Motorcyclist Magazine douchebaggery - the Goldwing

[atadaskew]

In the continuing saga of Motorcyclist Magazine douchebaggery...

Performance stats for the Honda Goldwing:

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/roadtests/122_1110_bmw_k1600gtl_vs_honda_gl1800_gold_wing/tech_specifications.html

Corrected 1/4-mile: 12.12 sec. @ 120.23 mph

The Wing traps at 120.23mph?!!!

 

[sammyseaman]

Why is a motorcycle magazine testing a Goldwing?  

[atadaskew]

Why is a motorcycle magazine testing a Goldwing?  

It was that or an FJR

[rgbeard]

It was that or an FJR

They decided to go with the more sporting of the vehicles.

[jfurf]

Why is a motorcycle magazine testing a Goldwing?  

Seriously. Might as well start writing reviews of this year's new hybrid crossover minivans, too.  

[sammyseaman]

  938# and $28,500   Jebus! Why didn't they at least compare it to a Spyder?

[DredheadV2.0]

OK, I've rented a GL1800 before, on a visit to Vegas.  Yes, it's a lumbering barge about town.  But it's actually very much like riding a motorcycle out on the backroads - it went around curves and stuff by countersteering!  And its accelerated rather well.

I can't say I'd never own one; there may come a time that I walk around in black socks and tennis shoes and wear a fanny pack as well.  When you get to a point in life where you no longer care about how you look and just want to be comfortable, therein lies the Wing.

[atadaskew]

So, no-one else finds the made up fantasy land performance numbers amusing?

[Hambonee]

So, no-one else finds the made up fantasy land performance numbers amusing?

I find the bike amusing period. Really, at this point, get a convertable.

I have bad visions of some rider Fing around with all those damn buttons on this oversized beast and then plowing through some pedestrians or something trying to figure out which of the 100 or so dodads they should be pushing to turn up the stereo...

"OH!..there it is!!"...BAMMO!

[sammyseaman]

I find the bike amusing period. Really, at this point, get a convertable.

I have bad visions of some rider Fing around with all those damn buttons on this oversized beast and then plowing through some pedestrians or people waiting in line at the ice cream stand while trying to figure out which of the 100 or so dodads they should be pushing to turn up the stereo...

"OH!..there it is!!"...BAMMO!

FTFY  

[scottzilla]

So, no-one else finds the made up fantasy land performance numbers amusing?

Maybe it's a typo?  
You live in Cali, go ask them.

[1KPerDay]

What's wrong with the numbers?

[Liquidsilver]

+1.
 
It's Motorcyclist, not Sport Rider.   Get over it!  

[The Shepherd]

Yeah, what is wrong with those numbers?

When I took one for a test spin, it trucked right along. Once you got it out of first gear, which is only good for parking lots, it bombed right along. Now we didn't do 1/4 mile runs or take it up to 180kph+ but my old V-Strom would do that speed in 4th gear.

100+ ft/lbs of torque gets you moving in a hurry....and very smoothly too.

[Joey Stalin]

I'm 32 and I would love to have a Wing. It holds the same attraction as old man cars like the Detroit land barges of the 70's and 80's. Or a Buick Roadmaster. A 4300 pound vehicle with an LS1 and air suspension makes for an awesome cruiser.

[bomber]

I don't see those numbers are too terribly off -- getting into the 12s isn't that big a deal, and a buck twenty, with that engine, isn't surprising

[sammyseaman]

 

[Justin]

Doesn't seem that much higher than tests I had seen for the last generation

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/119/802/Motorcycle-Article/2005-Honda-Goldwing.aspx

[atadaskew]

Doesn't seem that much higher than tests I had seen for the last generation

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/119/802/Motorcycle-Article/2005-Honda-Goldwing.aspx

Yes it is:

tripped through the quarter-mile in 12.40 at 109.4 mph.

109mph vs 120mph!!!

Plus the older generation made more power.

Posted on: September 14, 2011, 02:59:22 PM

I don't see those numbers are too terribly off -- getting into the 12s isn't that big a deal, and a buck twenty, with that engine, isn't surprising

A 940lb bike with 95 hp is not going to go 120 in the 1/4

[Rincewind]

I have ridden the new 2012 GL1800 and it can hustle very well.  I'm very surprised it outperformed the BMW.

But i don't think that exit speed sounds right either.  My Street Triple achieves about that same speed at around a second quicker.  The Goldwing quarter mile speed should be 10-15mph less from other tests I've read.