Lean angle of GS

[Watcher]

There's always Yellow Wolf who rides The Tail of the Dragon on a Goldwing and passes sportbike riders.

[qcbaker]

I never understand those dudes that ride huge cruiser/touring bikes as if they were sportbikes. If you're gonna ride that hard, why not get a bike built for that kind of riding?

[Watcher]

I never understand those dudes that ride huge cruiser/touring bikes as if they were sportbikes. If you're gonna ride that hard, why not get a bike built for that kind of riding?

Comfort.

My manager rides an F6B almost daily and he's scraped engine covers cornering that thing.  Had a chance to ride it briefly, it's so well balanced that it doesn't handle like it's a massive Goldwing, but as for the seat and suspension and fairing and etc it totally rides like it's a massive Goldwing.

He rode it down the coast from Washington to Arizona (from the seller to his house) and had to buy new tires when he got here (tires were practically new when he bought the bike, allegedly).  I've never seen a cruiser/touring tire with so much rubber scrubbed off the shoulders, in his words "It's a bike that feels like a couch but has the power and handling to be ridden like a sportbike."  Said there's no better bike for, say, riding across the country to get to some amazing road and then actually riding said amazing road, as opposed to trailering down your bike and driving most of the trip.

[alpo]

One of my early track instructors rode an FJR. He rode it to the track, railed around the track on it and rode it home.

[qcbaker]

The FJR I can kind of understand, but the Goldwing is exactly what I'm talking about. Yes it's comfortable, but if you're riding so hard that you're scraping parts all the time, I feel like you should probably get a "sportier" sport-tourer (Ninja 1000, SuperDuke GT, etc.).

[alpo]

I've seen it, too. It's all about preference.   Some guys only want one bike that serves multiple purposes. When mama is out for a ride she wants comfort; when she's not there he really wants a sport bike. Regardless, you have to give them credit for really riding those beasts.

[qcbaker]

I've seen it, too. It's all about preference.   Some guys only want one bike that serves multiple purposes. When mama is out for a ride she wants comfort; when she's not there he really wants a sport bike. Regardless, you have to give them credit for really riding those beasts.

In my experience, if you can afford a Goldwing, you can afford 2 bikes lol.

But you're right, it is nothing if not impressive to see how hard those types of bikes can be pushed. Really shows how true it is that the rider is almost always the slowest part of the machine lol.

[alpo]

Indeed! If I could ride my bikes to their potential you'd see me on TV! 

[rscottlow]

Indeed! If I could ride my bikes to their potential you'd see me on TV! 

This is exactly why I'm in no hurry to get rid of the GS.