1984 Honda GL1200 Goldwing Review
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Embark on a thrilling journey as Paul Johnston unveils the allure of the 1984 Honda GL1200 Goldwing.
In this riveting review, discover the epitome of a luxurious touring bike that won't break the bank. Join Johnston as he explores the features that make this vintage gem a must-have for those seeking affordable opulence on the open road.
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What an awesome bike. I use my 84 as a daily driver to get to work still, they're built like a tank!
I will be on one of this within the month.. very excited!!!
Bout to buy one of these from my brother in law, fix the fork seals and ride it 3000 miles from Ohio to Arizona. Lovely video, thanks a bunch!
Amazing bike. Technologicaly very advanced for the time when it been made.
I bought one of these in June 2020. A bit of fun to take me home to the 80's from this mad world.
As I said, I bought it as a bit of a joke. Radio? Chrome? The toys? 😁😁
BUT when I loaded it up with camping gear and set off for the Highlands, expecting to come back on a tow truck...
Christ what a tourer!! You realise why the Goldwing has survived so many decades. Brilliant at doing what it was built for!!!
Urban commuting on a hot hot summer day? Erm, no so much.😁
3 weeks ago I just picked up an 84 goldwing aspencade and I love it. It handles great, has low miles(38,000), and I couldn't beat the price. $800 and the only thing that didn't work was the radio and I put one on from and old car I had laying around and it's great. If you get a chance to get one of these machines, jump on it. You can't beat the ride and the power and the storage for the money
$800!!!!! I would steal it for that price
Can use any radio mine broken too
The 1200 is for me, the best of all the goldwings.
I had one, andd to this day, I never found out if it was the interstate of the aspancade, the paper work never said what it was, and the word on the back was awol and there was no clues as to what it was, but it never bothered me.
I fitted a car stereo ( should have used a marine one cos I got cauight in teh wet and it shorted and we had fun with sparks )
I was originally going to buy the 1000 that had been fully restored and the engine was sorted out and it only had 23K on the clock so it would have bee na great option, but that had been sold the day before I decided to buy it and I went in with the cash for it, but it had gone, and by that time, I had made my mind up to get a GoldWing, and they only had a 1200 left, so sod it... I came home on that instead. using the money I had for the 1000 and a friggin loan for the rest of the price of the 1200.
But, we joined a local GoldWing club and it was ok, but we felt out of place if I am honest, but we made a few great friends, and so I was fully able to compare mine with others, and yes, the 1200 is the best of them all.
The 1000 is unfaired and is a bike.
The 1100 is basically a bored out 1000 and with FibreGlass fairing and boxes, its a slow cumbersome heavy piece of shit.
The 1200 went ABS and is lighter than you could ever expect. It is in fact slightly lighter than my Suzuki GS850 and yes, as its a flat-4, teh weight is all down at the bottom while the GS is very top heavy. I once dropped the GL, when I was turning around on gravelly road and lost my footing ( I was in a mood because I took the wrong road aznd the wife was nagging etc etc etc ) but I picked it up without eve nbreaking a sweat.
The 1500 and onwards are simply too huge. They are reliable yes, but when it comes to doing basic maintenance on them, you have to have a huge garage with loads of space, and you need loads of money to buy the parts... At least the 1200, when I replaced teh shocks, the parts were affordable and I was able to do it, and not require a garage or a mechanic to help me.
Right now, I am slightly disabled and so I need to ride trikes and I have had a Harley 1200 for almost 2 years now, but I found out the expensive way, that Harleys are fuckign pieces of shit that rot on british roads, and so I have also bought a VW Beetle based B&I Trike and thats now just hit its first 1000 miles ( yes only 1K ) and its clearly superior in every way to that fucking piece of shit harley.
So, I am going to be looking to trade in my Harley for another trike of biek with sidecar, and the GL1200 is certainly one option that I will definitely consider.
Aspencade had Digital Speedo and Rev. counter , Interstate had round Dial analogue Instruments
@@cerealtiller and on that subject, the Interstate model didn't have the compressor or CB radio to my knowledge, all the luxury items the 'Cade had the Interstate did not. Interstate was still fully faired, but most of the on-board equipment was just either extra pockets, or was just replaced with a cover panel
Honda always did provide great value for money.
random thing I learned, the '84 was the fastest of the 1200 series
I have an '86 'Cade, love her to death.
