Who says Goldwings can't do jumps?

[Sully60]

I recall video of a group of individuals (who shall remain nameless) aboard Valkries (sp) off road - full paniers and everything!

Remember when Riverstone Terraces previously Craigs Flat was not full of houses and paved roads......lol! Best piece of footage I ever saw!

They're cool bikes but useless in the ruts

Fanks babe thats a good find.

[BIHB@0610]

Woo Hoo!!! The ex and I used to be in the Gold Wing Riders club - never saw anyone do anything like that!

Just had to share this ...... a Gold Wing quad .....

[BIHB@0610]

Oh my god, and this .......

[MattRSK]

[awayatc]

On a (gold) wing and a prayer.....

[Meekey_Mouse]

Oh my god, and this .......

hahaha... Goldwings and full race leathers just don't go! Even if they are doing wheelies

Cool pic though, I wonder how hard it is to get them to balance

[Rhino]

hahaha... Goldwings and full race leathers just don't go! Even if they are doing wheelies

Cool pic though, I wonder how hard it is to get them to balance

Not too hard. They follow the same laws of physics as other bikes. While they weigh 400kg, the C of G is really low. Two up wheelies are easy.

[Disco Dan]

hahaha... Goldwings and full race leathers just don't go! Even if they are doing wheelies

Cool pic though, I wonder how hard it is to get them to balance

I've found bigger bikes tend to be easier to balance at low speeds - centre of gravity etc

The ZX11 on the other hand.. well they designed it backwards - making it handle best at high speeds then working backwords.

[MDR2]

Wheelies too..

RIP Ronnie Smith, he was a mad bastard
The two pictures of him stuck in my mind are of him pulling that wheelie and of him all crossed up coming out of a round about front wheel in the air at an un recoverable lean angle.... he didn't recover it.

[Cr1MiNaL]

mikkel i think we need a vector diagram

the force of landing must surely be equal and opposite to the force of taking off?

as in if it can get airborne then it can get unairborne.

OR

the force on the bike preflight must be equal to the force on the bike post flight?

therefore i conclude that landing it can only be as dangerous as launching it, the rider has launched it so it follows that the rider can land it.

and that just goes to show that physics defies all common sense!

[zeocen]

Apologies if this a repost...I did do a search! PROMISE

I don't doubt they can jump! But that particular pic is a photoshop.

[Mikkel]

Wheelies too..

He looks almost scared - I would be.

and that just goes to show that physics defies all common sense!

TBH I think it is the other way around - 'common' sense defies physics...

[Dave-]

He looks almost scared - I would be.



TBH I think it is the other way around - 'common' sense defies physics...

common knowledge defies logic though.

[90s]

So its true .... Wide boys CAN jump.

There's a Youtube somewhere of several Goldwings in California giving it some and scraping the panniers - like in the Valkyrie clip. They are fully cranked over and its very impressive riding.
At RRRS Finn was telling me they did a special sess for the Golwings owners club and had the whole lot doing the hard countersteer 180deg turn, and it looked pretty scary and impressive to see tons of metal on the lean like that.

[Matt_TG]

So its true .... Wide boys CAN jump.

There's a Youtube somewhere of several Goldwings in California giving it some and scraping the panniers - like in the Valkyrie clip. They are fully cranked over and its very impressive riding.

Here you go: