Honda Big Announcement end of October 2017.

I sure wish I could add moderator(s) to my ignore list. Just doesn't seem fair that I can't. $484 billion would go a ways in a dividend increase but I'm not a shareholder so I don't care. Do wish I would've shorted HMC in 2014 though.

Dave, you need a literature citation if you are going to make claims like that otherwise it is pure BMW diarrhea from the mouth. HMC hasn't addressed the lives lost due to air bag defects. More money will be extracted from your beloved Ma Honda before the dust settles. Your blinders are a bit too tight and your biases too strong. But, yeah, Honda is a fantastic company that has unquestionable ethics. Carry on
Mike

Dale_I said:

I have checked them out, but not a serious look or even a test ride. Most of them don't have the weather coverage I would like for distance touring. They may be lighter, but the displacement is what I would argue is the problem. Generally much higher and not as well compacted as the ST's. The wheelbase of some, or lack of, makes for any higher speed runs much more exciting. I came up on a WeeStrom through the pass on a slab. He was looking pretty squirrly at a speed where I was relaxed.

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Actually most adventure bikes have comparable or longer wheel bases than the ST1300 or ST1100. They generally use larger front wheels and more rake and trail. These are all changes in the direction of greater stability at the expense of slightly slower steering. The squirrely westrom you saw must have been due to something besides chassis geometry. In the case of my Super Tenere, it's absolutely planted at high speeds whereas the ST1300 at least is not known for high speed stability.

wjbertrand said:

Actually most adventure bikes have comparable or longer wheel bases than the ST1300 or ST1100. They generally use larger front wheels and more rake and trail. These are all changes in the direction of greater stability at the expense of slightly slower steering. The squirrely westrom you saw must have been due to something besides chassis geometry. In the case of my Super Tenere, it's absolutely planted at high speeds whereas the ST1300 at least is not known for high speed stability.

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My F6B arrives 3 minutes before I do.
Now that's a wheelbase!

Jim

JMartin said:

My F6B arrives 3 minutes before I do.
Now that's a wheelbase!

Jim

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It's true! Previous to my run in with the one on the pass I hadn't seen one in person. When I pulled up it is quite a bit longer than the pics project... or at least that I imagined.

Dale_I said:

It's true! Previous to my run in with the one on the pass I hadn't seen one in person. When I pulled up it is quite a bit longer than the pics project... or at least that I imagined.

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They do kinda look like a toy at when you see one:



But then, so does the ST:

Mellow said:

They do kinda look like a toy at when you see one:

But then, so does the ST:

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Ah, but they are "riding toys" for adults!

Somebody who knows somebody told somebody at the coffee shop that this is the new Honda!
https://www.facebook.com/Silodrome/videos/1328705803864694/

JMartin said:

My F6B arrives 3 minutes before I do.
Now that's a wheelbase!

Jim

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Rode one at WeSTOC in Sooke. Came away with three impressions, it's long, it's massive and it's got tons of torque!

wjbertrand said:

... and it's got tons of torque!

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Yeah, that's the part that won me over.
Jim

beeker said:

Somebody who knows somebody told somebody at the coffee shop that this is the new Honda!
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Reminds me a number of years ago when I was on my VF700 Sabre going over Angeles Crest Hwy and came across a VMax. The rider of the VMax would go great on the straights, but when we came to the curves, he might have just walked it around them! Finally he took one righthand curve too wide and I zipped passed him.I didn't see him again, since there were too many curves! LOL

It's not usually the bike that comes up short, it's the rider's abilities, or lack of them!

ST460 said:

That's it. It is a new clutchless Gold Wing with even more buttons to push.

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Bingo, your the winner, Yep, a new wing.

On the Honda Site, this first of five videos that they plan to post over the next 6 weeks leading up to the Big Reveal, shows many new motorcycles such as the F6B, NX700, and the re-designed Rebel.
But there is only one really old bike that is shown about 5 times, the original Goldwing 1000.

I got it! GL1300!

--Mark

Blrfl said:

I got it! GL1300!

--Mark

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or the ST1800...

... STXNBCG2000L - ABS and non-ABS of course.

I'll bet anyone that it's not going to be a new version of the ST!

Byron said:

I'll bet anyone that it's not going to be a new version of the ST!

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I'm not taking that bet. It would be a good one to lose though.

New Goldwing.

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