GL1800 Transmission Issue

[Hutch]

Hi All,

New to the Trike world, purchased 08GL1800 Roadsmith early spring thru the Trike Shop Daytona. Up front was an old HD Fan; however the Wife never developed the HD "thing" as I did. Long story short back to the GW world we go; our first Trike. An entirely different beast but now absolutely love touring w/ it! Slowly learning as I go, am reacquainting myself in Honda maintenance; LOTS of plastic in the way of everything. But am hearing the GL1800 transmission develops a "ghost neutral" whereby the trans starts dropping out of 5th and or pops back and forth from 5th to 4th and back again. Can anyone verify and if so any idea what kind of mileage was on the Bike when this issue started??? Any concrete information will be greatly appreciated!! THX All!!

Hutch (Maine).

[Gone2Three]

Welcome Hutch! HD guy here, but hang on I'm sure someone's going to jump in to help y'a out! Glad you've joined us

[pwhoever]

Not sure how widespread it is but it does happen. There is a guy named Greg who runs a shop down in Zephyrillis, Fl that is probably the guru on the subject. On his page, he has a link dedicated to the "ghost shifting" and has pretty much everything you would want to know. Here is his site: www.justwings.com

[Hutch]

THX all, appreciate the welcome and the information. After researching thru TT more I located an entire Forum regarding this issue... Have approx. 24K on our Trike, so far so good!! Certainly hoping for the best but if/ when will definitely check into Greg at JustWings. THX again.

[mhgoldwing]

THX all, appreciate the welcome and the information. After researching thru TT more I located an entire Forum regarding this issue... Have approx. 24K on our Trike, so far so good!! Certainly hoping for the best but if/ when will definitely check into Greg at JustWings. THX again.

From what I gather it happens but not often compared to the number of Wings on the road. Mine is a '06 with RS triked in 2011. I now have 60k miles of hard twisty road riding, with a lot of shifting, and no problems. (Knocking on wood!!!!)