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   Message 31,783 of 32,593   
   Snag to badgolferman   
   Re: E Bikes and Idiots   
   28 Oct 25 17:20:18   
   
   From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/28/2025 4:19 PM, badgolferman wrote:   
   > On 10/28/2025 14:01, Snag wrote:   
   >> On 10/28/2025 12:00 PM, badgolferman wrote:   
   >>> On 10/28/2025 10:15, Mohran Zamdani wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Park anything smaller than a Gold Wing and some illegal Democrat will   
   >>>> come along and steal it and put it in their car trunk.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> You're right!  So I bought one...   
   >>> https://ibb.co/0nrsBqh   
   >>>   
   >>> By the way... all the displays, logos and manuals on my motorcycle say   
   >>> Goldwing, not Gold Wing.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>    I hate to say it , but that's the ugliest 'wing I ever saw . They used   
   >> to be - I guess the word that fits best is svelte . That just looks   
   >> overweight and clumsy IMO .   
   >   
   > Mine is a 2002 Honda GL1800A Goldwing.  If you mean older then it must   
   > have been even older than the 2001 model which was the first year of   
   > this design.   
   >   
   > The Goldwing is a touring motorcycle.  By that definition they are made   
   > for the highway and to eat up miles, not zip around town or the track   
   > like a street bike.  It's a comfortable and refined machine. Even so,   
   > the Goldwing is incredibly agile for its 950 lb. weight.  The engine is   
   > low on the frame and the fuel tank is actually underneath the seat so   
   > its center of balance is low.  That makes it quite zippy around town   
   > anyway.   
   >   
   > The redesigned 2018+ Goldwings are about 100 lbs. lighter and handle   
   > incredibly well with their redesigned double wishbone suspension.  Maybe   
   > that would be more to your taste.   
   >   
      
      I ride a 1990 FLHTCU ... and I have a 2009 XL1200 Low that's been   
   converted with a DNA trike axle . I seldom ride the Ultra , a mile of   
   dirt road to the highway and less than ideal *parking conditions - we   
   live in a clearing out in the woods 10 miles from the nearest town .   
      *I'll be making a bike parking area that's much more user friendly   
   with the next load of gravel I have delivered . Gotta remove a couple   
   more trees to make that happen .   
   --   
   Snag   
      I appreciated foreign cultures more   
   when they stayed foreign ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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