I have a 4000 mile service due. Basically it’s just an oil and filter change and I had intended to do it myself but other Goldwing owners have warned me that I risk my warranty unless a dealer does it and stamps the service book. I really wouldn’t want to compromise the warranty so I am going to get it done by 21st Moto in Swanley – it’s ten days away and I will have rather more than 4k on the clock by then! 21st Moto are a dealer new to me and I shall be interested to see what sort of job they do.
Before I learnt of the potential warranty issue, I had a look at what it involved by removing the lower front cowl. There I discovered that on the 2007 models there is an unhandily placed Bowden cable running right in front of the oil filter (the cable operates the foot warmer vents) and it would need to be (re)moved to have enough room to remove the oil filter. I stopped at this point but it seems a bit daft to route the cable like this.