Visitors Photo Contributions
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Joseph Wolfe, from North Royalton, OH sent this set of
pictures of his very well kept GL1100 with Krauser bags, top case, adjustable
passenger backrest, and Vetter Windjammer fairing.
Kyle and Nicole sent this collection of pictures from their 2004 Winnipeg to
Florida trip. Kyle's story about the trip; Niki and I did a fast blast From
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada to Cocoa Beach Florida USA, 2100miles. Arrived on the
fourth day July 08 2004. Not our usual kind of trip as all we did was "BLAST"
12-16hour days on Interstates at 70 to 100 mph. You will see some of the
thunderheads we came across. We spent a good deal of our time outrunning storms
across the God Forsaken Mid Western United States. aka Tornado Alley. Once we
landed in Cocoa Beach, our game plan was to tour the Keys. Our friends in Cocoa
forbid us to tour on the bike as this is their apparent rain and hurricane
season. When they say rainy season, they mean thunderstorm season. Persuaded,
we parked the Wing, and did the touristy beach thing and sight seeing from an
eight passenger Denali SUV. We did get a thunderstorm almost every day, but in
the same token, these storms blast through pretty quick and give way to the
Florida Sun. This definitely was one of my fastest and scariest trips. On the
route home we would come across areas where tornados had reeked havoc the day
before, and on more than one occasion, had to hunker down early because of scary
skies that brought hail. This season has been one of the worst summers on
record and a trip of this nature is not for the faint of heart.
Wilfred Muilwijk from the Netherlands send this picture, for a change it shows a
moving Goldwing! Wilfred sent this message; Like many of our "wing mates" I also
am very keen to learn about the technicalities of my machine. That is how I came
across your site and pages with information on the points you have to look for
when buying a used GL1100. One of the points you made was the vulnerability of
the alternator. Your tip was to methodically keep water and road dirt out of the
connector block under the left side panel, otherwise you had to prepare for a
busy weekend. There I was two weeks ago, touring with our 1982 GL1100, on the
banks of the river Rhine. It was the first longer trip with the Missus and also
our first trip outside the Low Countries. Beautiful winding roads and hairpin
turns. And of course when you are near the "Lorelei " you stop the for a cup of
coffee, enjoy the view and the legend. I decided to park my machine next to the
only one that was already there. It appeared to be a German sister GL1100 and
belonged to a really nice guy. He had his 1983-machine from new and had driven
more than 300K km's with it. He was very enthusiastic about the reliability of
his bike but had sustained three failures of the "Lichtmachine" as they call the
alternator over there. I made a big impression on him by relaying the above
mentioned information concerning the connector block. On the other hand he did
give me a couple of valuable pieces of information that only type experienced
fellows can come up with. For example the gear switching of the GL1100; it is
often difficult to find the neutral and sometimes you find yourself in between
gears. I thought it was the individuality of my GW but he said it was "Quite
Normal". His advise was to treat this type of old ladies with gentle gear
shifting. He advised me further when I ever had a defective cooling fan
thermostat, I should use one of a VW car: much "Billiger" (inexpensive) and
thirdly to the change the timing belts every 50K km's. You could use the Honda
motorcycle ones but the Honda car ones do the job as well at a three times
cheaper price. As the weather stayed very fine, needless to say we had a
splendid time touring the Rhine Valley, Eiffel and Taunus area's. The old lady
treated my Missus very well, so she is in for a next trip abroad. I look forward
to it and meeting guys like the one I met at the Lorelei.
Hilmar from Germany sent this picture of his 1996 GL1500 Aspencade, magenta.
This photo was taken in Hilmar's home district of Bavaria in springtime 2004.
This is Peter and Juanita Watson, from Kelowna, B.C. Canada. Peter's message
with this photo was; Here's a shot of my wife and I posing on our new ABS 1800. This is our first
touring machine after 30 years of sportbikes and is the best move I've ever
made.
Jonathan Handler sends these three pictures of his 1990 GL1500 and some nice
scenery and says; Picked up the bike last week. Argued with the car-lot seller
due to what looked like worse paint than advertised (bike sitting in rain for a
week). So he took off $500 and the local Honda dealer said it only needed an oil
change. Just what I expected from a GL1500. Drove to LA via Aspen and Vegas and
had one hell of a ride. Purred like a kitten. I am stoked. You gotta do the SW
US someday if you've never done it. Colorado is unbelievable.
My name is Bert Nadeau. I do live in St-Hubert (Québec) Canada. Both photos
are me and my wife Nicole on our first long trip in may 2003 going to Québec
city (600 km). Our GoldWing is 1986 1200 Aspencade. It rides with very much
comfort compared to our old Honda Shadow VT 500 1983. Really enjoy your site,
there is a lot of helpful information for beginners like me.
Keep up the good work. Bert and Nicole.
This GL1800 Goldwing belongs to Tom Johnson from the USA.
Steve and Lou Forster (from Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, UK) leaving the 2003
Treffen in Kelso, Scotland on their GL1200 Goldwing.
This 1997 GL1500SE Goldwing belongs to Andy Baker from Bristol in the UK.