Sometimes a guy just has to "Wing" it!
And so, I traded in my 2006 ST1300 for a Wing

2007 Honda Gold Wing Premium Audio

This was a stretch for me. I have owned all types accept Harley's. You hear allot of great things about Goldwings and you also here comments like they are great for retirement. In fact a friend retired this year and bought one. Well due to all of the good publicity I decided to go to Hinshaw's and ride one. Big mistake! I fell in love! Once back at the dealer ship I worked on closing the deal. I added the necessities to the package.

The big 1832cc engine is slung low as well as the seat. The bike appears heavy and large but handles at low and higher speeds as a much lighter bike. For my first two planned rides with the new Wing, I rode both sides of MT ST. Helens. Windy ridge and Johnston ridge provide the opportunity to see how the new Wing handles in the turns. To be honest I was amazed. I heard they handled well but when you look at one of these big bikes you think "yes but how well". Both rides had me grinning ear to ear. I'm extremely happy with this new bike. Update... Several months later I'm still grinning.

So far I have ridden this Wing 11,369 miles. The ride statistics below represent only rides that I have logged in my trip logs and are displayed on this web site. After all these miles I still believe this wing is the best bike to meet my riding needs.

Logged Ride Statistics

Accessories Installed

• Custom Seat by Rich's Custom Seats

• Honda Line Pan European Top Box

• Honda Line Heated Grips

• Honda Line Tank Guards

• Garmin Street Pilot 2610 Color GPS with RAM  Mount System

• RAM Beverage Holder and Mount System

• RAM Camera Mount

• Rally Pack Deluxe Magnetic Tank Bag

I have received several emails requesting information on some of the add-ons I have purchased. I have added the information below so others may use it as well.

• Autocom Pro
   

• Hondaline Top Box ( Made by Givi for Honda) $526
   

• RAM Mounts
   

• Video Camera System

Helmet Cam - Cam has inline stop and record. ($114.00 New Ebay)
DVR/Video/Audio player ($249 Walmart)

 

Honda VTX 1800N

I put allot of money into this VTX to get everything just the way I wanted it. It had a massive amount of torque and speed to boot. 2 windshields heights or none. Saddle bags that were quickly removable. Hyper charger, Vance & Hines Big Shots Exhaust, Power Commander III. After all the bolt on upgrades it was professionally dyno tuned through the RPM range. After riding for 300 miles I found this type of bike to be too noisy and too windy. Although I do miss this bike, it's why I chose the ST1300. 

CBR 1000R

I have to say, This was one of my favorite machines! This CBR1000R was a very comfortable sport bike to ride. In fact, the riding position was more like the ST1300. Note the handle bars are positioned well above the seat. Sport bikes now days tend to position your upper body in an aggressive lean into the bars. I wish I new about Rich's seats back then because the seat on this bike was the only draw back. Come to think about it, the luggage would have been a nice bonus.

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