On what bike??? You call your repair shop and what is the 1st thing they ask you when you ask a question like you did? Make, model, and year is always helpful !!! Doesn't it drive ya nut that many people think we know what they ride ??? Next the OP is gonna say it's "that it's in his avatar," but w...

I asked how old they are. Not how many miles are on them. Do you have the records of when they were put on?
And when was the bike serviced and run regularly?

A mighty fine bike you have there.
How old are the tires? The front looks like a Dunlop E2 or E3?

I have not seen any writeups in the past 10 years being on 3 different wing forums to remove it. Lots of complaints yes, but nothing if anyone could remove it. Yes it is intrigual to the LCD screen to work.

newday777 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:31 pm

cpsmith21 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:30 pm

newday777 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:29 am

On what bike??? You call your repair shop and what is the 1st thing they ask you when you ask a question like you did?

I guess you don't look at the profile to the right of the post...it is there in black ink......'04 GL1800

Shouldn't have to.

Some people have more than one bike too....

cpsmith21 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:30 pm

newday777 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:29 am

On what bike??? You call your repair shop and what is the 1st thing they ask you when you ask a question like you did?

I guess you don't look at the profile to the right of the post...it is there in black ink......'04 GL1800

Shouldn't have to.

This is a Goldwing site. You might do better asking a Silverwing site.

Polished aluminum looks great but is lots of work to keep it 'polished' especially to bring it back.
I went to powder coat a few years ago and it is a breeze to clean.
My 08 Cabernet Red with flat black wheels.

On what bike??? You call your repair shop and what is the 1st thing they ask you when you ask a question like you did?

Have you looked at the How To Articles on the top of the forum page?

Do you have the service manual for the bike?

Chiller449 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:48 pm

newday777 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:44 am

Chiller449 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:31 am

Blue. It’s 100% oil. I’m not loosing any coolant and the carb is not flooding the cylinders

Valve guide seals

How do I replace those? Pull the head? Know of any guides?

Typically yes. They are under the valve springs

Chiller449 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:31 am

newday777 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:29 am

Ok. So color of the SMOKE IS????

Blue. It’s 100% oil. I’m not loosing any coolant and the carb is not flooding the cylinders

Valve guide seals

Ok. So color of the SMOKE IS????

Also possible is the cam cover gaskets leaking oil onto the headers burning off.
Or the header donuts leaking exhaust out when cold and sealing as the header metal expands as it heats up. Loose header nuts are a telltale.

Well I'm just trying to piece together the history of your bike. You haven't given the full history of it's life in your posts. You say it "had almost 40,000 miles on it". Is that a mistype and should be 'has almost 40,000 miles on it'? If so, that is a very low mile 82 and the rings should be fine ...

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Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:16 am

So, this is not a gl swing arm in this video.
And while I can see some similarities, it's quite different all together.

Same way

As to the carbs...82 and 83 are the same. Do Not buy 80/81 carbs for it(they have pressed in jets rather than screw in jets).
If the gas tank is not leaking you can de-rust it using the electrolysis cleaning method without removing the tank.

Getting all the parts necessary to do a proper rebuild on these is going to be near impossible. Too many discontinued parts. The rings could be stuck if the bike sat a long time on the side stand and gas leaked into the cylinders gumming the rings or water in the cylinders(which would be rust and re...

I would suggest that you make it a habit to always park the bike on the Center Stand for a few days or whatever. Then see IF it actually smokes from the left side. What you are describing is a common phenomena with our bikes, even my '94SE was the same way. leave it on the side stand overnight, and...

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Sat Feb 08, 2020 11:46 am

I hit several deer in a two year period years ago. Deer alerts were a waste. Eventually I put an outside speaker under the hood and stopped hitting deer..........and moved to town

Yup. Crank the stereo speakers full tilt.

https://cyclemax.com/inc/sdetail/gl1500_led_headlight_bulb_kit/83/302834 Do bother to try to cheap out. Buy the electrical connection bulbs only. I just had a customer cheap out after sending him this link. He decided to try the Showchrome cheapies instead. Well he ended up with problems with the Sh...

Always. It's always the cage driver that isn't paying attention. $600 for an Arai is far cheaper than the hospital bills and recovery time...if there will be recovery......