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| Posted: Wed Jul 21st, 2010 03:08 am | 101st Post |
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People are complaining that the wings is to big and heavy. ST1300 is lighter answer. And talk about mods!! Only a Harley rider spends more than a Goldwing ridder on extras to biolt on. Bottom line Honda is not going backwards and building a small wing. If you want something smaller, impervise!!
____________________ 1981 GL1100 Std (now belongs to my son) 2004 Honda Shadow Aero 750 wife (Better Half) 1999 GL1500 SE named Gypsi (wife claim it for trike) 2000 GL1500 Valkyrie red & black 2006 GL 1800 (red of course) |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21st, 2010 05:13 am | 102nd Post |
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While I'm sure the ST1300 is a great bike, it's no GL and never will be. My wife simply refuses to even try sitting on the ST1300 so that's an immediate deal breaker. They're 2 totally different classes of bike and they appeal to different types of people. Not everyone needs or wants a Sport Touring bike. Some will want a sport bike, some will want a touring bike, some will want a sporty bike that tours and some will want a touring bike that's sporty. Why do you try to take away our options by suggesting the ST1300 could be a smaller Wing? A modernized GL1000-1200 taking advantage of all of today's light weight materials, aerodynamics and electronics would be the cat's a$$ IMHO. I don't NEED to go 0-60 in under 4 secs or 125mph+. Those things could be left for the big 'Wing. Give me a comfortable cruising speed of 75-80mph and 50-55mpg with 300 mile range and it's nirvana.
____________________ Willy "Grumpa" Pichler '08 GL1800 yeah baby! |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 2nd, 2010 06:24 am | 103rd Post |
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Grumpa wrote: While I'm sure the ST1300 is a great bike, it's no GL and never will be. My wife simply refuses to even try sitting on the ST1300 so that's an immediate deal breaker. They're 2 totally different classes of bike and they appeal to different types of people. Not everyone needs or wants a Sport Touring bike. Some will want a sport bike, some will want a touring bike, some will want a sporty bike that tours and some will want a touring bike that's sporty. Why do you try to take away our options by suggesting the ST1300 could be a smaller Wing? I'll take the same bike! It's kind of a pain knowing my wife's TDI will spank my GL1200 bad, in the fuel mileage category.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 3rd, 2010 04:06 pm | 104th Post |
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Wouldn't the NT700 fill this need? It's basically a slimmed down ST1300.
____________________ 1982 GL500i Silverwing NO! Try not. Do or do not do. There is no try - Yoda |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 3rd, 2010 04:24 pm | 105th Post |
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Bri-Guy-GA wrote: Wouldn't the NT700 fill this need? It's basically a slimmed down ST1300.Why is it so difficult for people to understand that a Goldwing isn't an ST1300 or NT700 or any other sport-touring bike. The Goldwing has always been a TOURING bike. The 1800 just happens to also be sporty but it's not and was never designed to be a sport-touring bike as far as I know. Go back to the GL1200, update the style and build material and you have a winner. Get the Silverwing name back from the scooter and then you have 2 touring bikes, Goldwing for the sporty crowd and Silverwing for the go far crowd. BTW, the NT700 is a nice looking bike but from the look of the back seat my wife wouldn't sit on that any more than the ST1300. Last edited on Tue Aug 3rd, 2010 04:25 pm by Grumpa ____________________ Willy "Grumpa" Pichler '08 GL1800 yeah baby! |
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