1982 GL1100 Goldwing Interstate review

[@Hapfletcher]

Beautiful bike..I have an absolute twin to your bike..same condition also. I have owned 6 Goldwings and the 1982 is by far my favorite one. Its a clean and simple bike with beautiful lines..

[@joshuafrahm8778]

Just bought two of these this week, both '82s one Interstate an one naked. Both bikes a spare motor, a Vetter fairing, and a bunch of other parts, as a package deal for $1500. Fresh gas, some seafoam, and a battery and both fired right up.

[@greenhillgarage]

Got my 81 interstate for $200, oil change and fresh tank of fuel with seafoam and it runs great! Great smooth bike that is surprisingly easy to ride for being a 750lb bike. Of course it helps that I am 6'3" 200lbs.

[@Long-nd8bq]

@@greenhillgarage I have an 82 that has had all the emblems, reflectors and chrome shit taken off. I'm 6'2 220 lbs and I can handle it just fine. Only dropped it once making a u-turn on a steep private road and it laid on the crash bars (mine are powdercoated black, no chrome on my bike, bike is painted red metallic). I was able to get it upright myself by holding the front brake and lifting backwards, and then carefully walking it down the hill with my front brake applied. I'm having a hard time finding front brake rotors and timing belt kit for it. I'm at 59K miles on it.

[@greenhillgarage]

@Long2757 I have only lost the bike once, I forgot to set the kick stand down, and it tipped onto the crash bars. 😅 Very embarrassing, but I have never forgotten to drop the kick stand since!

[@rwhite36]

I missed your reviews! Happy to see you return!

[@dieseltu1035]

For you guys asking about issues. , Carbs get dirty, need cleaned or rebuilt .ever since the gas changed they do not like gas left in the carbs. Biggest issue is guys leave them parked for a long time then it won't run right. So Drain the bowls. If it's gonna sit a couple months. if the gas tank is rusty it's very difficult to get the tank out you have to remove the rear wheel to get it out... alternator don't charge its very difficult to change.the armature. There was a kit to put an alternator I the front by the radiator. Buy a battery every year as it has no kick start . And it's just enough for a year you're lucky if you get two years.. Tires wear kinda fast from the weight. Maybe a rear in 7000 miles if it's not a Michelin pilot. Timing belts are critical but they're easy to change. If a belt breaks the valves smash the piston. But they last a long time. That's about the worst of it. It's very heavy bike like a Harley. It's hard to pick up but not impossible . I can't think of much else . I used mine to camp with it's a real nice real smooth cruiser. Parts are cheap . Saying that the 1100s are the best ones in my opinion. The 1200 had one carb and wasn't that well liked. The ones above that got very luxury and 6 cylinders I didn't want to mess. With them.. you can buy a whole bike for parts for about 800 or less . I still have mine but I sat it too long I waiting for a nice place to work on it some day. And when it's running right its screaming fast and smooth down the road.

[@shaynehudsonmusic3095]

Great video! Just finished bringing an 83 back to life and wanted some history and this video popped up. We’ll done Sir

[@zachstanton6135]

This is probably the best review I’ve ever seen

[@stockton350]

Glad to see you're back making videos. Keep them coming!

[@caryd67]

This was basically the heyday of the UJM, and I find it interesting and odd that the other Japanese companies never copied Honda by offering a flat-four of their own. It’s such a robust, reliable, smooth and fun engine to run. I’ll never own another inline 4 engine, because the sympathetic vibrations at specific rpms numbs my hands within minutes.

[@paulheart5178]

