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sorry to say this, and I will be stepping on alot of toes, but the 1100 was the biggest POS Goldwing ever, the carbs were always gumming up, there were no retaining feature on the brake linings ( I had a front wheel lock up due to that, and cartwheeled the bike ), at higher speeds the front end got light and shakey.
The 1500 on the other hand, one of the best, if not THE best Goldwing. My 1988 Goldwing has 144,000 miles on it and has had the fuel pump replaced. My 1800 had 62,000 and had all ready gone thru 3 sets of O2 sensors at $300 a set