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	<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk</link>
	<description>musings on GoldWing clubs, the Blackpool Light Parade.......and other GoldWing issues</description>
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		<title>Chrome Crazy Weekend at Knutsford Honda &#8211; this Saturday &amp; Sunday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knutsford Honda are holding an Open Day for GoldWing Owners and Riders this  weekend (Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th March) and offering special discounts and deals, especially on chrome accessories, of which they keep an extensive stock, probably the best in UK
Knutsford Honda, as the name suggests, a Franchised Honda Dealership which is taking a  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/dealer-events/chrome-crazy-day-at-knutsford-honda-march-13th-14th/</link>
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		<title>GoldWing Light Parade Venue Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Organisers of the Blackpool Illuminations  GoldWing Light Parade, Britain&#8217;s original, brightest and best, have finally revealed the new Venue for the popular social weekend which is part of the Event &#8211; and it&#8217;s a whole Crescent of hotels and apartments, right on the Promenade.
On the face of it they were going to have real [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-events/new-blackpool-light-parade-venue-announced/</link>
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		<title>Norfolk Wings Light Parade Weekend &#8211; March 26th &#8211; 28th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Holding a non-camping social weekend for GoldWings at the darker ends of the biking season, to allow Wingers to show off their display lights, is catching on.
Norfolk Wings are holding one in their part of the Country for the first time this year and would welcome plenty of support.
The Parade itself is on the evening [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-clubs/norfolk-wings-light-parade-weekend-march-26th-28th/</link>
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		<title>New Date for this year&#8217;s Manchester Bike Show &#8211; April 3rd and 4th 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Manchester Bikes Show, which had to be cancelled during the snow and icy weather we suffered earlier this year, has been rescheduled for Easter Weekend, April 3rd and 4th 2010.
It takes place at the Manchester Arena (formerly GMEX) and advance tickets are only £10, children and OAPs £5.  It will cost £12 for adults [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/dealer-events/new-date-for-the-manchester-bike-show/</link>
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		<title>Blackpool Light Parade finds a new Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Organisers of the Blackpool Illuminations GoldWing Light Parade, now in its eight year, have found a new Venue, which is to be announced on the BLP Website shortly.
It became necessary to find a new home when Pontin&#8217;s Blackpool Holiday Centre, where the Event had been based in recent years, suddenly closed down towards the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-clubs/blackpool-light-parade-finds-a-new-home/</link>
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		<title>GL1800 Airbag System &#8211; Essential safety, just worthwhile or merely expensive extra weight?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Honda introduced the first ever motorcycle airbag system in 2006 as an update, and arguably a considerable upgrade of the GL1800 GoldWing.  The design and testing effort which went into this development must have been enormous; getting the balance right, so the Airbag goes off when it needs to but not otherwise, is quite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/motorcycling-skills/gl1800-airbag-system-essential-safety-just-worthwhile-or-merely-expensive-extra-weight/</link>
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		<title>Kumamoto &#8211; Birthplace of the 2012 (or will it be the 2013?) Model GoldWing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Honda&#8217;s new motorcycle mega-factory, built on its huge Kumamoto Site in Japan, is already producing bikes, indeed that&#8217;s where the new VFR1200, unveiled in UK February 14th, is being built.
But Honda has announced to its US Dealers that production of GoldWings will not start at Kumamoto until 2011 and that the GoldWings to be made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/kumamoto-birthplace-of-the-2012-goldwing/</link>
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		<title>Autocom still in business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Autocom, manufacturers of high quality motorcycle headsets and intercom systems, hit a bad patch recently but they have been rescued and are now part of a larger Group of companies and they are trading normally &#8211; and they are releasing new products too.
Some Wingers prefer Autocom headsets to the the standard Honda/J&#38;M types.  The are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/dealer-services/autocom-still-in-business/</link>
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		<title>A Weekend Event near Lyon, France in May 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual Meeting of Alliance (a group of independent GoldWing clubs in France) will take place in Beaujolais near Lyon, organised by GoldWings Sans Frontiere, a Club based in that Area.
It&#8217;s a weekend event from Friday May 21st to Monday 24th and UK Wingers will be most welcome. It&#8217;s not a huge gathering (about 150 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-events/weekend-event-near-lyon-france/</link>
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		<title>Manchester Bike Show Postponed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Promoters of the Manchester Bike Show were forced to cancel the Event, due to take place this coming weekend at Manchester Central (formerly GMEX) &#8211; but they are hoping to reschedule it in early April.  The weather and the forecast of more freezing conditions for the weekend seems likely to have been the reason.
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gl1800.org.uk/dealer-events/manchester-bike-show-postponed/</link>
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