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Hi all I'm new here and am looking to replace my '85 Goldwing with a new touring machine. I've been riding for about 16 years and usually pack on about 20,000 kms a year, spreading it out over my CBR929 and my Goldwing. I'm more of a sport bike rider but bought my Goldwing almost three years ago, mostly as an experiment off of ebay (my first ebay vehicle purchase as well as my first touring bike). Obviously it turned out well but now that my cheap-o Wing needs some expensive repairs I have to decide what makes the most sense financially. The wing only cost me about $3200 to put on the road and I've packed 40,000 km on it in less than three years so I don't really think it owes me anything. I was hoping to get some advice from you fine folks. I have found a few mid 80's Ventures in my area, a coupke of 84's with reasonable mileage on them (one has 62000 kms) for around $2500. I have also found an '86 with only 22000 km on it for $3800. I've been doing some reading upof the subject and found that 2nd gear is an issue with the MKI models. Was this sorted out with the MKII models? Are there any other things I should be looking for? Is the extra cost of the MKII worth it? I have read that there is more power and more luggage space in the 1300, anything other significant changes that I should know about? I would also appreciate it if you could give me a "laundry list" of things to look out for on both models. Thanks in advance - Sean
