People have gone RTW with Goldwings. A dude from Finland actually did it over 20 years ago on a GL1500, he went through most parts of Africa as well, including crossing the Sahara (through Algeria and Niger I think).
But it wasn´t without difficulties, and some of those seem related to his choice of bike. Like the ´Wing turning out to be WAY too heavy to ride in the desert sand, for example. Ended up burning the clutch in no time, and he waited a long, long time to get parts and get it fixed (and it wasn´t the only clutch failure he had). He did make it round the world, but that does not mean, that it was the optimum bike to make the trip with. It is important, though, that you go with the bike that you like, and that you feel comfortable with.
All that weight, and high purchase value taking big hits (as the bike starts to look very old very soon), and being not so well suited for other than reasonably smooth tarmac, would probably put me off. I´d go for something cheaper, and much lighter anyway. But if your plan is to stay mostly on paved roads (and there are a lot more of those, than there were two decades ago) and you really want to do it with the ´Wing, then maybe it is the right bike for you to do it on.
|