Talk:Honda Gold Wing/Archive 1

Problem
hopefully someone out there can help me' have a 83 honda goldwing aspencade gl1100 ignitions switch went out got new one one line doesn't match the old one need wiring diagram and color code for new switch. old switch wires weere soldered new one has clips. please email me at crzldy215@bresnan.net. any help would be greatly appreciated.

This was actually rather common on that era. You often had the switch assembly come loose and the wires from the plug would become unseated, stopping the lights and ignition from working. Some mechanics solved this by removing the harness and soldering the wires in place. Look for a shop manual. Chilton, Claymer, and Honda all made manuals with the wiring harness color coded. The manuals are a good investment, and run from $20-25 US. Mushrom 14:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Major change
I have been watching this page for some time, and noticed that it really had very little historical information on the Goldwing series. I made a major revision, trying to cover the bikes from the original prototype to the modern day version. If anybody has some pictures of the other models, please add them. Mushrom 04:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Reverse
As was pointed out by the anonymous poster, there was a model of motorcycle with reverse before the GL1500.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_motorcycle

However, the only model that comes with reverse is the sidecar model. The 2 wheel non-sidecar version does not come with a reverse gear. I know this is open for debate, but when the bike comes from the factory with a sidecar, I would not nessicarily consider it a "motorcycle". At that time, it has much more in common with a tricycle then a motorcycle. Mushrom 19:40, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Courious
I am new at this so I will probably go about it all wrong, Please forgive. I am one of those people who just want to know and when I can't find the answer I began to wonder if there is one. My question to anyone in the know is this: What does the GL in the Goldwing GL series stand for? If you have the answer e-mail me @ goldscooterpop@charter.net Hope to hear from someone soon. ~goldscooterpop~ 21 August 2006

In motorcycles (and cars), GL stands for "Grande Luxe", or in simple English "Grand Luxury". SL can stand for "Standard Luxe (Luxury)", "Super Luxe (Luxury)", or "Sport Luxe (Luxery). "E" at the end normally stands for "Extra".  When looking at Goldwing Models, you can see how this follows through the GL, LX, SE, SLE, and other models.  Mushrom 20:43, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

information about fairing
I don't want to argue that the goldwing wasn't influential in making touring bikes but I thought you might want to know about the error in your article about the full fairing being first on the gold wing in 1980

the bmw r100 rs was the first fully faired production bike in 1976. but the bmw r100rt was released in 1978 with standard full fairing.-bmw buyers guide second edition for those of you unfamiliar with bmws the rt is a there touring bike

thanks for listing to my information -kilometers 8/10/08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.132.75 (talk) 04:38, 11 August 2008 (UTC)