How to ride a Goldwing.

[riffer]

This link was posted (http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Riding-the-Dragon-Part-Two) on the RF900 Mailing list.

It's of a couple of Honda Goldwings on a twisty road in the States.

Check out the pace of this riding, and listen to the sound of the pegs on the ground in every corner.

Wicked stuff.

[onearmedbandit]

Looks very impressive. On one of the US forums I frequent there is a few mentions of an elderly rider (in his 70's) who blows a lot of sportbike riders away at the Dragon on his Goldwing, passing them on the outside!! Puts a lot of guys to shame. From the little bit of the vid I watched then these guys are very smooth.

[Toast]

Wow not bad. That road looks awesome, as in all the other vids I've seen of it.

There must be few cops on it, 'cos everyone seems to go fairly hard. Imagine doing a runner in the US? Those overkill bastards would probably have the Navy Seals snipers blow your tyres out if you tried it on.

[oldfart]

Sheesh, if ya dropped one of those things it take out half the forest :whocares:

[Hitcher]

What a fantastic stretch of highway! Where abouts exactly is "The Dragon"?

Parts of it remind me of the road from Kawerau to Lake Rotoma.

Those 1.8 litre boxer sixes make a sweet noise when they're getting fed a bit of curry.

[onearmedbandit]

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

Ask and ye shall receive.

[Lou Girardin]

Performance Bikes has a photo of a guy sliding a 'Wing at night. The rear wheel is well out too.

[Slingshot]

Check out the pace of this riding, and listen to the sound of the pegs on the ground in every corner.

Wicked stuff.

That ain't the pegs scraping...it's the luggage!

[bugjuice]

that's pretty mental..
sounds more like the pipes scraping to me..
Gotta give the tyres credit - they must be melting under all that strain!

[Teflon]

Thats prety loose..

That will be Warr in a few years.

[SPman]

Thats prety loose..

That will be Warr in a few years.
Waddaya mean in a few years......oh....needs a Wing....

[kro]

That is sooo cool, pretty risky business, you could pivot out on a peg or something, and lowside it bigtime.

Hats off to those lads.

[Edbear]

Yep! That's impressive, they'd give me a lesson on my F alright! Wonder how long their rear tyres/ tank of gas/ pegs, etc. last? Who cares when your havin that much fun!:rockon: and I guess if you can afford a 'wing, you can afford to use it...

[Darkman]

wow..impressive, made my teeth ache though...

[Jackrat]

Yet again,,,,this has been posted here already.:violin:

[TygerTung]

Wicked! I didn't think goldwings could actually go around corners, but it seems they can! Haha, thats brilliant.

[HDTboy]

Yet again,,,,this has been posted here already.:violin:
On the 19th of July 2005 perhaps?

[Waylander]

9ZVywVwY8OU

Brave son of a bitch that's for sure.

[Toaster]

I find myself strangely aroused.

[James Deuce]

Repost.....

But seriously, it never ceases to amaze me just how quickly those guys get the bike turned.

[Scorpygirl]

Yip definitely a repost!!!

[Waylander]

Oh fuck off.:shutup:

[James Deuce]

Lol, couldn't help it!

[mikey62]

I had to turn the sound up on the spkrs to see if the guy was being chased by a copper. That was some awesone cornering on a couch on wheels !

[Hitcher]

The Tail of the Dragon. I love the sound of Goldwing pipes dragging on the road. A great lesson in throttle control. Andrew Templeton would be proud of these guys!

[Ronin]

Now Thats Touring.

[KLOWN]

fuck yeah, thats the shit. I would not be able to keep up with those guys. :rockon:

[nudemetalz]

Now that is awesome !!!!
And the 1800-6 sounds great too (apart from the chrome getting ground away ;) )

Actually, what gets me is why does he either pop the clutch or downchange out of the corner ? Just a little weird cause they ain't a 250 two-stroke.

