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I can't believe I found this website. This is my first post and the problem I am having is my bike a 1980 Goldwing Interstate sometimes just grunts when I press the starter switch. After 3 or 4 tries it will go. My mechanic just replaced the starter motor while in winter storage. Last fall I replaced the following parts - Solenoid. new wires, plugs, battery, used spark unit. This problem started after returning to Toronto from a trip down to the East Coast in the rain last summer. When the rain started the bike was missing like crazy. I bought a can of silicone spray and this was my saviour. I was able to make it home okay and thats when I started to replace components.
The other problem I am having is when driving in 4th or 5th gear and hit the throttleI feel like the bike is missing. I feel itthrough the footpegs. My mechanic rode it yesterday and said it feels like a mechanical problem, possibly clutch related and could also be related to the starter problem? Other than this my wife and I love the Wing. I have a couple of trips planned for the summer and hope I can get these problems resolved. Any tips would be appreciated.
I can't believe I found this website. This is my first post and the problem I am having is my bike a 1980 Goldwing Interstate sometimes just grunts when I press the starter switch. After 3 or 4 tries it will go. My mechanic just replaced the starter motor while in winter storage. Last fall I replaced the following parts - Solenoid. new wires, plugs, battery, used spark unit. This problem started after returning to Toronto from a trip down to the East Coast in the rain last summer. When the rain started the bike was missing like crazy. I bought a can of silicone spray and this was my saviour. I was able to make it home okay and thats when I started to replace components.
The other problem I am having is when driving in 4th or 5th gear and hit the throttleI feel like the bike is missing. I feel itthrough the footpegs. My mechanic rode it yesterday and said it feels like a mechanical problem, possibly clutch related and could also be related to the starter problem? Other than this my wife and I love the Wing. I have a couple of trips planned for the summer and hope I can get these problems resolved. Any tips would be appreciated.