[bullseye]

HI all,
as some may recall, I've been looking at new 08s and 10s. but coincidentally a friend at work has offered me his 05 at a good price with only 16kmiles and very well maintained. The thought of saving 8-10K is very appealing, and I had an 05. He's bringing it to work so I'll see it tomorrow.

Chris

 

[qball68]

Check out this thread (especially the post by Roadie includeing pictures). This is the reason I wouldn't look at anything older than 06 once I decided to go with an 1800 instead of a 1500. Didn't want to deal with it at all.
http://www.goldwingowners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4014#poststop

Good luck.

 

[joe in calif]

I wouldn't worry about an 05, the problems with the frame were on 01 to 03 mostly.

 

[bullseye]

Thanks for the link, it seemed most of the issues were related to 04 and earlier. But always good to learn stuff. My 05 was flawless for 20k miles and 2 years I had it.

Chris
BTW> Did look at it and am going to buy it.

 

[budoka]

Enjoy it Bullseye! Nothing wrong with a good pre-owned anything, especially a Wing. I bought my 1500 used, with 10k on the clock. It had 60k on it when I sold it, and all I ever did was change the fluids and buy tyres and brake pads. Farkles notwithstanding of course!