Got her non-running for 1200 USD, parts and new shoes to total right up to 2k total
A puff of grey smoke on start-up when cold usually
indicates worn valve stem seals. If the smoke disappears after a few minutes
then don't worry. This can happen even on low mileage engines and is more a case
of age rather than mileage. The valve adjustment is hydraulic and needs no
maintenance, but really high mileage units have been known to get a bit noisy
and may require attention.
That's incorrect. No oil is stored above the heads, so no oil leaks past the valve stem seals while parked.
Oil smoke at startup is caused when the bike is parked on the side stand and one of the left side pistons is near TDC. Oil on the crank side of the piston can seep past the rings and collect in the combustion chamber, where it's burned on startup.
@@ShawnKitchen Correct. And it's a known non-issue on every Goldwing up to the 1500.
Great report! I've got an '82 GW and love my old (but only 35k mls) bike.... Thanks for putting that together.
+John Strauss Only 35K miles? Well there's plenty of life left in the old girlyet. Just treat it with respect, and change the oil occasionally and it willgo on and on. Oh, and those cam belts need replacing if still original.
The good news for folks stateside who'd like an old GoldWing is that you can buy such nicely-kept '80s examples all day long for $2000 or less as their owners age out of riding...or at least muscling around such a behemoth. Same with those big old Nipponese V-Twin "metric cruisers" of the '90s like V-Stars, Vulcans and the like. If one were British and thinking of motorcycle touring through North America, which wouldn't be the worst holiday you've ever had, buying one of these old beasts and just selling it when you returned home for whatever you could get for it might well be cheaper than renting a ride. Or, you could ship it back home to your "Sceptered Isle" for maybe $1,000. Your far most likely mechanical issue with these older breeds is likely to just be cloggy carbs from them just sitting around in a garage a couple-few years unridden before the previous owner (or his wife) passes it on.
I own a 1986 Goldwing with about 70,000 miles on it I have replaced the front fork o rings and tires and battery . I really do not recommend all the extra lights as the charging system is about 30 amps if you change to led lights you will gain quite a bit if I run premium gas 91 octane you can get close to 50 miles to the gallon . On a trip with a friend of mine of about 250 miles averaging 60 miles per hour I did 49.9 miles per gallon as for comparing to a 1500 the 1200 has 92 horsepower and the 1500 has 100 horsepower but the 1500 weighs 80 pounds more
Wow~~~great bike. I love this one. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Korea.
I ride 2300 km with an gl from 87 in 23 h and was a good trip
This was shot over 20 years ago. The prices have come way down, but the bikes are still on the road.
Love the video. I own the 86 aspencade. Appreciate the old goldwing .
Thanks for sharing
It looks. Incredible. number line What do you think, guys? !!!
where did you bought the driver´s backrest and the passenger´s elbow supporter. are those gadgets where original from the bike?
I want one so bad. I don't know why but I always thought radio sound came through the helmet. oh dear
You can plug the radio through the intercom system by pressing a button
Wow the Honda Goldwing is my favorite motorbike, it is huge and a beautiful machine!
the first line of motorcycles to have a flat screen lcd display.
ere, that first pub's my old stomping ground (White Horse, Eccles, Manchester, UK) Many a great night in there.
Paul seems to have a rain cloud parked above him wherever he goes, lol
My first goldwing-mine silver
Seeing the way the bike is dressed up (silly chrome and lights) as well as ridiculous comments (more room than you could ever need), you are obviously a parade rider and not a tourer. Bike was a very competent touring machine.
I've always heard that the 1200 Gold Wing was troublesome, especially the stator. I see a lot of used ones but they're usually low mileage and that makes me suspicious. Have had a couple of 1100s..They were trouble free.
Absolutely right about the stator, I know from experience. It was a slight design change in the angle the engine sits in the frame on the 1200's that causes the problem. More oil exposure on the stator windings and the oil detergent breaks down the insulation and you have a shorter out stator. Best fix is an alternator conversion that's pretty easy to do after you get the clearance note for the crank pulley machined into the timing belt covers. It's a bullet proof fix that's completely hidden and puts out far more wattage than the stator.