I can personally vouch for a 1982 Goldwing Aspencade that it will indeed to at least 110mph. I bought my first Goldwing when I was 17 years old back in the late 80s when all of my friends were buying sport bikes. For some reason I just wanted a big touring bike and I loved every single Goldwing I ever had. in my late teens (19) I think I had a 1982 Aspencade and on the highway I hit 110mph and the windshield buckled lol. It felt like I got hit in the chest with a rather large bat. I'm amazed I didn't crash is it really threw me back but I was able to hang on and slow it down. Scared the absolute shit out of me. As a teenager though I was still full of balls and risk was imaginary so I would do all sorts of crazy things that no one would in their right minds ever try on a Goldwing. Wheelies and sometimes a small cat walk. I'd ride it on dirt bike trails and sand pits. I'd drive it up and down sets of stairs and do break stands and get off of the bike with the back wheel smoking away and just old the throttle and front break with one hand while thinking I was the coolest shit around lol. I really, really miss those bikes. I actually did have one timing belt break on my 82 Aspencade and it bent some valves. I was 19 and it was the first ride of Spring. All my biking friends had met at my place, I had hooked up my fully enclosed Hannigan sidecar and we were ready for a long ride. Everyone had their gear in my sidecar as that's what we would always do there was so much room in it. Even in 1989 or 1990 I had managed to find a portable color tv that had a radio built into it and it mounted under the dash or what you could call the dash area of the sidecar. I could rarely ever get a picture on it as it obviously used an antenna but it sure did look cool and sounded even better when I'd tell people my sidecar had a color tv in it lol. The trunk could fit a full keg of beer and I could air up the shock to adjust for the massive amount of weight. I do remember that all my Goldwings were very susceptible to speed wobbles. I'd show passengers at low speeds by taking my hands off of the bars and slapping one side of the bars forward a tiny bit and it would wobble like mad. When I had the sidecar on I used a steering damper from a TV Beetle that I attached with a muffler clamp on both ends and it worked really, really well. The entire frame of the sidecar was also a fuel tank but I never did hook that up. I absolutely loved the cassette player and back then it was cassettes that we used. Nothing better than cruising all over the place with your favorite music on and screaming along with it. I did have the intercom system and some open face helmets that came from Honda but I hated open face helmets and wound up buying some wireless intercoms that you could install in your full face helmets and they worked very well. Once in a blue moon though if riding through a town or city the wireless intercom would pick up the signals of baby monitors in peoples houses and on occasion it would pick up the wireless communications from drive through donut shops. It was usually TIm Hortons here in Canada. Always made for some hilarious entertainment. God Damn I really miss those days and I really miss my bikes. It was all I ever thought about all year long. I live in Northern Ontario Canada and remember I was a teenager when I owned all my Goldwings so they were my only mode of transportation and when winter came along I'd ride the damn things until it was physically impossible to keep it upright lol. I remember having to scrape my windshield due to frost and having to push the bike to a bare area of pavement to bum start it as it was to cold for the starter to turn it over. Thank God for the crash bars as I would fall over many, many times due to the snow and ice. I'd dress up like I was going out for a day on a snowmobile lol. Complete snow suit, winter mitts and winter boots and I loved every single minute of it. I had a 76 GL 1000 and for a Goldwing that thing was a rocket. I don't know why but it was quite a bit more powerful than all of the 1100 Goldwings that I had. Mind you it had no plastics on it but it was also 100cc smaller. So much fun. The 1000s and 1100s were virtually indestructible. If you did oil changes and changed timing belts when the manufacturer suggested then they would run forever and so many of them are still running today. Watching your video brought so much back in memories for me so a very huge thank you for that. It's really nice to see someone with the same amount of passion and love that I had for the Goldwings. Thanks again, please keep safe on the road there and take good care of yourself.

[@paulheart5178]

Holy spelling mistakes Batman. My apologies to anyone that has read my comment here due to the drunk like spelling and grammar mistakes. I swear I was not drunk or even drinking at all. I must have been incredibly tired. Anyway, thanks to anyone that did read it and a big thank you for not sacrificing me to the God of the alphabet lol. If any of you do ride and want a really nice and incredibly reliable touring bike for dirt cheap then I highly recommend one of these Goldwings. 81, 82 and 83 were my favorite years for these bikes as in 84 they did a complete redesign and went up to a 1200cc and it was the first year for the square headlight. It was a very nice redesign but I really did like the earlier 1100cc bikes. They had to have Hondas full fairing and bags as all the aftermarket fairings and bags looked, well.....like aftermarket shit lol. Hope you all keep the rubber down and the plastic up. Be safe and have fun folks.

[@jeffkeni]

Nice video. Love the iPhone/AT&T candor too.

[@2keeperv]

I've got over a million miles on mine and it's still going strong..

[@lr882027]

Fantastic, what oil do you use?

[@jseden]

Just picked up an 81 with 75k on her for 800.. it's a little rough but everything is there and it starts right up. Rode it 50 miles home and the engine felt solid. I had to pass a truck at one point and when I looked down, she'd shot up to 95mph before I knew it! Kept it around 65 for most of the trip though. Needs a handful of little things.. tach doesn't work, forks are a little leaky, I think some pilot jets might be clogged, fluids definitely need a swap, ECT but nothing too major.

[@lr882027]

Easy to work on, plenty of parts out there.

[@jseden]

@@lr882027 well it's definitely a little more complicated than the rebel I daily but it still seems pretty straight forward and finding parts is very low on my list of concerns.

[@StevesDIYProjects7]

i just picked one up today never seen the interstate model. so came to check out how should look. mine is converted to cafe racer. BUT i have all the body and i do not plan to put it back on. mine came with the rare engine covers tho. i worked on many over time for people. rebuilding the carbs. YAY such pain in asses lol. but the one bike i worked on for a guy it has 350k miles. and i know he still has the bike and is still a very avid rider. cold. rain. he dont care he rides that bike.

