Maybe I should post this question to the GL1800 Riders Forum, but I'm hoping some of you guys know the details. I'm at Americade now and just had a nice conversation with Becky at the Honda demo tent as they are getting ready for the demo rides tomorrow. I told her of my history with my 2004 Wing and my interest in the F6B. In particular I told her about how I found the suspension of my Wing to deteriorate after about 20,000 miles.
She told me something that has somehow eluded me until today, probably because after I traded my Wing in (for a used S2000 sports car) in 2009, I stopped paying attention to the bike's evolution. She told me that in 2012 Honda revamped and upgraded the Wing's suspension dramatically. I don't know the specifics of what that upgrade amounted to but I'm hoping it may have been such that the sort of eventual deterioration I experienced with my '04 model - making for a very harsh ride - is now much less likely in both the current Wing and the F6B.
Any insights or commentary to throw some light on what that 2012 upgrade amounted to would be greatly appreciated.