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I have noticed that a lot of people are fixing up/restoring older Goldwings, which is basically what I am doing. While working on it, I started thinking about what I am going to do with it. I am not taking the engine apart, it has good compression and runs fine, so I'm basically just replacing the belts, changing the plugs, oil and coolant. I am having to make extensive repairs to the fuel injection, but when I'm done, if the bike runs good, it is not likely to fail. I notice a lot of people are not actually rebuilding the engine, even if the bike has been sitting for decades, which makes sense, because the Goldwing engine was not really designed to be rebuilt.
Now, while I will have no problem riding around locally with this bike if it runs good, I was wondering, can it actually be trusted to take trips on? I know a lot of people have gotten over 200,000 miles out of Goldwings, so mine should have over 100,000 miles left in it. Theoretically. But, it is 26 years old. Do many of you with older 'Wings actually go on cross country rides with them, especially those of you who found you bike in rough condition, and put a lot of work into getting it fixed up? Are serious failures common on these older bikes on a long trip?
I have noticed that a lot of people are fixing up/restoring older Goldwings, which is basically what I am doing. While working on it, I started thinking about what I am going to do with it. I am not taking the engine apart, it has good compression and runs fine, so I'm basically just replacing the belts, changing the plugs, oil and coolant. I am having to make extensive repairs to the fuel injection, but when I'm done, if the bike runs good, it is not likely to fail. I notice a lot of people are not actually rebuilding the engine, even if the bike has been sitting for decades, which makes sense, because the Goldwing engine was not really designed to be rebuilt.
Now, while I will have no problem riding around locally with this bike if it runs good, I was wondering, can it actually be trusted to take trips on? I know a lot of people have gotten over 200,000 miles out of Goldwings, so mine should have over 100,000 miles left in it. Theoretically. But, it is 26 years old. Do many of you with older 'Wings actually go on cross country rides with them, especially those of you who found you bike in rough condition, and put a lot of work into getting it fixed up? Are serious failures common on these older bikes on a long trip?