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Well,
After reading many topics it has become apparent that I am not the only Goldwing owner to also own an R1.
Recent Bikes go like this GL1200/Thunderace, GL1200/ZX9RE2, GL1500/R1(03), GL1500/R1(04), I could go back more than 4 years but then it would start reading like war and peace.
I find it amusing the amount of times that I have read 'handles like a sportsbike' in reference to the GL1800. Take my word for it - IT DOESN'T.
I have ridden bikes (and fell off quite a few) since 13. I have had fun out riding with my friends and then equally I've had some fun while in hospital (18th birthday in hospital with a broken back with mates bringing in the alcohol which went down extremely well with the morphine and nurses).
Modern sportsbikes can be considered nothing like the sportsbikes of old. If when statements are made of the GL1800 handling like a sportsbike they refer to the like of the Z1, KH750, GT750, CB750 of the seventies then there lies the truth. If on the otherhand references are being made to modern state of the art sportsbikes then I wholeheartedly have to have my say.
So how many of you fellow Goldwing owners are going to admit to owning a sportsbike?
Steve
Well,
After reading many topics it has become apparent that I am not the only Goldwing owner to also own an R1.
Recent Bikes go like this GL1200/Thunderace, GL1200/ZX9RE2, GL1500/R1(03), GL1500/R1(04), I could go back more than 4 years but then it would start reading like war and peace.
I find it amusing the amount of times that I have read 'handles like a sportsbike' in reference to the GL1800. Take my word for it - IT DOESN'T.
I have ridden bikes (and fell off quite a few) since 13. I have had fun out riding with my friends and then equally I've had some fun while in hospital (18th birthday in hospital with a broken back with mates bringing in the alcohol which went down extremely well with the morphine and nurses).
Modern sportsbikes can be considered nothing like the sportsbikes of old. If when statements are made of the GL1800 handling like a sportsbike they refer to the like of the Z1, KH750, GT750, CB750 of the seventies then there lies the truth. If on the otherhand references are being made to modern state of the art sportsbikes then I wholeheartedly have to have my say.
So how many of you fellow Goldwing owners are going to admit to owning a sportsbike?
Steve