----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Desjardins" Subject: Re: The psychology of fanbois
> The rubber-mounted engine models (2004 and later) have far less > vibrations. They still don't handle as well as a sportbike, but well > enough for riding around. The Sporties from when I was riding (mid 70s through to the mid 80s handled as well as or better the other 1000cc bikes that were available at the time. The Cow 1000 was a cow when put into a turn, and the Goldwing wasn't noted for nimble handling either. I know because I rode both. The Wing had been stripped for the street, so the touring equipment can't be held blame. The Wing did have a nice smooth engine, which the inline engines didn't have. I found the inline fours to be hand numbingly buzzy, whereas the Harleys, while they did vibrate enough to make you need to pee quite often, the vibration was a low enough frequency that you could settle into it and ride with it, in much the same way that a horse rider gets acclimatizes to the movements of his steed (I've done my share of bareback riding as well). The big Beemers were definitely several cuts above anything else that was on the street, but they had all the style of a pregnant walrus. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
