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Watch out for your request when you do. Before she becomes your lady, consider calling her out without scratching her name. Since her spectacular overhaul, Miss Goldwing has changed her identity somewhat. If before you designed it with a large trunk, you will have to make your advances to the Goldwing Tour. Not just the Goldwing, which has become the bagger version.
From now on, on the net or in concession, its original name will take you here, towards its refined definition. GL 1800 Goldwing deploys new wings, with variable wingspan.
The Airbus A380 is a formidable jumbo … which has not met with the expected success. The Goldwing seems to have drawn inspiration from this lesson. Always bigger would only have one time. Its new generation is more compact, lighter, more technological, and surprising in more ways than one..
Imposing, always. The Honda must respect a presence linked to its history. But with its more reasonable measurements, the absence of a safe and this less elusive profile, the solemnity is no longer present. From a migratory bird, we went to a raptor.You can feel it from the look to the function. The fairing thinks of channeling the air flow rather than protecting the crew at all costs. An electric bubble, smaller than on the Tour version, makes it possible to modulate the tactical effectiveness of the bow. For the seat, we remain in the top of the range. For freight, it’s another salad. The Tower has already reduced the wing to reduce the total volume it can carry to 110 liters! We will have to spare the choice of business to take for the weekend. The two suitcases will not offer the same comfort as the F6B. From 51 liters per bunker, the Gold only offers 30 liters.
We weren’t looking to go long anyway. This GL ‘bagger’ is intended for light travel as well as velvety. A Corniche for the side of the roads. With an engine completely revised to perpetuate the dignity of this dynasty. You only suffer from a generous hand of steel to lift the rock?!? The 6-cylinder will do it with a breath of greater magnitude. The engine manufacturers have kept the architecture, the cubage, the layout … and improved everything else.
The cylinder heads house twice as many valves, or 4 per cylinder. The engine itself has lost 6.2 kilograms, is over 3 cm shorter, has gained 8 horsepower and some torque. It can be controlled under 4 control surfaces thanks to a massive contribution of electronics. Riding Modes affect engine response, brake distribution and suspension settings. Because the Goldwing, like the Tour version, now has piloted damping – but not semi-active.
In the standard mode, called Tour, the acceleration corresponds exactly to the movement of the throttle. Braking and suspensions are calibrated in a homogeneous format.
Let’s switch to Sport to get sharper acceleration, firmer suspensions, and more rearward braking..
Econ mode seeks to save fuel by increasing the throttle to engine response ratio and places the brakes and suspensions in standard configuration.
Finally, the Rain mode justifies its name by an even higher handle / motor ratio, standard braking and its relaxed suspensions..
The gearbox shifts to 6 gears. And to facilitate maneuvering, an electric reverse gear is carried over into its prerogatives. Would you have liked a car gearbox? It’s possible, but only on the top-of-the-range GoldWing DCT Tour. With a double clutch driving a 7-speed controlled transmission, you can enjoy the road in a different way. But the budget and the joy are not of the same ilk.
Although …. The ‘simplified’ Goldwing is extremely close to the Touring. It just wants to be more aerial. Besides the engine, it can also be appreciated with its on-board equipment. A beautiful 7-inch color TFT screen takes pride of place, displaying data on the sound system, navigation, suspension settings, and other technical data. A panel of small digital screens providing information on priority driving data. Fortunately, not everything has been drowned in digital technology and the essentials (speed and revs) are broadcast with two beautiful needle counters..
A little more tech for dessert? Do not deprive ourselves. The new generation Goldwings are equipped with Smart Key keyless starting, hill start assistance, central locking, Apple CarPlay, full LED lighting, automatic turn signals, a more advanced cruise control, a USB connection, Bluetooth connectivity, and an on-board console of the most beautiful effect.
Ah, yes, that I do not forget to tell you that the tank has lost 4 liters of capacity. But as the mill consumes less, we should find our way around autonomy.
With all this, Honda is catching up on its technical backwardness in the field of comfort and entertainment. For the engine, we do not seem to be worried about the six-in-line of the K 1600 GT from rival BMW; the engine optimizations do not go in the direction of a mechanical confrontation but of a personal improvement. Nevertheless….
However, some engineers must have been blown away by the 21st century Duolever K-series front end, itself inspired by the Fior process. Germans and Japanese alike are right to adopt this front axle system, which has great qualities for a touring machine..
With its double-wishbone fork, the 2018 GoldWing promises to be easier to steer, more agile, with a smoother train in its movement. The Japanese engineers took advantage of the redesign to review the frame and make it lighter, redesign the design of the swingarm, modify the ABS, and congratulate themselves on an astonishing result on the scale. The silhouette is refined, the scale confirms the look. When the F6B announced 384 kilos, the Goldwing plummeted to 365. A flick for such a beast? An effort to salute given the work accomplished? 19 kilos is the weight of a concrete block. Take one under your arm and walk around the block; you will see this figure differently after this mini-challenge.
The new GoldWing, whether standard (bagger) or Tour (road vessel), marks an important step in its evolution. There is enough to lose its marks. Much richer, much lighter, more cheeky than the F6B, the bike seems to have been built under a desire for dynamism that is almost too pronounced. Simple question of point of view, the obliging Pullman having given way to a virtuous GT discovered.
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Max speed:
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medium: 5.60 l
The technical aspect
2018 Honda GL 1800 GOLDWING Std bagger
- Frame
- Frame: Double aluminum beam, Diamond type
- Tank: 21.1 liters
- Seat height: 745 mm
- Length: 2,475 mm
- Width: 925 mm
- Height: 1340 mm
- Wheelbase: 1,695 mm
- Weight in running order: 365 kg
- Train before
- Quadrilateral fork with double longitudinal arms
- 2 Ø 320 discs, 6 piston radial calipers
- Front wheel:
130/70
– 18
- Transmission
- 6-speed gearbox
- Secondary transmission by cardan shaft
- Rear axle
- Mono-shock absorber
- 1 disc Ø 316 mm, 3 piston caliper
- Rear wheel:
200/55
– 16
- Motor
- 6 cylinders
flat
, 4 stroke - Cooling: Liquid cooling
- Injection Ø 50 mm
- 2 x 1 ACT, Unicam
- 4 valves per cylinder
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1,833 cc
(73 x 73 mm) -
126
ch
at 5,500 rpm -
17.30 mkg
at 4,500 rpm - Compression: 10.5: 1
- Crit’air:
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exhaust
motor
fluid
electricity
filtration
braking
chain kit
Competitors
BMW K 1600 GT 2018
BMW K 1600 B 2018
Indian 1811 CHIEFTAIN 2018
Harley-Davidson 1745 STREET GLIDE SPECIAL FLHXS 2018
Moto-Guzzi 1400 MGX-21 Flying Fortress 2018
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