Look into an aftermarket cruise control like Rostra. Maybe a backrest and heated grips.
Look into an aftermarket cruise control like Rostra. Maybe a backrest and heated grips.
I have a 2015 (standard) and added the heated grips, mid height klockwerks windshield, and a 12vdc power outlet in the left glove box. All have made this great bike even nicer. Out of everything so far, the heated hand grips (Honda brand, installed at the dealer for $250) are worth their weight in gold. I ride with heated gloves and the heated grips. (early morning rides to work here in Wisconsin are in the mid 40's right now) The heated gloves heat the tops of the fingers and the heated grips head the bottoms of the finger. Truly the bi-fecta. (if that's a word. ha ha ) Ride safe.
For me I' made sure my bike is equiped with this accessories list:
1. Heated grips will extend your riding season. I've put them on everybike I've owned for 30 years. Came with the Deluxe
2. Higher windshield, the one that came with mine was a joke.
3. Chrome luggage rack behind the rear seat, installed last week. Allows me to put any sort of duffle back there.
4. Center stand. Came with Deluxe.
5. Cruze Control came with Deluxe.
6. Powerport in left pocket.
7. Honda's own headsets/intercom. While old fashioned and not cheap, the wired headphone and intercom system on the GL works the best of any I've had. Its sound is good, and there are no batteries or failed bluetooth connections to mess with. I fear that the next generation Honda GL is going to go with a Bluetooth system. Maybe Honda will do it right, but I have had it with Bluetooth. I can conclude after three that Blutooth just plain sucks. My complaints: crappy compressed sound, wireless headsets that fail to charge because of poor build quality connections, failures from getting wet in a light rain, declining battery life with age (say 6 months!), and especially the too many times to count times I had to stop, and pull over to get the bluetooth headsets to recognize each other and/or sound source (GPS, radio, music player, phone etc). I frack-gin hate Bluetooth.
What kind of Bluetooth devices have you Gotten?Originally Posted by dadeo
For me I' made sure my bike is equiped with this accessories list:
1. Heated grips will extend your riding season. I've put them on everybike I've owned for 30 years. Came with the Deluxe
2. Higher windshield, the one that came with mine was a joke.
3. Chrome luggage rack behind the rear seat, installed last week. Allows me to put any sort of duffle back there.
4. Center stand. Came with Deluxe.
5. Cruze Control came with Deluxe.
6. Powerport in left pocket.
7. Honda's own headsets/intercom. While old fashioned and not cheap, the wired headphone and intercom system on the GL works the best of any I've had. Its sound is good, and there are no batteries or failed bluetooth connections to mess with. I fear that the next generation Honda GL is going to go with a Bluetooth system. Maybe Honda will do it right, but I have had it with Bluetooth. I can conclude after three that Blutooth just plain sucks. My complaints: crappy compressed sound, wireless headsets that fail to charge because of poor build quality connections, failures from getting wet in a light rain, declining battery life with age (say 6 months!), and especially the too many times to count times I had to stop, and pull over to get the bluetooth headsets to recognize each other and/or sound source (GPS, radio, music player, phone etc). I frack-gin hate Bluetooth.
A lot of us use sena and would say that I and others have used them for years and had no problems at all.
I've had Whistler and Sena recently, and an early Chatterbox Bluetooth. The Whistler had the best overall sound quality for music and intercom, but was slow to connect to my TomTom GPS, so the first 5 seconds of any GPS instruction was never heard. It was also fussy with connecting to the other intercom, finding my phone (apple) and GPS. The Sena system was decent in terms of being able to connect to almost anything, but the sound quality was pretty poor for music. Both had battery problems and the Sena was not rainproof. A Chatterbox BT system was waterproof and had good sound, but battery life sucked. A long time ago I had an FRS based intercom that worked well --- also a Chatterbox -- but it was also a battery hog. The first system I had was a wired Chatterbox. Problem with that was the wires were between me, my passenger and then up to the music source and a power port I put in the bike so the poor battery would last all day. That had great sound and always worked, but the wires were not long lastng. One other things I don't like about any of the wireless systems: dependence on small unseen buttons on the headset to adjust volume and change functions. I like that the Honda wired intercom has buttons on the dash, big ones for fat fingered idiots like me that I can see.
While you're adding all of this be sure to check the final drive oil level. Lots to read about it and recently I saw it suggested that filling to the threads was over-filling it.
I've seen a lot of mechanicals with this type of oil filler and every last one fills to the threads, it's a simple way to make maintenance easier. Might be able to over-fill if bike is on side stand.
Anyway, careful with the fill hole nut, it's cast aluminum or something softish and torque is very low. Again, there's lots to read on here, maybe just refer to the manual.
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