Used to have a GL1000 and toured all over Europe on it for many years. It's one of those bikes you either love or hate. I loved it on a long trip but hated it for just popping to the shops after I got back. A wonderful engine with ok for the time cycle parts. It always had a sort of "this is never going to let me down" feel to it, which the CBX1000/6 that I still have has never had. I suppose it's head versus heart that I sold the Wing and still have the CBX.
Off road (on a GoldWing!) it was ok on hard packed trails but the clutch always felt a bit fragile. We did one long tour around Morocco on it, including pushing it up a fair bit of the Todra gorge. Only drawback was fuel range, 160 miles was the safe limit and we frequently went past that with out fingers crossed.
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