Video: Goldwing on the twisties

[Aufaber]

http://www.fouchsoftware.com/bike_page.htm

Check out the video's at the bottom of the page.. um.. thats a big bike..

-Aaron G>

[pinhead875]

If you haven't seen this, it's kinda scary...
crossin' the dyl, almost falling over...

What an old thread!

[Darklighter]

HOLY crap.....that dude has balls. man if u slid out on that.....u'd never git it back up if it wasn't too screwed up...what do those way...1500 lbs?

[Golden_Eternity]

Yeah, toad told me about a group ride he went on with a guy on a goldwing... Said the guy had sparks flying off his floorboards in every corner.

[Knightshade]

geez....what a dumbass...

[harbiho]

Stoopid! If you want to tear through the twisties like that, get a freeking bike that was meant to do so!!

[sadawson1]

The Goldwing is actually pretty sporty, albiet a little large than the average sportbike. If any of you have ever scene a Goldwing up close or ever ridden one you know that it is very easy to scrape that bike.

An older guy I work with has an '02 Golding and he has no problem keeping up me me on my 650 and another friend on his 1k.

[harbiho]

Originally posted by sadawson1
The Goldwing is actually pretty sporty, albiet a little large than the average sportbike. If any of you have ever scene a Goldwing up close or ever ridden one you know that it is very easy to scrape that bike.

An older guy I work with has an '02 Golding and he has no problem keeping up me me on my 650 and another friend on his 1k.

I don't doubt that it has the oooomph to keep up with the SV. Sporty enough for some decently nice long sweeping curves every now and then will be okay for that bike.

But to scrape the pegs while crossing the double yellow, not once but all throughout the video....I don't condone that crap.

BTW, notice the tennis shoes?:D

[sadawson1]

Yeah, the guy is definitely a dumbass, but at least we can make fun of him on the internet. Woo Hoo

[Tillers_Rule]

Looks like he nearly lost it over the ede about 45 seconds into the video. Not to entertaining of a video either.:rolleyes:

[cyclox]

!!!!!

Can you call a guy on a goldwing a squid?

Actually, this guy is a threat, given the frequency that he crosses over the double yellow. And not just a slight stray over the lines, there's at least one time that he's waaay over in the other lane. I wouldn't want to have a head-on collision with a goldwing while driving my car, let alone riding a bike.

[Karter18]

It's at least good to see that he has his protective tennis shoes and jeans on while he scrapes and crosses the double yellow line.

[Novadesigns]

Yeah this guy's a wannabe squid. ;)

On an interesting side note, my MSF instructor rides a big ol' metallic orange Goldwing and that man can turn that thing 180 in a single parking space. He's amazing. :)

[Jarasco]

Wha't wrong with this pic:
http://www.fouchsoftware.com/images/DSCF0383_Small.JPG

Leathers + tennis shoes = :squid:

[jwalstad]

Some other interesting pics from that guys site:
Head on collision between for rager and R1. Notice the "God is my CoPilot Licence Plate. Very Ironic.

http://www.fouchsoftware.com/images/CBR%20Pics/Truck.jpg

http://www.fouchsoftware.com/images/CBR%20Pics/CrashedR1.jpg

[GMAN]

Damn! Looks like a cannon ball went through the radiator. That crack on the windshield looks nasty. Was probably caused by the rider's head. :eek:

Do you know if the guy survived?

[NukleoN]

The Goldwing dude is being totally squidly for crossing the double yellow that much...he's easily putting the lives of others at risk. It's retarded to try and ride a big fat bike like that when you could get a proper weapon which won't scrape on every turn..sheesh...the worst thing is that he's crossing WAY over the yellow and still continues to push it.

[Old Dawg]

Not smart. When your dragging hard parts you have no where to go if you need to tighten up your turn to correct your line for whatever reason. Even hitting a dip or bump can unweight your tires and send you sliding. Gotta love them low tennis shoes.

Hint:
People if your gonna do something stupid don't show the world!

[slopoke-sv]

One of the groups I hang with welcomes riders of all types of bikes, from Harley Dynas to Gixxers. Unfortunately, they sometimes aren't very good about keeping a pace that accomodates the riders of the slower and less-tossable bikes. Once, a guy on a GoldWing--whom obviously had bought the hype about it handling "just like a 600 supersport"-- nearly ate it when he unloaded the suspension on the cylinder head around a tight hairpin. He swang wide and ended up in a ditch without injuring much more than his ego, thank God.

Bring the right tool for the job. It's possible to drive screws into a wall using a hammer, but doing so should impress no one.

[Roosh]

This is the funniest thread I've read on the board so far... :lol:

[Jerm]

This guy is pretty much a God over at the Gap, known to smoke the sportbikes.

"Link is down"

If someone saved it to their computer, please upload to....

http://www.yousendit.com/

Pretty much proves it's the rider, not the bike.

Sorry if it's a repost.

EDIT: :(

EDITx2: Found the vid, working on uploading now :)

EDITx3: Link now up :D

http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2OXV0QY6HOMG414NDZE36AZS7L

[Knightshade]

Originally posted by Jerm
Pretty much proves it's the rider, not the bike.



That's pretty much a given..or at least should be.

Impressive...the guy is kinda nuts..but it's impressive.

[Tillers_Rule]

I get sound but no pic:confused:

[Jerm]

Fixed the link, but guess it was pointless :|

...and how come the original didn't show up when I search *confused*

[Moolex]

is'nt this 1 part 1 (http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Riding-the-Dragon-Part-One)
part 2 (http://http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Riding-the-Dragon-Part-Two)

Thread (http://http://bbs.gwrra.org/board/messages/11/92110.html?1122695820)

[Dante]

Cool, I was on the Tail of the Dragon about 2 weeks after that video was made! It's great fun, definitely worth making the trip for!:love:

[deaner14er]

There's nothing remotely cool about a retard dragging the crap out of a goldwing. It is entertaining to see once. Just remember that guy is out there in the opposite lane when you consider blowing the double yellow on a blind corner. Yay.

[sandie]

another goldwing in the twisties video

http://thumbs.vidiac.com/D3E1DEDD-48F8-4493-A2D4-EE14ADDCA774.jpg (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/D3E1DEDD-48F8-4493-A2D4-EE14ADDCA774.htm)Click here to see Video (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/D3E1DEDD-48F8-4493-A2D4-EE14ADDCA774.htm)