Ew!!! I really hate that bike!!!

[Bonez]

Robb Report "MotorCycling":

The Goldwing was concieved as a muscle or performance bike, in 1975 the GL1000 had impressive accelleration and braking, but with a smooth ride punters used it for long distance riding, in 1980 honda bowed to pressure and released the GL1100 'Interstate'.


One has to wonder where they get their info from. The GL1000 was released in 1974 and "a luxury machine aimed at the touring market" according to Roy Bacon's HONDA-The Eary classic Motocycles. The term "Muscle Bike" did not appear till much much later.

[gav]

If that applies to any that has a problem with it then i'd imagine that most of the board wont be reading your posts as i'm sure many others have the same problem with your posts. If you want to discuss stuff on this board then it pays to have some netiquette otherwise you wont get very far. IMO.

I just put WINJA on my ignore list. Most of what he writes seems bollocks, so don't think I'm missing much...

[Bonez]

I just put WINJA on my ignore list. Most of what he writes seems bollocks, so don't think I'm missing much...

Good idea. Just done it myself. Bye WINJA!!

[Paul in NZ]

The original 'wing was a pretty std bike. Nothing like the munt laden barge we see today... I kinda liked them except corners were a bit of a challange for them... Well you might laugh but I damn near bought a GL1000 in the late 70's...

It had uprated suspenders, Laverda jota (adjustable) bars, rear sets, a hot 'zorst and a cafe racer screen. It looked wicked and i just loved the idea of a cafe racer gold wing...

It was red... Wonder wot happened to it?

Paul N

[Krayy]

Oh, yeah, I forgot.

Anything yellow.

Hey! I resemble that remark!

[vifferman]

NOW WE GET TO BLUE WING HONDA DO THEY KEEP ANY SPARES FOR ANY LATE MODEL BIKES IF THEY DO ITS FUCK ALL.HONDAS TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT IS FULL OF IDIOTS, A BLIND ATHRITIC CHIMP WITH A STICK COULD FIX A BIKE BETTER THAN THEM.

True.
Almost without exception, every part I've ordered has been "out of stock, available ex-Japan, 3 weeks." Even very common stuff. Another gripe - one time I checked availability of a part from Australia, and almost the same story, except it was 2 weeks delivery, and the price was $AU149 (incl. GST) compared with $NZ265.
Must be a different Honda that supplies Australia and NZ....

[Biff]

JESUS WHERE SHOULD I START. SHOULD WE START WITH THE BLACK BIRD. ITS SO SLOW CONSIDERING HONDA CALLED IT THE FASTEST BIKE IN THE WORLD AND WHEN WE TOOK ONE OUT AND TESTED IT THE OLD ZZR1100 WE HAD ALONG KILLED IT AND THE ZX9 SMOKED IT.THE BLACK BIRD ALSO HAD POOR GROUND CLEARANCE THE BLACKBIRD IS A GIRLS BUSA . THE BLADE IS SO SLOW COMPARED TO ALL OTHER BIKES IN ITS CLASS ITS JUST NOT FUNNY AT THE MASTER BIKE SHOOT OUT IT WAS SLOWER THAN THE GSXR750 AND THE GSXR1000 TOOK A BIG DUMP ON IT AND THE K5 THOU IS NOT EVEN HERE YET HONDA HASNT CAUGHT UP TO SUZUKIS OLD MODELS YET AND THE NEW ONES ARE OUT SOON.AND NOW WE GET TO BLUE WING HONDA DO THEY KEEP ANY SPARES FOR ANY LATE MODEL BIKES IF THEY DO ITS FUCK ALL.HONDAS TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT IS FULL OF IDIOTS, A BLIND ATHRITIC CHIMP WITH A STICK COULD FIX A BIKE BETTER THAN THEM. THERE 98 BLADE WAS A HUNK OF SHIT SUZUKIS 96 GSXR750T IS MUCH FASTER HANDLES AND STOPS BETTER AND OVERALL IS A FAR SUPERIOR BIKE,THE ZX9C1 IS FASTER 2 UP THAN THE 98 BLADE IS 1 UP, AND THE ZX9 ALSO HAD A TANK BAG ON BOARD.HONDAS MOTTO SHOULD BE "FINDING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT DONT EXIST"

A man with Honda issues I'd say.
Slow - LMAO. I've heard plenty of people constructively say why they prefer say a Busa over a Bird, but slow!!?? Give me a break. It was the fastest in the world in it's day (1999-00). But you're missing the point, that's not what the Bird is about. Mile munching, practical with smooth & manageable power. Read the independent reviews they say it all (this months Kiwi Biker for example).

Take your blinkers off dude. The Gixxer thou (a brilliant bike) is faster than a Bird as is the Busa, R1, ZX 10 and a few others - but you try taking these bikes out two up for hundreds of K's along with your overnight or weeks gear and tell me whose arse is still in one piece at the end.

I’ll argue all day with you about a ZZR1100 or 1200 beating today’s Bird. Your token example of a single head to head accounts for nothing. I’ve been touring on several occasions with mates that own ZZR’s (excellent machines) across Europe and they openly admit that the Bird is faster and more responsive. But again, balls out speed is not what the Bird is about. It handles like a dream either on the open road swallowing up long sweeping corners and is just as happy and as easy to manage around town (try that on a cumbersome ZZR or overweight Busa).

A bike needs to be fit for it's intended purpose whether its riding balls out with a razor blade up your arse and sore wrists after a couple of hours or all day long cruising on one of the worlds most powerful machines in comfort.

Each to their own.……

[Blakamin]

Dont stress on it BB, some people can only ride in a straight line.....

[Skunk]

As a cost cutting measure (because we all want cheaper stuff) nobody holds stock of anything. If you all would only pay more they would have the parts in stock.

[DarkDream]

And perhaps your just a KNOB END.


Nah - no "perhaps" about it.

And I don't need to rely on having some big penis extension and showing off to people like you do, in order to have self esteem and self worth. I don't need to show off what I own and what I can do to feel good about myself or to get respect.

Maybe you shouldn't get so concerned about an electronic comment then? Hmmmm....fool you with Jedi mind tricks I will young skywalker......jeez hurry up friday.

[Firefight]

Maybe you shouldn't get so concerned about an electronic comment then? Hmmmm....fool you with Jedi mind tricks I will young skywalker......jeez hurry up friday.

slow day man ?

F/F

[mattt]

Can you imagine cage drivers doing the same thing........wearing F1 outfits to drive to work or when hooning on the weekend?

[**R1**]

And perhaps your just a KNOB END.


Nah - no "perhaps" about it.

And I don't need to rely on having some big penis extension and showing off to people like you do, in order to have self esteem and self worth. I don't need to show off what I own and what I can do to feel good about myself or to get respect.

Your a riot aint ya well whot ever it is you think your doing now for respect...... it aint working. and what is the deal with guys that have lil bikes??? the first thing that pops outa there mouth (other than their boyfrnds cock) is some sht bout penis size, i thnk it penis envy.

[vifferman]

and what is the deal with guys that have lil bikes??? the first thing that pops outa there mouth (other than their boyfrnds cock) is some sht bout penis size, i thnk it penis envy.

You're assuming, of course, that farq2 has a small capacity bike. For all you know, he could have some large capacity machine.
Conversely, if someone has "R1" or "GSXR1000" or "ZZR1200" or "HD FXZPQRST" in their profile, there's no guarantee that that's what they've got either. :spudwhat:

[Storm]

And whatever happened to "its not what you've got , its how you use it ?"