[JayRacer37]

And i Still really, really want a one make goldwing race series....
passengers with foam battons for 'distractions' for other rider and pilloin teams, full bore sterieos with a theme song manitory.

BRING IT ON.....:rockon:

[The Lone Rider]

(apart from the chrome getting ground away ;) )


Ouch yeah that don't sound good.

I took a right turn on around a round about today and it was such a sharp turn I ended up scrapping the right foot peg against the ground. Man that gave me a fright.

[Puddlejumper]

May be a repost, but thanks for showing as being new I hadn't seen it.
Impressive riding but me I LUV that road. I want to ride it. Yep got the hills behind Chch but otherwise still too new in Canty to know where the fun is.
Ah.... memories of Dunedin...

[gijoe1313]

I would never have known that vid existed unless Waylander "reposted" it. :gob: Freak'n awesome - if I could ride a goldwing like that one day, I'd be stoked. Those riders are mad :yes: But my sort of mad! :woohoo:

And I wondered if it was Deal's Gap or the Dragon. Thanks for the confirm. I will ride that road one day. Oh yes, I will (strikes Wayne's World far away look :mellow: )

[Hitcher]

And I wondered if it was Deal's Gap or the Dragon.

It's the same place. Check it out here www.tailofthedragon.com

[crashe]

I would never have known that vid existed unless Waylander "reposted" it. :gob: Freak'n awesome - if I could ride a goldwing like that one day, I'd be stoked. Those riders are mad :yes: But my sort of mad! :woohoo:

And I wondered if it was Deal's Gap or the Dragon. Thanks for the confirm. I will ride that road one day. Oh yes, I will (strikes Wayne's World far away look :mellow: )

You havent seen Rhino ride his goldwing now have you.......:dodge:






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Actually he is a very careful rider.....

[cowboy]

Awsome riding on a tank! Wish I could get the VTX to lean over that far! :Punk:

[BarBender]

Bet ya there are a few litre bike riders from North Carolina that avoid riding the Dragon on days that crazy mofo is on the road...

[gijoe1313]

It's the same place. Check it out here www.tailofthedragon.com

Bastard! You had to pique my curiosity even more again! I read a website before on this, but not as good as this link. Making me drool :drool:

Twist of the wrist and all that ...

(penning down viable dates and working out costs to go and ride it....:eek5:)

[NotaGoth]

Which is where the saying goes... "Its more the rider, not the bike"

Chuck a good rider on any bike they could get it flying...

Put that dude on a harley and oooo baby!!!!!!! :dodge:

[ZeroIndex]

That is some really awesome stuff :first: I'd love to see a couple of Harley try corner like that... Oh wait, what's this? (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFpIpaFMlc) :D

[NotaGoth]

That is some really awesome stuff :first: I'd love to see a couple of Harley try corner like that... Oh wait, what's this? (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFpIpaFMlc) :D

Thats one of a harley?? If I remember rightly you told me it was a video of you :dodge:

[ZeroIndex]

Thats one of a harley?? If I remember rightly you told me it was a video of you :dodge:

After all the shit I give Harley's, I don't think they'd let me even sit on one... plus that's the wrong side of the road, I mean, the right side of the road... I've never been to a country that you ride on the right side of the road... South Africa and New Zealand are both Left-Side driving...

[NotaGoth]

After all the shit I give Harley's, I don't think they'd let me even sit on one... plus that's the wrong side of the road, I mean, the right side of the road... I've never been to a country that you ride on the right side of the road... South Africa and New Zealand are both Left-Side driving...

Could just be that your such an idiot you were riding on the wrong side of the road, and the bike that went past had to move into the other lane to miss you..??

Don't knock it til you try it..

[ZeroIndex]

Could just be that your such an idiot you were riding on the wrong side of the road, and the bike that went past had to move into the other lane to miss you..??

Don't knock it til you try it..

Ok, you're officially not making sense now...

[DougB]

Just sent the link to my millionare son who has just
bought a new Goldwing.

On second thoughts perhaps I should not have, it might give him ideas.

[Kflasher]

I have always wanted a Goldwing but thought I would always wait till I have slowed down some…
That was cool I bet the riders they caught up to were a little suprised:shit:

[NighthawkNZ]

Yep! That's impressive, they'd give me a lesson on my F alright! Wonder how long their rear tyres/ tank of gas/ pegs, etc. last? Who cares when your havin that much fun!:rockon: and I guess if you can afford a 'wing, you can afford to use it...

if you need to ask... you can't afford it :lol:

[ZeroIndex]

And i Still really, really want a one make goldwing race series....
passengers with foam battons for 'distractions' for other rider and pilloin teams, full bore sterieos with a theme song manitory.

BRING IT ON.....:rockon:

That I've gotta see!!! :rockon:

[riffer]

Meh.

Repost.

And to make it worse, its the same bloody video.

And to make it even worse, in the same bloody thread I originally posted it in.

:angry:

[James Deuce]

And to make it even worse, in the same bloody thread I originally posted it in.

:angry:

That's called a "Thread Merge" grasshopper.

[more_fasterer]

Cheers for the repost Waylander. Those flat-sixes sound awesome. I bet the Goldwing Undercarriage Preservation Society would be less than impressed though...



Oh wait, what's this? (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFpIpaFMlc)
:killingme :killingme

[Sis]

Now that is awesome !!!!
And the 1800-6 sounds great too (apart from the chrome getting ground away ;) )

Actually, what gets me is why does he either pop the clutch or downchange out of the corner ? Just a little weird cause they ain't a 250 two-stroke.


That's funny cos I thought that the noise was from the bike that was doing the filming. Watch again and the scrapping sounds seem to happen when the camera is in the corner, not the goldwing.

[Daffyd]

That's funny cos I thought that the noise was from the bike that was doing the filming. Watch again and the scrapping sounds seem to happen when the camera is in the corner, not the goldwing.

That was my impression too. If you listen carefully you can tell from the timing that the sound comes from the following bike.
Awesome riding, awesome road.
Who said Goldwings couldn't handle?

[James Deuce]

Gaaah.

The dude with the camera is riding a Goldwing too.

[bistard]

There was a guy in Palmerston North years ago called Ken De Kleen,who punted a Gold Wing around like that,bloody scary to follow,with sparks & shit flying everywhere,he also used to put a sidecar on,but thats another story

[Bruiser]

That is some really awesome stuff :first: I'd love to see a couple of Harley try corner like that... Oh wait, what's this? (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFpIpaFMlc) :D

Nice how that driver stopped to rubber-neck then drove on leaving a downed biker to it. No doubt you're proud of him because the biker rode a harley.

[ZeroIndex]

Nice how that driver stopped to rubber-neck then drove on leaving a downed biker to it. No doubt you're proud of him because the biker rode a harley.

Who said I was proud of him? All I'm saying is that not all bikers know how to ride properly, but looking at the makeup of a bike, sportbike vs goldwing vs cruiser, which one is gonna get round those corners better?

I'm not mocking Harley's here... I'm sure they're perfectly fine

[Waylander]

Who said I was proud of him? All I'm saying is that not all bikers know how to ride properly, but looking at the makeup of a bike, sportbike vs goldwing vs cruiser, which one is gonna get round those corners better?

I'm not mocking Harley's here... I'm sure they're perfectly fine
Bike doesn't matter a much as you seem to think.

Yea a asportsbike may corner better due to shape, suspension ect, ect... but that acounts for nothing if the rider has no skill.

[kneescraper]

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Dam this guys can ride!!!

[NighthawkNZ]

repost are gonna get yah,,,, :innocent: ;)

[aroberts]

Nice. And only 2 cars on the road.

[kneescraper]

Hehehe dam it, I can never get past the repost.....its the devil of all forums.