cross winds would tend to tip the bike sideways which was a little unnerving at first. However it always popped back up. Something like those old air filled vinyl toys with the sand it the bottom. It will fall when you punched it, but pops back up again.

The Goldwing truly is the "Cadillac of Motorcycles". Penny and I rode in absolute comfort where ever we went. The saddlebags and trunk with a luggage racks on top would hold enough gear to fill a motel room.

On one trip we hauled a borrowed tent trailer with ours through the hills of Vermont and New Hampshire to and from Laconia. Never had to shift gear up or down the hills. Overdrive was not a feature in those days of cheap gas.

I would trade my CB1100 in on a Wing if Penny had any interest in motorcycling. But she doesn't, so I will keep the CB1100 for my weekly escapes into the wilderness.