Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Deluxe Change the head gaskets immediately or Don't leave it alone. You can easily spot when you are in trouble by a puff of bluish-white or white smoke on first starting the engine. This heat goes mostly up through the cylinder head, gradually incinerating the head gaskets and allowing engine coolant (antifreeze) to seep into the engine. The fuel-air ratio is extremely poor with pre-ignition long before the normal 38 to 40 degree firing point, generating an enormous amount of heat, with no power, which is trapped a longer period of time in the cylinder before the exhaust valve opens.
Honda GL1800 Gold Wing DeluxeWhen the valves are dysfunctional, the engine pulls nearly total air into the low RPM range through the carbs and on to the combustion chamber. Running with dysfunctional air cut-off valves can cause severe engine damage or failure. When typical starting requires heavy and prolonged choking to keep the bike running, when stalling and hesitation occurs even while "warmed up" and when backfiring pops while the throttle is shut off while cruising, most people will start fooling with the air screws to try to overcome the problem, only making it worse along with reducing their gas mileage. These valves are "air blockers", along with the carburetor o-rings, serving to restrict air flow, increasing the fuel-air mixture ratio when the carb slides are in the lower RPM range, up to closed so that the machine will start and idle smoothly with virtually no choking and accelerate rapidly, with no stumble or hesitation. The GL1100 has four, located in the top air intake passage of each carburetor, and every GL1200 has one located in the plenum box below the air cleaner box similar to the GL1000.
Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Deluxe Every Honda CB650, CB750, CB900 and GL1000 has one, located in the air intake tube between the air cleaner box and the manifold. Most early model Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha motorcycles use air cut-off valves. Over time, air cutoff valves will harden up, perforate and/or disintegrate leaving your motorcycle in a permanently lean, low RPM range (0-2200). AIR CUT-OFF VALVE The Air Cut-Off Valve is an extremely important part of the fuel / air intake system that is frequently missed even by competent mechanics, most of whom are not even aware of its existence or how it functions.
Honda GL1800 Gold Wing DeluxeThose who made the replacement based on our solution and tuned up their engines, eliminated a whole series of problems, including the burning out of head gaskets and, over the years, we received many declarations of greatly improved gas mileage and overall performance. We received hundreds of thank yous from customers and those who never purchased parts from us but took time to write. In 1990, a solution was presented in writing that was handed out to my customers without any obligation on the part of the reader to buy anything. After listening to years of customer complaints about their inability to cope with poor Gold Wing performance symptoms and the ruthless exploitation by many repair shops back in the Eighties, we were compelled to study the problem.
Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Deluxe| General information | |
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| Model: | Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Deluxe |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Category: | Touring |
| Rating: | 72 out of 100. Show full rating and compare with other bikes |
| Engine and transmission | |
| Displacement: | 1832.00 ccm (111.79 cubic inches) |
| Engine type: | Six cylinder boxer, four-stroke |
| Power: | 116.67 HP (85.2 kW)) @ 5500 RPM |
| Torque: | 167.00 Nm (17.0 kgf-m or 123.2 ft.lbs) @ 4000 RPM |
| Compression: | 9.8:1 |
| Bore x stroke: | 74.0 x 71.0 mm (2.9 x 2.8 inches) |
| Fuel system: | Injection. PGM-FI electronic fuel injection with automatic choke |
| Fuel control: | SOHC |
| Ignition: | Computer-controlled digital transistorised with electronic advance |
| Cooling system: | Liquid |
| Gearbox: | 5-speed |
| Transmission type, final drive: | Shaft drive (cardan) |
