New here. Hello

[Novato Kevin]

Hi,

Novato Kevin here. I just joined your forum to learn more about the 1700 bikes and to contribute something useful if I can.

I like to ride wherever and whenever I can. I commute in a work van, so I don't necessarily ride daily. All day, or overnight, or multi day touring are what I love. I just went on my longest ride I've ever done. I rode from home in the north of the SF Bay Area to Seattle. It was eight days of being on the bike all day every day. I zig zagged my way north and south to find the back roads- 2900 miles. It was non stop fun!

I've been riding for 45 years, since I was 16. There have been a couple years here and there when I was bike-less. Those were dark times. Now I'm on my 17th different bike, a 2006 Goldwing ABS in Arctic White. All the bikes I've owned have been Hondas and Yamahas. It's hard to pick, but my favorite one was a '99 Honda Shadow ACE 1100 Tourer. Long name- great bike.

I can't really put my finger on why I'm thinking of replacing the 'Wing. It does most everything really well and it's fast and comfortable. But I have some gripes too. It is really top heavy. It's got a million plastic pieces that are 14 years old and brittle. The transmission sounds like a car crash with every first to second gear shift. Finally it's hard to work on. I do all my own maintenance and repair. Almost any repair requires removal of a lot of the aforementioned brittle plastic pieces. Maddening sometimes.

So I'm thinking of a Voyager or Vaquero 1700. Comfort, power, ABS, cruise control and knockout looks.

So here I am. Cheers.

[cranky]

... welcome!! You live in a great area for riding, the north county is hills and back roads.
Rode a bunch of 'um!!!!

[Steverides5]

Welcome, I own a 2017 Voyager 1700 and love it. It can't be beat for its price. My bike is 100% stock with just a few add ons. Grasshopper back rest is an essential for me, a GPS , Kuryakyn luggage rack. Have 22K on it now and just got back from 150 miles down to Rock Hall MD today. Check out the Facebook site also. Good luck.

[HMB Don]

Kiven

Nice that you're here, understand about the goldwing plastic. My wife has a 2007 goldwing and as the years go by, but they sure run good.

About the Voyager 1700, a great motorcycle and can be made fantastic. I bought my Voyager 1700 at Tracymotorsports in Tracy, Ca the best part is they've sold a few 1700s to NorCal Voyagers club members and the service takes good care of customers.

I now have 180,000 miles of fun on my 1700 Voyager still doesn't use oil, this past fall I took it in for warranty. Yep I still have extended warranty coverage. Warranty replaced the carrier bearing, belt, one rear shock, radio and turn light switch assembly all for free.