I just noticed this: The 2018 GoldWing Tour's electric windscreen has almost an inch more travel range (and corresponding angle change) than the GoldWing bagger –– 4.9 in. vs. 4.1 in. See scan below, from a Honda brochure. Why the difference, since both variants are identical in that area, with the same selection of interchangeable windscreens? Enquiring minds want to know ...

My hope is that it's not just another marketing idea by American Honda, to hobble the entry-level model by removing features that would have cost nothing to keep ...