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A big thank you!
Orcade-Ian:
--- Quote from: Sesman on March 01, 2023, 04:01:28 PM ---Pan, wing it’s the same thing..😁🫣 I’m a poet and I didn’t know it.
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Not coming to your place for a cheese sandwich then - might get fed chalk instead!
By coincidence, I've just ended (on Monday) my 35 year relationship with GoldWings (6 in total) You can say what you like about them but after well over 100,000 miles on them they are great machines.
I added a bit to my site in the 'What's New' link but you'll have to find it yourself if mildly interested.
Ian
Bryanj:
So you sold the one i sent you parts for then, only thing i disliked about the 1000's was a new back tyre every 5,000
Orcade-Ian:
Hi Bryan,
Yes, the GL1000 eventually went to a chap in the South of Orkney - he has 2 GL1000s The Gold 1500 SE only went on Monday - I'm 74 in June and didn't want to saddle Christine with the problem of selling a 'Wing in Orkney if anything happened to me. She doesn't go on the bike these days so I decided to move it on. Yes, the early Wings did consume tyres quite quickly! My best was the second 1200 Aspencade - often 2 up and got just under 15,000 from a rear Michelin Hi-Tour, I'm no scratcher though!
Ian
Sesman:
Wow, that’s an impressive use of a ‘wing’. I quite like the notion of a pan. Any advice on the pros or cons between the two?
No chalk of cheese involved….😳
Orcade-Ian:
Phil,
I repaired an early 1100 Pan - mostly cosmetics and only rode it about 800 miles so can't really compare the two fairly after so many miles on 'Wings. My feelings back then, I remember that they felt a bit 'wooden' to me with little or no real feedback from the road. Very responsive though and somehow felt heavier than the 1200 'Wing I had back then. A mate in the Police who used them said quite a few had 'run out of road' with the riders citing this lack of feedback as the cause. I'm sure the newer ones are better - but that's only from third parties.
Johnny might have better ideas.
Ian
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