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    2018 Steering Slop/Loose Tie Rod

    Just found this on YouTube. Looks like Max at Traxxion Dynamics has some issues with the new Wing. Check out his multiple videos dealing with the new boy on the block. If I was tempted to wait on getting a new 2018 to get the bugs worked out, Max might have convinced me. That rear rod ain't looking good to me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYhrQYdPXsY

    And another one with a very loose steering head bearing............

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qujrjxXKJdI
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    Having worked on older steering w/ tie rod ends, they all have a lot of play, new out of the box & they're steering a 4 to 5,000# auto. I've seen rip off mechanics tell people their front end was shot because of the play. I know little about the new GW steering and I may be wrong but I wouldn't be concerned about tie rod play. That's my 2 cents worth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walcrow View Post
    Just found this on YouTube. Looks like Max at Traxxion Dynamics has some issues with the new Wing. Check out his multiple videos dealing with the new boy on the block. If I was tempted to wait on getting a new 2018 to get the bugs worked out, Max might have convinced me. That rear rod ain't looking good to me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYhrQYdPXsY

    And another one with a very loose steering head bearing............

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qujrjxXKJdI
    .........

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    If there was ever a weak link with this new 2018, it would be those steering rods. I've stated that before.

    Am surprised in that second video link that there is clunk already present in the gynormous steering head bearing

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    Aye Carumba!

    Love what I have seen so far with my butt tests of this bike, but YOU KNOW there will be issues with so much new stuff...it is inevitable with any new heavily engineered, heavily re-designed vehicle...

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    I, too, have reliability questions and concerns. However, being that Traxxion has a vested interest in the necessity of replaceable components, I'm watching all sides with a skeptical eye. However, that front end sure does feel like magic on the road. Fingers crossed that it lasts as well.

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    Again, I like my '13 F6b ...
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    I hear you Jason. The interesting item is the steering head bearing being loose after 300 frickin' miles.......WTF Honda? Wonder if ALL-BALLS is already at the drawing board? Wouldn't doubt it and I don't blame Max for tearing a new one apart. He built a better trap for the previous Wings suspension and I wouldn't bet against him that his upgrades will make the new Wing better. It's a great new suspension design but that does not preclude Max from finding various issues that he might just make better.

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    You guys do realize this guy Max has a deeply vested interest in convincing all the new 2018 owners that they NEED his services because the new Gold Wing suspension is crap right?

    He has to convince you that a whole new generation of Wing still needs him. Just put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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    So Jimmy, you're telling us that Will, 53driver, and a host of other members AND non-members pissed away their money with Traxxion on their B upgrades over the years? Max is only doing what probably every other manufacturer does by ripping other companies shit apart to see what they did and might make better. If that head bearing is loose with only 300 miles, and I spent $28,000 on the new Wing, I'd be beyond pissed. No one, including Max, is forcing us to get a Traxxion upgrade, but I won't fault him for putting his empirical knowledge to use based on the "older" Wing.
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