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#26
Former Harley loyalist here. The next bike will be a Honda Goldwing or BMW K 1600 GTL.
 
#27
#27
hog88 said:
Former Harley loyalist here. The next bike will be a Honda Goldwing or BMW K 1600 GTL.
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I watched a YouTube of a 70 year old man rip through the dragon on a goldwing. Sparks flying everywhere. He could ride
 
#28
#28
Obsessed said:
Trying to get him killed? :)


Way to much bike for a beginner. Hell any of the new 600cc sport bikes are too much. They will throttle up a wheelie. No clutch needed. I will say though. The sport bikes are much safer bikes.



Flame away.
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I was being facetious. He'd be a splattering of ground chuck on the interstate.
 
#30
#30
Obsessed said:
The new ones will run 100+
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The old ones did too. When I was stationed at Ft Stewart I would let my buddy sometimes use my car in exchange for his bike on the weekends. His girl lived in Savanah & he wanted something to take her out in. Me & few other guys would take off to savanah, tybee, statesboro etc & going up 119 it was pretty much a straight shot for about 20 miles. I had his 250 at 120+ & that was enough for me.
 
#31
#31
Obsessed said:
I watched a YouTube of a 70 year old man rip through the dragon on a goldwing. Sparks flying everywhere. He could ride
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Don't encourage more Goldwing riders to come out to the dragon. They are on par if not worse than the Harley's and campers for not pulling over.
 
#33
#33
Nerd-Vol said:
Don't encourage more Goldwing riders to come out to the dragon. They are on par if not worse than the Harley's and campers for not pulling over.
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I would love to take my car down it. In the mean time though the pig trail will have to do.
 
#34
#34
Nerd-Vol said:
Don't encourage more Goldwing riders to come out to the dragon. They are on par if not worse than the Harley's and campers for not pulling over.
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Easy. I still have the claw marks from my wife from the last time I took her. I would be offended for someone to need me to pull over.
 
#37
#37
Obsessed said:
I'd rather have a 500 pound bike on me than a 1200 pound bike on me. The simple fact that if you can't make a corner on a big bike your screwed. Sport bike. Lean harder and give it fuel. It will make it. They do brake better and handle better. But like anything else " personal responsibility" when riding.
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The part about cornering is accurate, but inexperienced riders are going to jam the brakes on a sport bike and won't make the corner anyway.

I don't know about the braking. I'd hesitate to just assume that without seeing testing. Your C.O.M. tends to be considerably higher on a sport bike.

Motorcycles have slightly worse braking than cars for the average rider.
 
#38
#38
hog88 said:
Easy. I still have the claw marks from my wife from the last time I took her. I would be offended for someone to need me to pull over.
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All hanky-panky aside, that is the problem with most people who refuse to move over.

They are offended that someone would want to go faster than they are.
 
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#39
volger said:
Nice generalization. I am 0% of your statement. The only HD gear I have are 3 tshirts. One from here, my hometown, and a tie dyed one I got in Honolulu.

I would have probably stated "Some Harley owners are the worst type of people." But you could say that about any type of group.
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Sorry. Let's compromise.

Most Harley owners are the worst type of people.
 
#42
#42
Thrasher865 said:
The part about cornering is accurate, but inexperienced riders are going to jam the brakes on a sport bike and won't make the corner anyway.

I don't know about the braking. I'd hesitate to just assume that without seeing testing. Your C.O.M. tends to be considerably higher on a sport bike.

Motorcycles have slightly worse braking than cars for the average rider.
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It was interesting, I was reading a debate on another site about this. Many argue that due to quicker response time on a motorcycle they do stop quicker.

Biker Aware - Safer Road Sharing
 
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#46
Nerd-Vol said:
It was interesting, I was reading a debate on another site about this. Many argue that due to quicker response time on a motorcycle they do stop quicker.

Biker Aware - Safer Road Sharing
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Perception/reaction time varies by rider, conditions, etc. That's a pointless argument. I was talking braking distance, not overall stopping distance.

Why would an alert rider have a quicker reaction time than an alert driver?
 
#47
#47
Nerd-Vol said:
All hanky-panky aside, that is the problem with most people who refuse to move over.

They are offended that someone would want to go faster than they are.
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I understand that complety. That is why my next bike will be a Goldwing or BMW, bikes are ment to be ridden not for tooling around holding up traffic. Both handle like a dream and I'm too old for a true cafe style bike, plus I like to take the long rides.
 
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