Model(s) covered: 2002 Honda GL 1800 Gold Wing
This had the makings of a bad situation.
It was day one of our twisty sojourn aboard Honda's latest GL1800 Gold Wing, headed toward Northern California's Trinity Alps. The Wing's saddlebags and trunk were bulging at the seams with more than 40 pounds of gear. My wife Amy was kicked-back on the cush passenger pillion singing at the top of her lungs along with the '80s station blaring from the Honda's Panasonic stereo system, and we were slipping past cars in the outside passing lane of a flowing corner near the top of Highway 299's Buckhorn Summit. Life was good.
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