oh dear... i just bought a goldwing....

[guydewdney]

what a bunch of prats the owners club seems to be.

go look at the owners website - they feel that sharing 'tips' about maintainance etc with "the general public" is a no no as their knowledge is "an asset".

so i would have to pay 40 quid to join their club, just to have acess to thae 'other' part of the forum, to be able to acess other wing owners info...

f*ck 'em....


I have done myself out of potentially thousands of pounds 'cos i want to help biking - (see http://www.dewdney.co.uk/guy/GuyOiler.htm ) not get fussy about not telling peeps that i found an easy way of doing an oil change / altering the radio so i can get UK stations (mines a US import)

twats. never tar me with that brush. I'm going to nitros the fecker and find some titanium slider plates to bolt to the bottom of the panniers :eek: ;)

p.s.s im not going to link to them as they would probably sue me for slander.. they threw out a german section of the GW owners club 'cos they 'went the right type'

[davesatan]

matt black and fur anyone

[Bosun]

"and find some titanium slider plates to bolt to the bottom of the panniers"


already done look at page 6345.7 of the consice goldwing owners bolt and stick on bit catalogue.. they are just after the ashtray ;)

[guydewdney]

"and find some titanium slider plates to bolt to the bottom of the panniers"


already done look at page 6345.7 of the consice goldwing owners bolt and stick on bit catalogue.. they are just after the ashtray ;)

It has the fag lighter.... chrome, of course, and has never been used. :rolleyes:

[Dusty]

I got banned from ever joining the goldwing owners club for taking my wing down the drag strip at a chopper club ralley in south wales about 9 years ago.
Oh how I laughed when I saw the look of horror on their faces.Never mind I managed to beat a XS 750 over the standing quarter. :D :D

[guyver1]

goto this address for help on any Honda bike

http://cres1.lancs.ac.uk/~esarie/honda/techbrd.htm

:cool:

[BigBod]

what a bunch of prats the owners club seems to be.

go look at the owners website - they feel that sharing 'tips' about maintainance etc with "the general public" is a no no as their knowledge is "an asset".

so i would have to pay 40 quid to join their club, just to have acess to thae 'other' part of the forum, to be able to acess other wing owners info...

f*ck 'em....


I have done myself out of potentially thousands of pounds 'cos i want to help biking - (see http://www.dewdney.co.uk/guy/GuyOiler.htm ) not get fussy about not telling peeps that i found an easy way of doing an oil change / altering the radio so i can get UK stations (mines a US import)

twats. never tar me with that brush. I'm going to nitros the fecker and find some titanium slider plates to bolt to the bottom of the panniers :eek: ;)

p.s.s im not going to link to them as they would probably sue me for slander.. they threw out a german section of the GW owners club 'cos they 'went the right type'

You Tosser, you don't have a clue what you are talking about, what gives you the right to come on here and slag off another bike club when you have done no more than look at their web site.

The forum is just a small part of the owners club website and there is a mine of information elsewhere on the site. If you had taken the trouble to read through some of the previous threads you would see that any technical question that has been asked by a non member is readily answered every single time without exception no matter what part of the forum the question was raised. Why shouldn't there be a members only section?

So what does your 40 quid a year really get you....(access to the members only part of the forum :) ) what about an 80 page full colour magazine every month, the opportunity to go to 37 regional rallies through out the year, the opportunity to go to at least 14 international wing rallies around Europe every year. To join a club that gives £10,000 each year to charity, a couple of years ago the nominated charity was NABD and they got 10 grand. NABD is also the nominated charity for this year and they will likely get the same again. A club that is affilliated to both MAG & BMF and pay large dues to each organisation to help maintain our right to ride.

The club has 3000 members (there is no way you could like every one!) and there is not a single paid position in the club, the complete running is carried out by volunteers, pretty good I reckon for an organisation this size. The GB club is a member of GWEF, the Goldwing European Federation of which there are currently 14 countries that are members, once again there are no paid positions in this organisation. When you have this many people involved in such an organisation there has to be a constitution to abide by and the German's refused to abide by it so they have been suspended from the Federation for the time being.

Now go wind your neck in and come back when you know what you are talking about.

Big Bod, a member of the Goldwing Owners Club of GB for the last 17 years :D

[BigBod]

I got banned from ever joining the goldwing owners club for taking my wing down the drag strip at a chopper club ralley in south wales about 9 years ago.
. :D :D

I doubt it.

[guydewdney]

i was being careful with my statement - re- read the first line and take note of the 9th word.

SEEMS??

The forums SEEM to be full of people sneering at 'lesser' motorcycles and trying to dissasociate themselves from the rest of biking.

I dont think i want to go to a treffen / wingding.. I dont have a 4 berth caravan ;)

Technical information seems very hard to come by - does no one modify the bikes? (apart from bolt on lights / chrome / radio / cb etc etc? Better brakes maybe? Can i find any info about the brakes? no. Can i find decent advice about buying one? no. General stuff, yes (does the cruise work - well, like im going to miss that...) - i ended up phoning a goldwing shop to find out where the swing arm rots -

it seems such a closed / cliquey group.

I wouldnt begrudge the 40 quid...

There was no explanation of why the Huns were thrown out - just a cryptic note - which to an outsider / potential new member looks very very cliquey - maybe there ought to have been a better explanation? see below.. lack of communication, and throwing a rally (treffen) without consulting, and oh no - a critisism of the gwef running :eek: - ok - i dont know what was said, but look at this from an outsiders point of view - it looks pretty petty imho.


quote the gwef:-
GWEF asks only that each member country complies with its self imposed rules. For the last two years communications between GWEF and GWCD have deteriorated to the state where they are virtually non existent. Deadlines have not been met and enquiries from International representatives have been met with no response. In 2003 GWCD announced the date of their Treffen without any consultation and this created discontent among other member clubs to the extent the GWCD Treffen came very close to being 'not recognised' or publicised throughout Europe. Following representations from GWCD it was decided that for 2003 only, the German Treffen would receive GWEF recognition, but this was only after a 'NO' vote was overturned. It was an exceptional decision and was only made after one club withdrew its objections in the true spirit of International cooperation.

At this same meeting attention was drawn to an article written by Lorenz Eyssen, editor of the D club magazine in which he criticised the function of GWEF. GWEF is always open to constructive criticism and where it is well founded action will be taken to put things right. In this case the article was factually incorrect and I, as Chairman, prepared a written response on behalf of the GWEF committee. Apart from properly informing club members of a balanced argument, common courtesy demands such a response be given equal publicity in the club magazine. In Stradtbredimus 2003 GWCD agreed to publish this response. Despite these assurances, it has never been published. The members of GWCD have therefore not been given the benefit of making up their own minds. In March 2004 I received a letter from the Chairman informing me that my response would not be published.

[BigBod]

There was no explanation of why the Huns were thrown out - just a cryptic note - which to an outsider / potential new member looks very very cliquey - maybe there ought to have been a better explanation? see below.. lack of communication, and throwing a rally (treffen) without consulting, and oh no - a critisism of the gwef running :eek: - ok - i dont know what was said, but look at this from an outsiders point of view - it looks pretty petty imho.
.

It's plain old simple common sense, how daft would it be to have 2 member clubs throwing a rally on the same weekend. Some one somewhere is gonna loose out financially. It costs the GB club the best part of 90k to put on it's national Treffen each year, we wouldn't be happy if we had to compete with another member club on the same weekend. Just a bit of courtesy is all that was required.

Our Treffen (Treffen is a German word which means a gathering of friends) this year is being held at the Ardingly show ground on the August Bank Holiday weekend, Sunday the 29th is public day and anyone can get in for a quid (restricted access and no access to camping areas) and see what it is all about. All the quids taken go to local charity. Over 2500 members of the public came last year and had a good day out. Just trying to do our bit to promote biking.

[Nitrowing]

twats. never tar me with that brush. I'm going to nitros the fecker and find some titanium slider plates to bolt to the bottom of the panniers :eek: ;)

I've got a 50bhp kit on mine :D

I went to the BMF this year and wanted to meet the GWOC and GWRRF. I needn't have bothered. The bloke on the GWOC stand seemed okay until I mentioned that I had fitted nitous, then went off on a rant about 'That's not what they're for, these bikes are for covering thousands of miles in comfort blah blah blah...' and I walked away.
The GWRRF were quite stand-offish, though did take the time to talk me through some high speed stability fixes before turning away without asking if I was interested in membership.

Colin Appleyard's stand was adjoining the GWRRF - I went into the tent to look at chrome doodahs and was there for over 10 minutes in a virtually empty tent without any of their people speaking to me.

I have met a few GW owners who are chatty and friendly. OK - two.

Guy - I'm currently sitting here with the CBS off a Blackbird to see if it will fit as the brakes on these buses are truely wank :eek:

[100%Pat]

Well I like you anyway.....LOLOLOLOLOL :D

[Dusty]

I doubt it.

My oh My Big Bod,somebody has obviously upset you this weekend,just because your GOC has been criticised you have to throw all sorts of toys out of your pram.Its not the comment you made about my run in with the GOC, whether you believe or accept is is irrelevant, it happened, end of story.but to call another forum member a "Tosser" because they aired their views is a bit OTT to say the least.
As for rallies being put on on the same day as your treffen, well tough sh*t, make yours the better one and people will attend it, just like every other club has to do.
And before you start on about alienating GOC members from the "biking world" go to one of the GOC rallies on a different bike and without all your badges etc etc and maybe you will see that a number (however large or small)of your members are of the opinion that they are above the rest of us,they will segregate and separate from the mainstream because they dont want to be associated with us all.
They say that you cant see what is under your nose,and just as you probably have your views on other aspects of the "biking community" then so shall others have an opinion of yours.
Chill out , grow up and buy another flag for your top box.

[BigBod]

My oh My Big Bod,somebody has obviously upset you this weekend,just because your GOC has been criticised you have to throw all sorts of toys out of your pram.Its not the comment you made about my run in with the GOC, whether you believe or accept is is irrelevant, it happened, end of story.but to call another forum member a "Tosser" because they aired their views is a bit OTT to say the least.
As for rallies being put on on the same day as your treffen, well tough sh*t, make yours the better one and people will attend it, just like every other club has to do.
And before you start on about alienating GOC members from the "biking world" go to one of the GOC rallies on a different bike and without all your badges etc etc and maybe you will see that a number (however large or small)of your members are of the opinion that they are above the rest of us,they will segregate and separate from the mainstream because they dont want to be associated with us all.
They say that you cant see what is under your nose,and just as you probably have your views on other aspects of the "biking community" then so shall others have an opinion of yours.
Chill out , grow up and buy another flag for your top box.

Is what winds me up is the preconceived steryotypical image people have of the Goldwing club and then make comment on it without knowing what they are talking about.

Sure there are the Howard & Hilda's who wear all the matching jackets and lids to match their bikes, and sure there are some members who want to be elitest and not recognise anyone else, what do you expect in a club with 3000 members.

There are also a whole bunch of us who have been riding bikes of all types for many years and a Goldwing just happens to be one of them. Don't tar us all with the same brush.

I am passionate about the club I belong to as I am sure others are who belong to any bike club. There are ways and means of airing your views and guydewdney was out of order with his posting without knowing the facts, that is why I called him a tosser.

And you totally missed the point about rallies being held the same weekend, of course there are going to be rallies that clash BUT NOT WITHIN THE SAME ORGANISATION. Read it again!

Truth be known you have got the hump because I doubted your posting :D

[dracken1]

in general i find the gwoc ok. there are one or two goldwing purists there. who don't like the wing being altered or used for any other purpose than it was intended for.
but heh you meet those people in everyday life anyway.

but if you want to save money and find out some good goldwing info
then you'll find this irish site a must.

incs exact same parts you can buy from a motor factors which honda bless um.
will empty your wallet for

http://homepage.eircom.net/~wingnut/

[BigBod]

Well I like you anyway.....LOLOLOLOLOL :D

Fanks Pat, all the uvver boys are picking on me :confused:

[100%Pat]

Dont worry Bigbod, you're such a 'big boy' I'm sure you'll cope, just lock em in that sidecar for a few hours I'm sure they'll be more ameniable :D

[Grav]

FAR KINELL!!!! A Goldwing rant!

COOL!!!!! :D

[Dusty]

Truth be known you have got the hump because I doubted your posting :D

Yes its true, I will be emotionally scarred for the rest of my life because of your doubts and slurs on my recolections of that fatefull day back in 1995, and I will end up asking all forum members to help with my underlying hatred of all things Goldwing.
And as for my hump, in the words of my fave group Hot Chocolate "It started with a cyst"

P.S. If anybody wants any GL 1000 / 1100 engine parts give me a shout, i've got tons of 'em.

[100%Pat]

you'll be first one in the sidecar from hell..... go on get im Bigbod!!!!

[Dusty]

you'll be first one in the sidecar from hell.....

He wont be able to close the door 'cos of my hump :eek:

[100%Pat]

Okay Quasimodo, you can get surgery for that nowadays you know :p

[BigBod]

He wont be able to close the door 'cos of my hump :eek:

Oi mister, can we have our ball back...

[BigBod]

you'll be first one in the sidecar from hell..... go on get im Bigbod!!!!

I've had grown men in my sidecar almost kakin themselves with fear (when I say I've had em, I don't mean I've 'had em', I mean I've taken em for a ride....oh bollox that don't sound right either...)

All the kids love it though.

[100%Pat]

want a sweetie littke boy........................ :eek:

[Dusty]

want a sweetie littke boy........................ :eek:


only if you promise to play with my......................this has gone a bit off track,stop it now. :o

[guydewdney]

Guy - I'm currently sitting here with the CBS off a Blackbird to see if it will fit as the brakes on these buses are truely wank :eek:

let me know how it goes...

is 50 bhp enough (yes yes, i know theres never 'enough') ;) :rolleyes:

[Bosun]

want a sweetie littke boy........................ :eek:


strangers always have the best sweeties

[Nitrowing]

let me know how it goes...

is 50 bhp enough (yes yes, i know theres never 'enough') ;) :rolleyes:
I'm not sure about 'enough' - I got low 13second passes at East Kikby but noticed one of my injectors had popped off (ice coming through the vents!). There was more thrust when the button was pushed but nothing scary :eek:
Problem is, even an extra 50bhp still equates to 1bhp / 2.85kg, so I'm currently saving for a new exhaust to be made (got titanium cans sitting here) and trying to find Valkyrie cams to go in.

I should be running again at East Kirkby on 12th Sept :cool:

[davesatan]

got lots of fur spare guy lol

[Mrs Reject]

Oooer missus, I never seen BogBod (don't make me angry - you wouldn't like me when I'm angry) cross before....... :D :D :D

[Friar Tuck]

Oooer missus, I never seen BogBod (don't make me angry - you wouldn't like me when I'm angry) cross before....... :D :D :D
Erm, I've never seen BigBod!

[100%Pat]

Oh yes you have, you met him at the first forum members meeting..... :rolleyes: