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I hope your realizations match (or exceed) expectations. A newly built machine is always something special to behold, and enjoy. A quantum leap from your prior ride. 
Commander-in-Chief Darth Vader, your Starfighter is ready.she's put together and coming home in a few days:
(having an SAE cord brought from the battery up to the front for my phone on the handlebars
please forgive the over-processed images from my phone...
it was dark in that room
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Good thing I'm a person who rarely cleans his motorcycle. Some people have a million dollars invested in cleaning solutions and spend half their time keeping their ride clean. Others, like me, would rather be out on the road. I do understand the relaxation that can come from cleaning something but I get that from doing the dishes 😁🙄I have the same model bike…
Oh, so hard to keep it clean!!!
Just ride it.
I don’t know what it is but I hate riding a dirty Gold Wing. Such a beautiful bike. Pains me to see it a mess.Much prefer to take good care of it before the start of a ride.Good thing I'm a person who rarely cleans his motorcycle. Some people have a million dollars invested in cleaning solutions and spend half their time keeping their ride clean. Others, like me, would rather be out on the road. I do understand the relaxation that can come from cleaning something but I get that from doing the dishes 😁🙄
This bike is so easy to wash and keep clean..takes me about a 1/2 hour to wash with a bucket of soapy water and a garden hose....then blow the water off with a leaf blowerGood thing I'm a person who rarely cleans his motorcycle. Some people have a million dollars invested in cleaning solutions and spend half their time keeping their ride clean. Others, like me, would rather be out on the road. I do understand the relaxation that can come from cleaning something but I get that from doing the dishes 😁🙄
ClearwaterDCT,I did go out for a 150 mi ride today because that's all the time I had. I suppose I'm one of those people who has the usual buyers remorse about an expensive purchase even before the deal is signed. However, I can say without any hesitation that my day today exceeded my expectations by a wide margin.
First of all I'm a 59-year-old gentleman who is 5 ft 5 and 1/2 in tall with a 27 and a half inch inseam who has ridden more than 300,000 miles in my life including a lot of them on a BMW GS adventure with a slightly lowered suspension so I'm used to being on big bikes. Of course the weight of this behemoth melted away as soon as I was rolling more than 2 miles an hour and everyone knows that. Oddly, this is the first Honda I have ever owned and the quality showed through from minute one. The transmission is fantastic the acceleration is smooth the seat was comfortable for my body no need to change that right now and of course the navigation system worked fine I did get The Sirius XM subscription was thrilled to be listening to the '70s channel most of the ride. Looking forward to going out riding at night I'm fairly positive the headlights are aimed far too low but they are easily adjustable and I will look forward to accomplishing that. Happy to finally have her in the garage looking forward to thousands of miles that will rack up pretty quickly I hope. Thanks for all the information and encouragement from all of you
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Nice pics,A nice short 120 mile ride at sunrise watching The mist rising off of the pastures. Every single mile brings more joy and excitement about making my dreams come true and owning this wonderful bike. The very best to all of you. View attachment 401335
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Chamois lol.Agreed this bike is very easy to clean lots of flat surfaces. No issues at all. Let the cloth soak on the windscreen wash the rest of the bike do windscreen then dry with chamie (sp) and all good.
Both the 2018s I rode had a huge dull spot between low and high beam. Has that been fixed in later models?Nice pics,
I raised my headlights two full turns..Perfect now.
i don't thinkBoth the 2018s I rode had a huge dull spot between low and high beam. Has that been fixed in later models?