Smoked a Goldwing today.

[Air Ready Auto]

I have to start this by saying that I have a bad habit of doing exactly the speed limit. No more, no less. Say what you want but I've gone 20 years with a flawless driving record and the cheap insurance to prove it. So there I was minding my own business when this wing pulled in behind me. Didn't think anything of it... till we got to the highway on ramp. I was hugging the outside of the lane when I made the turn onto the ramp and he followed me on the inside. He tries to gun it past me. He gets up even with me, gives me a sideways glance, and starts to pull ahead. He gets about a length in front of me and I think to myself "You really should just let him go on about his business." So I gunned it and left him behind. Quickly. I have never really opened Lucy up before and was more than a touch surprised at the git-up-and-go she's got. I think I might have to do that more often.

[Venturous Randy]

Be careful, it's addictive. If I had a buck for every time my 83 has seen 8,000 rpm's, I could live a lot higher on the hog. It seemed the harder I ran it, the better it ran and these things are made to rev.

Randy

[yamagrl]

​Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

[Condor]

I really think the '83 VR's have a hotter motor. Sorta a Yamaha beta model. They fine tuned it in '84 and it lost a tad of it's Wheaties. Then really tweaked it for the V-Max. My 2¢

[Flyinfool]

Just watch out for the first time you go from a stop real hard and the front wheel come off the ground as you hit 2nd. That can be addictive also.

 

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[bongobobny]

Yup!! Nothing like a 900 lb full dresser popping a wheelie!!

[Yammer Dan]

I don't know what you are talking about......

[SilvrT]

and here I thought this was gonna be about a new kind of marijuana .....

[yamagrl]

It is

[SilvrT]

maybe the Wing rider was "high" and everything was in slow motion....

[bongobobny]

A lot depends on which year/model Wing it was. The early Wings were indeed slower than the MK1's, the 1500's could just keep up, but the 1800's are unfortunately faster...

[Marcarl]

The winger wasn't wingin it, 'course he didn't have a Spyder either, in which case the Spyder Rider would have 2 beer ready for the gents at the next stop.

[ReinyRooster]

"The winger wasn't wingin it, 'course he didn't have a Spyder either, in which case the Spyder Rider would have 2 beer ready for the gents at the next stop."........would he be offering the beer to the other rider to assist help him with the Spyder repairs???:dancefool: