I acquired my 2019 Honda Gold Wing DCT Tour new in June, 2019. An unfortunate ‘incident’ while touring in Idaho occurred when my beloved 2014 BMW R1200RT experienced an electrical fire, which resulted in the insurance company ‘totaling’ the RT. As a long time boxer BMW twin enthusiast, my choices […]
Three riding seasons – June, 2019 to December, 2021 -and the true cost of ownership using 100-percent dealership services for maintenance There’s no question that motorcycling is an expensive hobby. Most motorcyclists save money by performing basic maintenance tasks themselves, oil and air filter changes are the most common. Some […]
Right on schedule, my 2-year itch kicked in. It only takes about 24 months or so for my eyes to begin scanning the news on the latest, newest, hottest 2-wheelers to satiate the never ending quest for motorcycle satisfaction. By late summer 2021, I’d had my ’19 Honda Gold Wing […]
How cold is too cold to ride a motorcycle? Here in Western Canada, motorcycling means having to face cold weather, even in the middle of summer. It’s not uncommon in mid-July for the early morning temperature to be a bracing 7 degrees Celsius. But by Canadian standards, 7 C isn’t […]
The horn button on Honda’s latest generation 2018+ Gold Wing is the subject of much handwringing and complaint on owners’ forums. Honestly, the horn button is an ergonomic miscue. Located just above the turn signal button, small and flat – not large and concave shaped to fit one’s thumb, and […]
New tires for motorcycles are controversial. There’s much debate on motorcycle forums as to which tires are ‘best.’ Years ago, Car and Driver magazine, long my enthusiast automobile ‘bible’ since I was a teenager, ran a feature story on tire technology. An unnamed engineer for one of the big tire […]
I picked up my bike last week. I filled the tank and rode it to storage on November 1, last year. Now, 5 months later, with friend Rick, we pulled the nylon bike cover off, unplugged the battery tender, and removed the strategically placed Bounce sheets from the dash, saddle […]
’19 Honda DCT Tour Gold Wing vs. ’14 BMW R1200RT In Part 1, we gave a broad-brushed overview of the strengths and weaknesses of arguably the two finest touring motorcycles available – the Honda DCT Tour Gold Wing (2018-’20) and BMW R1200RT (2014-’18), both essentially unchanged motorcycles for their production […]
Last week, Dave, in Maryland in the United States, contacted me through the Adventure Rider forum. He’d seen a comment I’d posted about having moved from a ’14 BMW R1200RT to a new ’19 Honda DCT Tour Gold Wing. Dave, who owns a ’14 BMW R1200RT, was contemplating moving to […]
My 2019 Honda Gold Wing DCT Tour is within spitting distance of 19,000 km, some 16 months since I bought it new in June, 2019. Readers of CarandRider.com will know my beloved 2014 BMW R1200RT experienced an electrical fire caused by a failed rectifier in June last year. The BMW […]