It's a scam the stators don't go bad it's the three wires that connect from the stator ,just solder the connections and never have a problem, it's all the shops do and tell you it cost $2,000.00 to do it,happened to me 😊
I absolutely adore that thing
Good intro to a Goldwing
Do you still have that bike
You can get the same bike in Canada for around 1800 pounds.
I think the cost he mentioned was due to the fact that the model he had, had EVERYTHING extra that could be had.
Plus nothing was mentioned about mileage etc.
You can absolutely get cheaper models and you can also get more expensive ones.
You can get Goldwings for only 1000 in the UK and I have seen even cheaper... But they are fucked up and nearing the end of their life, and, just for you to note, I have looked and see them for well over 10K in Canada, su just because you say you can get them for 1800, means absolutely nothing.
Silver is great color for those.. but the white and gold SEI is best
I just got a new job and don’t want to move so I commute 4 hours a day. Right now I’m using a Honda shadow, but it gets a little uncomfortable. How is goldwing handling, roads are shitty and I currently have to fight when I hit a divot.
I brought one 😊
I’ve had many bikes but none of them impress me as much the old school cruisers and tourers
Men and Motors is still a thing?
Does anyone know how they compare to the 1500? Nice looking bike.
4 cylinder vs 6 cylinder
I much prefer the 1200 - it's the Proper Goldwing for me. I think the 1500 is a superior machine on paper but it's heavier and if you can't do your own spanner twirling, a garage going to spend half a week just getting the plastic off to start work. I've heard of Hinda dealers refusing to touch 'em.
Did that bike have two Confederate Battle Flag emblems on the back?
David Lord Hell yeah and I love it's a Brit riding it
Oh my god yes, it does too!
I did have to look, and I was quite surprised.
I think in the UK, its a much less of a deal than it is in the US.
Although to be honest, its old History and no one on the planet has EVER experienced any racism that this flag has diectly caused, other than those who want to be victims, like the Black lives matter morons... Normal people, whether black or otherwise, dont really give a fuck about it. its a non issue only made an issue by PC pricks.
They are not Battle flags...lol
I have one... But.... Is Hard find replaces of the parts...
Aside from the wired mic not much has been changed!
beautiful bike. Too many bells and whistles for me, but still a beautiful bike
+Gordon Murray I actually prefer this early 1200 Wing to the completely OTT new six cylinder 1800 version of today. Which just looks like a giantscooter.
Why does looking at this reminds me of the Long Way Round? Especially of Ewan McGregor.
5000 pound UK for an 84 GW ? Life is hard in the UK.
Heya. I Love It. rightful volleyball What's your opinion about that, guys 11
Hi , I've got one of these .. Mines a 1985 Aspencade model ... But I'm having a problem with the Panasonic radio/cassette player.
Anybody out there can offer some help, I would really appreciate it .... I saw a programme one time called 'Pimp my motor' maybe someone can pimp my Honda.
Doing some googling, you can come up with the manuals. I forget where, but I downloaded everything available for the gl1200, I believe. There are 3 models of Panasonic radio, so three manuals, you might want to find out which, or just download them all.
I have 2 and would not trade for anything... yeah one is now a parts bike as you can't buy them any more...
"gOoD fOr WeLliN eXcEsS oF a hUnDrEd tHoUsAnD MilEs"
What planet is this guy from. I think he mispronounced five hundred thousand.
Either that, or he's never seen a Honda before.
I don't have a bike but if I did......
it isnt hard to see why Richard Hammond's career took off...
I just picked on up for 100 dollars lmao
me two traded a snowmobile for mine paid $100 for sled bike is in excellent shape
The car on two wheels.
Нихрена не понятно, говорит как пердит., Что за люди .. :-(
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YOUR IN THE WRONG LANE. Move over to the right land or you'll get into an accident. And 5,000 lbs of what to buy the bike? I don't know what's wrong with you Brits. You drive on the wrong side of the road and pay for things in pounds of something. Is that 5,000 lbs of DOLLARS? That's too much for a 1984 Goldwing - even for the Aspencade.
Are you trolling?
@@cabbagelord9378 - It's called HUMOR and apparently you Brits don't know about that, either.
Mystery47 the 'joke' was awful.
@@cabbagelord9378 - says the person with no discernible sense of humor. You have to HAVE a sense of humor before you are qualified to criticize humor.
Mystery47 you must be trolling. 👏👏👏