2012 Honda Goldwing is cool!
You might one day want to drive one of these beauties.
It has an 1820cc engine and plenty of power on the highway as well as any other road that you are commanding.
Yes, commanding, as this bike can do more than most bikes ever built.
I have ridden a Goldwing 1500 for 817 miles in a day and this baby is even more comfortable than my 1500 for long distance as it has all that you would want on it.
Can you imagine a motorcycle with a GPS, air pump (built in) a CB radio, a regular AM/FM radio a heating system for the rider and DC outlets to power the heated riding clothes, and a lot more.
On the highway I can tell you that It can get you where you are going and you can stay relatively dry in a rain as the windshield pushes the rain over you head while you are riding and you are in a sort of a bubble of dry area.
The front of the bike is also designed to keep water from your legs.
When you stop moving forward you will get wet on your clothes and what ever part of your body is showing to the sky however.
Well there is so much more but I vote this to be the #1 bike so far.
If you like a loud bike then this is not for you as the Honda bikes are generally much quieter than other bikes who like loud pipes blaring as they cruise past you .
Kawasaki 440 LTD.
This is a cool bike for a small person.
It would work for a larger person but the speed on the highway is just a bit slow. and it is lighweight for high speed. It is a great bike to ride though!
One cool thing that I like is that it has a belt to drive it rather than a chain drive.
The belt will last a long time and you should change it I would guess every 50,000 miles.
This bike is light and easy to ride for small men and women yet has power for their size when they are first starting to ride.
The guy that owned this bike weighed around 240 lbs and it did fine on most roads other than the highway trying to pass a semi who was really cruising.
After the time passes when they are learning to ride things can change, you could want a heavier bike. I know a woman who weighs about 120 lbs and rides a Honda Goldwing 1500.
So weight is not a problem once you get the hang of riding.
A chain drive is common on other bikes and yet best of all is the drive shaft used on Honda Goldwings
About motorcycles all over the world.
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Today we are starting off with a
Honda Goldwing from back in 1980.
The bike was made in Japan and has been altered. You might not see the difference.
Notice the water bottle holder on the left handle bar!
After selling the bike I learned more about it than what I knew before because it was my first Goldwing.
Someone had removed some of the air pump elements in the rear of the bike but it still ran like any regular Goldwing.
I never knew the difference thinking that it was like it should be.
It is a great bike but you have to be tall enough to reach the ground with your feet just about flat on the ground when you stop because it is heavy - about 800 - 875 lbs.
When you are trying to hold up that much weight it is simple enough when it is straight up. as long as your legs are long enough to lay your feet down pretty much flat on the ground.
If you stop in a turn, the weight shifts to one side and you are holding all of the weight as well as the weight of you and your passenger up and the more the angle is the more weight you will have to deal with until you drop the bike.
Start to add the pounds up and you will see why you have to be tall enough to hold it up.
A Honda Goldwing from back in 1980 is a dream to ride on the highway as the weight and the power of the engine in this case 1100 cc's gives it all the strength that you would need to pass any normal driver and keep out of the way of the crazy ones at the last minute if need be.
The seats are so comfortable that you can ride more than 800 miles in one day stopping to gas up now and then and let's say to grab a bite to eat.
It is a very quiet bike when the motor is running as compared to most other copmpany's motorcycles engines and muffler systems.. It uses a drive shaft rather than a chain or belt for power to the wheel.
The trip was to go to the Woodstock area museum called the Bethel Woods museum and see a concert called the Hippiefest that was going on there.
This pic is near a lake in a nearby town.
2012 Honda Goldwing is cool!
