Difference between GL 1500 A, AC & SE?

[Folksinger]

Selling my 1990 Goldwing GL 1500 and need to know the color of the seats. Can anyone explaing the difference between A, AC and SE designations? The owners manual just says GL 1500.

 

[John Luciano]

Might help
I know in the later years 95 up
The A was the Aspencade. Very rare I only saw one. No Rev no tape deck no CB
The AC had rev tape etc. CB was an option.
The SE was the fully equipped model the left had grip has the fader for the speakers. On the right side below the f speaker is a knob for foot warmers. The trunk has a spoiler , rear fot rest are adjustable and it has gold two tone paint. Ther are many more differences but that should help I think seat color was all black or dark gray.. I have seen brown but do not know about that.

 

[87Trike1200]

I never could figure this one out. My '95 says Aspencade on it, has reverse, AM-FM radio with tape deck, but no factory CB. <img src="images/smilies/shrug.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Shrug" class="inlineimg" /><br />
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I believe seat color depends on bike color. For example, my bike color is the familiar "candy red" (not sure what Honda calls it, but it's the typical 1500 red) and the seat is a brownish color (I think Honda calls it "Tuscon Red").<br />
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White bikes (for example) have black or grey seats, etc. I <u>think</u> there are only 3 OEM seat colors. I don't have a clue what an "AC" is as I never heard of it (but I lead a sheltered life - <img src="images/smilies/grin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="big grin" class="inlineimg" /> ) <br />
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Hope this is a "little" help...

 

[jackpoet]

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<div class="message">Might help<br />
I know in the later years 95 up<br />
The A was the Aspencade. Very rare I only saw one. No Rev no tape deck no CB<br />
The AC had rev tape etc. CB was an option.<br />
The SE was the fully equipped model the left had grip has the fader for the speakers. On the right side below the f speaker is a knob for foot warmers. The trunk has a spoiler , rear fot rest are adjustable and it has gold two tone paint. Ther are many more differences but that should help I think seat color was all black or dark gray.. I have seen brown but do not know about that.</div>

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</div>I have a 96 Aspencade. Don't know how rare they were, but yes it has reverse and CB. The SE has more items, the adjustable passenger foot rests were one, don't know what the others were.

If you run your VIN you will know for sure what you have.

 

[jackpoet]

Oh yeah, the seat looking black is called "Slate". Just found out from Utopia when I bought my new back rest and it matched perfect.