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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
Goldwings are not top heavy, where you see a gas tank, well it's not there, it's much lower, the center of gravity on them is very low to make them handle better and they do!
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Originally Posted by edgeprod
Ride a Goldwing ... it's not as top-heavy as you'd imagine. Now, picking one UP isn't all that fun .... but you shouldn't do doing that more than once anyway.
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To be honest I've never ridden a Gold Wing, but a couple years ago I sat on one that had the full tour pack and the "Mama's Throne" passenger seat, it just felt too big and bulky, kind of like I was sitting on the Road Dog, leaning it to the left and right a few times just reinforced my dislike for the way the bike felt. It just did not feel "right" to me.
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Originally Posted by edgeprod
The F6B actually has a very sport-bike feel to it (to me), and defeats the whole cruiser idea.
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I haven't seen one close up yet, my local dealer hasn't had one in when I was there, but looking at the pictures I think this bike is much more touring than sport oriented, the seating position, handlebar location and footpeg placement all look to me to be a very relaxed type of ride, I'll need to get on one before I make up my mind about the bike in general.
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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
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I'm a Harley owner, I like Harleys and will own one for a very long time to come.
A new CVO Road Glide can run up to $35k, the F6b starts around $20k.
I've kind of decided against another Harley for a Touring bike mostly because I would have to get rid of the one I have now to help pay for the new one.
I'd rather get a jap touring bike for the long rides and keep my Dyna to piss off the neighbors
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
The secret to picking up a bike is to turn away from it squat down and grab it from behind your but and squat up with it.
Just in case someone might not know that!
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Originally Posted by edgeprod
Wow, shit! I've never tried that .. but then again, I have only needed to pick a bike up very rarely, thank goodness.
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Skip to 2:10, mineistaken you should watch this, you kind of "walk" it up.
Make sure you have it in gear and if it's on it's right side have the kickstand down, if it's on it's left side move very slowly when you are nearing vertical, it can get a bit nerve-wracking.
