Hi,
The wife rides on the GoldWing 1800 (2009) very seldom, maybe three, four times a year. It should be more often, that's why I bought this monster, I have a BMW also, but we won't go there
Anyhow, I hear the same complaint from her after a ride (on the Thruway). When we travel on the 65 mph roads, I typically do 70 - 72 mph, which is with 90% of the normal traffic flow, a lot pass me by. I've never had a speeding ticket in over 40 years of riding.
But she complains that at 75, she gets buffeted back and forth. Probably I'm passing someone, or else she's a backseat driver who feels she has to watch the speedometer, and is misreading the actual speed,
She claims she has talked to other Goldwing women passengers, who say they get the same buffeting.
So I don't know if this is because she has never ridden a bike before, and expects a "car" type ride in the open air, or is there some truth to her complaint.
I suggested her helmet may be too loose, and may be giggling back and forth, but she says no, it's her whole upper body. Since I have always rode single until we bought the Wing, I wouldn't know.
Do your wives have this same complaint?
Thanks.
The wife rides on the GoldWing 1800 (2009) very seldom, maybe three, four times a year. It should be more often, that's why I bought this monster, I have a BMW also, but we won't go there
Anyhow, I hear the same complaint from her after a ride (on the Thruway). When we travel on the 65 mph roads, I typically do 70 - 72 mph, which is with 90% of the normal traffic flow, a lot pass me by. I've never had a speeding ticket in over 40 years of riding.
But she complains that at 75, she gets buffeted back and forth. Probably I'm passing someone, or else she's a backseat driver who feels she has to watch the speedometer, and is misreading the actual speed,
She claims she has talked to other Goldwing women passengers, who say they get the same buffeting.
So I don't know if this is because she has never ridden a bike before, and expects a "car" type ride in the open air, or is there some truth to her complaint.
I suggested her helmet may be too loose, and may be giggling back and forth, but she says no, it's her whole upper body. Since I have always rode single until we bought the Wing, I wouldn't know.
Do your wives have this same complaint?
Thanks.