Honda Goldwing - opinions?

[sleemanj]

Cant be naffed finding the link but theres a well watched video of a bloke doing Deals Gap on a Goldwing faster than most on anything.

[Richard Mc F]

Do a 1000km on one and it all falls into place, they handle disturbingly well, when you get the suspension set properly the pegs and stand hitting the ground are just a warning that harder bits will follow, they are stable at these angles yet can be flicked from peg to peg in the twisties, in fact pegs are consumables like tyres and brake pads

Not too good for lane splitting

No better bike from the pasengers point of veiw, I like the mph speedo, the missus thinks a few scrapes @ 70 to 90 indicated are ok ( she thinks it was in kmh )

[98tls]

Seen it.
No offense, but so what? It seems to me it's in the same category as truck racing: just because people do it, doesn't mean it's necessarily a good idea. There are other things better suited to the task.

Well if like me you ride a bike for fun then thats what,he seems to be having fun and doing it on a motorcycle albeit one that many would consider better suited to other tasks.No doubt part of his fun is yelling at riders of better suited to the task motorcycles 'get outta my way sprotbike rider im touring on my truck'.

[hospitalfood]

i would go for one of these

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-235739876.htm

[Pedrostt500]

There was a pic of a wing being jumped, it had a fair bit of air between its tyres and the road, some good person may find it and post a link.

[xgnr]

Last couple of Grand Challenges (1000 miles in 24 Hrs) there are at least two that attend on Goldwings.

They seem handle well and the bloody headlights are just a delight to ride behind (should be illegal they are so bright).

Not my cup of tea but seem to be solid and comfy!

[98tls]

Last couple of Grand Challenges (1000 miles in 24 Hrs) there are at least two that attend on Goldwings.

They seem handle well and the bloody headlights are just a delight to ride behind (should be illegal they are so bright).

Not my cup of tea but seem to be solid and comfy!

Maybe flogging a dead horse here but will add like most motorcycles very quick if ridden well.

[xgnr]

Maybe flogging a dead horse here but will add like most motorcycles very quick if ridden well.

Indeed they are well ridden, a few sparks from various hard bits hitting the deck through the twisty's and lumpy bits slows them down a tad tho'

[Griffin]

Didnt expect such a good response so quickly lol.

Thanks for the feedback - I may have to have a look at some of the other suggested models in the flesh to get an idea of how they compare size wise etc.

Duckonin - I still have the C50T - love the bike but when it comes to 2 up touring I think there are better options. Would love to keep the C50T for the daily stuff tho... and the B.O.A.R.S rides of course

[hospitalfood]

check this mcn touring bike comparison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYUbURkdvnY

has a victory, electraglide, goldwing and K1200LT

[hospitalfood]

had another thought about this, it is obvious I support the K1200LT but there is possibly a disadvantage with BMW. the servicing.

not sure about service on the other options but I do know with a modern BMW you need to get the serious stuff down by the pro's.
I think the ABS is prone to issues if not properly serviced, I think it invovles plugging it into a service computer. if the ABS dies you are looking at a few grand to sort it. i don't know heaps about it but i think it is worth looking into to get the facts.

despite that IMO the BMW K1200LT is a serious contender. the germans seem to take things seriously when it comes to designing and building bikes.

[duckonin]

Didnt expect such a good response so quickly lol.

Thanks for the feedback - I may have to have a look at some of the other suggested models in the flesh to get an idea of how they compare size wise etc.

Duckonin - I still have the C50T - love the bike but when it comes to 2 up touring I think there are better options. Would love to keep the C50T for the daily stuff tho... and the B.O.A.R.S rides of course

Absolutely Griff, a lot of way better bikes around. Our main aim is to tour with a kick back attitude, we miss nothing, others on tour just want to do the k's, ours is stop, start, camp pick the mushrooms, swim ect ect and rallys,did I say rallys? so the litle C50T is ideal for us at least for the time, may move to the 1500 when this bike has done the 100,000 k's...So have to start thinking about that now...

[xgnr]

had another thought about this, it is obvious I support the K1200LT but there is possibly a disadvantage with BMW. the servicing.

despite that IMO the BMW K1200LT is a serious contender. the germans seem to take things seriously when it comes to designing and building bikes.

I do all my own servicing on the Beemer and I ain't no mechanic . I think that if you have problems then you might need to take it in for diagnosis etc but apart from that the 10k services are straight forward.

IMHO the Beemers are some of the the best tourers (but I am biased) my mate rides a Honda ST1300 and I hate to admit that it is a great bike for the Km's we do (30,000+ PA).

cheers

Stu

[hospitalfood]

I do all my own servicing on the Beemer and I ain't no mechanic . I think that if you have problems then you might need to take it in for diagnosis etc but apart from that the 10k services are straight forward.

IMHO the Beemers are some of the the best tourers (but I am biased) my mate rides a Honda ST1300 and I hate to admit that it is a great bike for the Km's we do (30,000+ PA).

cheers

Stu

think i may be a bit biased myself

[Warren]

The big scooters make ok tourers and are very comfortable for long distance as you can move around a bit more (legs etc). They don't come close to a goldwing though. Here is a link to one I found on trademe to illustrate.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-236304411.htm