Ok My guess iis you have not spent a day or more on a wing, They are incredible for what they are, You Winabago reference tells me me you have never had one GL1800s pegs down in the twisties or used the torque that the flat 6 provides to leave anything else near it size in the rear veiw mirror I love both of my Suzukis but Suzuki is very unlikely to have done it better than Honda has (remember the Zuki Cavalcade?)
I doubt the VFR is going to beat the Busa or any of the other Hyperbikes but it may be the ideal hyperbike for my Wife I don't know that and won't til I rie it.
I've ridden a Goldwinabago serveral times. They are incredibly smooth comfortable
machines. The first time I started one, I had to look at the tach to see if it
was on...but it's huge (I know, I know, it handles smaller) but 96hp and 103 ft lbs
is not performance shattering for an 1832cc motor(that's my point)...
spread that over 928 lbs.
They haven't updated the wing in a decade, they've got to be able to squeeze
another 30hp/ftlbs outa that beast. (I bet it's easy, without sacrificing reliability)
Also...it's gotta be easy to drop 30-50 lbs outa that thing. Add 30hp drop 50 lbs...
not you got something that'll move.
It's due for a redesign...all honda's stuff is due (way overdue) for a redesign
other than the cbr(s) obviously.
Last time I was at daytona, honda wouldn't demo their stuff...said it didn't
translate into sales and saw no benifit...WELL YEAH (DUH), that's cause your stuff
doesn't hold up against the competition performance wise.
The ST1300 gets killed by the Concours and the FJR
The Twins get KILLED by Star and Zuk
The Interceptor gets killed by the Litters (zx10)
Then they let 70 year old men escort lead you on the demo ride thru a
35mph residential area...and they wonder why their demos don't work
very well....
I know lets bring out a $16,000 automatic with 680 twin (DN-01)
or a factory "custom" chopper with a 1300cc motor
I don't get it--is he asking God to bless us or Honda??
