Hello all.
We just put in our order last evening for a new Goldwing. We should get it laster this week. I took a demonstrator for a short ride yesterday and it was quite nice but it will take a bit to get used to handling it at stop signs, etc. (Any recommendations besides "practice"?)
My wife and I are looking forward to it, especially once I get enough experience on it for her to ride along.
I had a Honda CB-750K from '85-02. Sold it when I retired and started riding horses (motorcycles are safer than horses in my personal experience!). We got the itch to get back into motorcycles. I picked up a '92 Nighthawk to get started with rather than jumping in to the big bike right away. That 53 mpg is nice, LOL.
We are hoping to do some day trips and possibly haul the GW behind our motorhome for long trips and use it for local exploring. We might do some multi day trips with the GW, we will have to see. I have never been comfortable riding in the rain, that's an issue for longer trips.
What perked my interest was seeing an ad for a used ST1300. Sharp looking bike but more power and speed than I want and my wife wanted the comfort of the GW. She wants to be able to fall asleep back there
Why travel if you're going to sleep!
We live in a rural area with lots of nice low traffic roads to ride. Some of the roads though probably are more suited to a sport bike! I may end up leaving them to the Nighthawk. Literally, I've heard that the one nearby state route (Ohio 763) is used by Ford as a test track for suspensions, it's so bad!
Ken
We just put in our order last evening for a new Goldwing. We should get it laster this week. I took a demonstrator for a short ride yesterday and it was quite nice but it will take a bit to get used to handling it at stop signs, etc. (Any recommendations besides "practice"?)
My wife and I are looking forward to it, especially once I get enough experience on it for her to ride along.
I had a Honda CB-750K from '85-02. Sold it when I retired and started riding horses (motorcycles are safer than horses in my personal experience!). We got the itch to get back into motorcycles. I picked up a '92 Nighthawk to get started with rather than jumping in to the big bike right away. That 53 mpg is nice, LOL.
We are hoping to do some day trips and possibly haul the GW behind our motorhome for long trips and use it for local exploring. We might do some multi day trips with the GW, we will have to see. I have never been comfortable riding in the rain, that's an issue for longer trips.
What perked my interest was seeing an ad for a used ST1300. Sharp looking bike but more power and speed than I want and my wife wanted the comfort of the GW. She wants to be able to fall asleep back there
Why travel if you're going to sleep!We live in a rural area with lots of nice low traffic roads to ride. Some of the roads though probably are more suited to a sport bike! I may end up leaving them to the Nighthawk. Literally, I've heard that the one nearby state route (Ohio 763) is used by Ford as a test track for suspensions, it's so bad!
Ken
