I’ll not argue that a CB600RR is a touring bike, but I’d argue that this BMW does EVERYTHING better than a Goldwing.
This is missing the point of a Goldwing.
Of course ,.but you must have drive a Gold Wing to understand what they’re capable of,.they haven’t been manufacturers for 45 years for no reason.
For example:
A friend who is good at driving Gold Wings,.when he drove against sports-bikes on a race-track.
The sport-bikes were faster on the straights,.but he took them on the inside of the curves…exactly,on the inside.
So easy to handle is a Gold Wing.
These are two completely different bikes,.which fill two completely different needs of the owner.
I’d rather drive this below over the Stelvio-Pass in northern Italy…
…with Tom Petty’s record ‘Free Falling’,.on high volume on the stereo…than this below…
•This above fills certainly other needs for some.
But the feeling of running a Gold Wing,.and being a Gold Wing-driver is so much greater in me,that feeling is really special.
Being able to get on the bike in Boden at 5 in the morning,.and between 12-13 hours later,after 1480 km get off the bike in Helsingborg at my friend’s.
And this without being tired in the body,.that is Gold Wing feeling .
/Peder🙂
No. Not in any practical sense, anyway. Designed for comfortable and effortless long-distance cruising.
Then the sports-bike riders didn’t know what they were doing. There’s no Goldwing that would ever have out-cornered me at the track. They simply cannot get the lean angle required for fast cornering.
Jeez, I can scarcely imagine a bike I’d like to ride LESS on the Stelvio… Maybe a Harley? A custom chopper?
You have to be kidding me ,.do we looking at the same pictures.
Poor passenger,.who must be sitting behind the driver on this BMW.
It is hardly…
“Designed for comfortable and effortless long-distance cruising”.
And it lacks personality,.imagine that as a passenger,sit for 1480 km on that bike…
Oh My God .
I’ve borrowed and driven a lot of BMW bikes on the Autobahn,.they’re not even close to a Gold Wing if we’re talking…
“Designed for comfortable and effortless long-distance cruising”.
Sorry,.it’s just to accepting the facts.
/Peder🙂
It was an example to show how easy a Gold Wing is to drive.
But since you never seem to have drive any modern Gold Wing,.it’s pointless to continue the discussion.
But to increase the ability to curve-take,.you just pump up the air shock-absorbers with the built-in compressor.
Thats what my friend did.
Maybe you are better than them,.but these sport-bike drivers were really good
Anyway,.I don’t care…
/Peder🙂
As I said before,.you lack the experience of this that I have.
That is why there is no point in discussing this.
Example: I overtook some sports-bike drivers on a gravel-road,.they dared not drive faster than about 80-90 km per hour on this gravel-road.
I was driving at 120 km per hour,.and i also had a motorcycle-trailer attached to my Gold Wing.
So safe and easy are these bikes to drive.
But just like when cat345 drives his Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic,.or I my Gold Wing,or someone else his off-road.
It’s the total experience/feeling for each person that matters.
/Peder🙂
Not by me you wouldn’t. I nod/wave at any two wheeled rider. Has to be said they do look a bit surprised sometimes - especially when I am in the car.
Peder and Winky, there is no need to argue about the type of motorbike you would have as any real biker would instantly adapt to it’s ride, no matter what it is
That being said, there are Harleys, then there is the rest…
Cat345,.
I totally agree with you,.and I couldn’t have said it better.
/Peder🙂
What you can and cannot do on a specific type of motorcycle is something I’ve witnessed quite a bit with over 45 years of riding many different bikes. On the one hand it’s surprising how well an experienced rider can ‘ride around’ the limitations of a machine that’s not designed or equipped to go very fast. I’m thinking of a local guy who was a pretty quick rider on a 750F1 Honda and then traded it in for an early model Gold Wing (no fairings or luggage on it). He could hustle that big tank along pretty quickly, but his secret was in maintaining as high an average speed as he possibly could. Smaller, sportier bikes could pass him, but they would struggle to shake him off.
Fast forward a good few years and I had the same experience with another capable rider. We were at a track day, he was riding a CBR1000 (an early pre-fireblade model) and I had an early R6. I sat behind him for about 6 laps and figured I wouldn’t be able to get past him unless I got close enough to out-brake into the hairpin corner. In the end I realised that his work-rate was a lot higher than mine due to the weight and bulk of his bike. All I had to do was wait until he could no longer maintain that pace - which was only another couple of laps.
A few years later I got my first 250 Aprilia. It is a capable enough bike on the road, but keeping up with big sports bikes is tough unless traffic is light and momentum can be maintained. On the track however, where its cornering potential can be fully exploited, it can put in lap times that leave you in no doubt that it designed and equipped to be extremely suited to that single purpose.
Know the feeling!
Winky, not sure if it’s the photo, but that engine cylinder looks to be leaning forward a great deal. Not seen such an inclination before
Nice touch to lighten the thread
That’s a beauty. Makes me think of the old montessa bikes from my youth. Never ridden one but would love to try.
Tasty, and very colour coordinated.