[@musicalmoses]

Came for the Goldwing info, liking and commenting for the AT&T rant!

[@awuma]

I had a 1982 GL500I Silverwing Interstate in the same color. Same fairing but slimmer luggage, comparable seats. The 1983 GL650I is very similar. Little brother to the GW.

[@thiaguinhooitodois2211]

Those look great. Heard the stators go bad often and quite expensive to fix

[@lr882027]

Not on the 1100, 1200 yes, it's the connector from the stator, catch it early and hard wire it and you'll be OK.

[@Johnclark300]

The gold wing in general is the highest quality motorcycle on planet earth, if you own a gold wing, your golden with the gold wing. You can travel tthe planet without any issues like a Harley Davidson which is the lowest quality motorcycle on planet earth. I own a 1986 Honda gold wing GL1200 interstate. Absolutely love it, best motorcycle I have ever owned.

[@zachlundberg9319]

Subd for the last two min of F my I phone banter. Great content thanks for the run down on these dated tanks on two wheels.

[@stevemorris3710]

Should we check that it's charging?

[@leefarmer4212]

I absolutely love the British Cats on a motorcycle. As a matter of fact the wife and I own the same to a single screw is different. British are great at giving you a complete over view of a bike. Well it’s only fair that the British needs for bikes are in far more demand. You would never believe what you have to go thru at their DMV?

[@123JumpingJacks]

Guy down the road has one with 100,000 miles on it. Runs well. Is it worth 2,000$ he is asking for if everything is in working order? What are main issues to look for? Can I get parts for it?

[@lr882027]

Sounds a but high for a 100K miles bike, saying that if it runs and rides nice and is in good condition, it might be worth buying - but there's probly better deals out there

[@sgtpepper1138]

There's one on FB marketplace with 57k miles on it, and it's nearly identical to this one, looks mint, and it's $1600.

[@Gl-my8fw]

100k miles is literally nothing on one of these.

[@123JumpingJacks]

@@Gl-my8fw seems to be the consensus

[@REDonVFR]

I subscribed mostly because of the amount of information I get here, but also the way you talk 😆. Awesome job!!!

[@lr882027]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@stillben]

Thanks for the run thru. How did you manage to have 60 or 70 of them?

[@mikeb1617]

Great stuff mate...thanks for the info!!

[@benolson8366]

Hilarious, love your language & phone comments

[@axleambitions]

Just found your videos, live these the ending was the best 😂

[@GRADGRAD-jq9nk]

That beginning is hilarious 😆

[@kevinsmith2747]

Great video mate. Thanks a lot

[@l.j.d.millar2822]

I don’t understand. Horse power 70 or 80, is that cc? And the 110 top speed? Is that in miles or kilometres?

[@mohammedzaman8977]

Bhp is not cc ..how much power the engine makes ..and 110 id say its mph if in the uk

[@trailtrashgarage]

Great video and so accurate!!

[@josephheili1392]

Perfect motorcycle

[@petermurphy1952]

I love it, “gold wing owners just put all kinds of Shi’ on it”

[@25BEDFORD]

GREAT BIKE!! The end..

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Stopped listening three swear words in as I was listening with my young son. What a shame.

[@osimnod]

Hmm, do I sense a bit of BMW hate in your voice? To be honest, there are poseurs riding every marque out there. Otherwise, it looks like a reliable, affordable luxury tourer if it's properly sorted.

[@lr882027]

Had a couple of air cooled BMW boxers, one was a particularly unpleasant (expensive) experience, I just think they're very agricultural. In 1982 if I wanted to go coast to coast it would be one of these hands down.

[@osimnod]

@lr882027 Perhaps "hate" was too strong of a word. "Contempt" may have been more accurate. Agree with you on the agricultural sound and gear box of BMW boxers, particularly compared to the smooth running, slick shifting Japanese rigs. I've had two oil heads -- 850R and 1100RS -- and intend to own a GS soon for its utilitarian capacity. Both brands have their adherents and rightfully so. Ride well.

[@evatorred2957]

En cuanto vendes tu moto hermano

[@lr882027]

Couldn't have put it better myself

[@Gl-my8fw]

Ill take an 1100 over a 1500 or 1800 any day.

[@pd1jdw630]

And Le Big Mac.

[@manuelmunoz4530]

me compre una hoy

[@basiliohernandez5111]

Royale with cheese.

[@jeromej221]

I concur, at&t sucks.

[@repnatl]

Should have at least started it up. Great video otherwise.