{"id":50017,"date":"2026-10-06T05:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"urn:bikerpress-source:goldwing.html"},"modified":"2026-10-08T23:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:08:32","slug":"bikerpress-honda-gold-wing-review-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/?p=50017","title":{"rendered":"Honda Gold Wing Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally published in BikerTrash. By Larry Gore.<\/em><\/p>

Caution!!!! If you love your motorcycle\u2026don’t \n ride this motorcycle! <\/b><\/p>\n

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If you think it is the baddest, smoothest, best handling, most \n comfortable, motorcycle on the planet\u2026.<\/p>\n

That’s the sign they should put on the new Honda Gold Wing!! We’ve \n all read the press on this motorcycle. How it’s the Motorcycle of \n the Year, maybe the decade. How its total re-design has made it \n the best Honda ever built\u2026 Well, I finally got a chance to \n ride this machine and all of the stories are true!
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While getting new horns put on my Valkyrie at Bob \n Lundsford’s Northwest Honda<\/a> late one evening when Ronnie Lundsford \n threw me the keys to a new Gold Wing and told me to keep it a few \n days to see what I think. (Boy, the benefits of being a bike reporter.) \n <\/p>\n

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See the entire Gallery<\/a> \n of Gold Wings<\/p>\n

Not one to turn down such an opportunity I headed out his back \n door on a beautiful blue 2002 model loaded with every option available. \n I should have known I was in for a good time when a Houston Bike \n Cop yelled at me as I was leaving that I was going to regret taking \n this test ride. That I would never stop wanting one once I got off.
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Truthfully, I can’t say enough good things about this motorcycle! \n I have owned 16 bikes and been riding for almost thirty years and \n never have I ridden such an incredible machine. I cruised gently \n through the neighborhood behind his store to get used to the brakes \n and handling and was first impressed with how light this huge motorcycle \n feels. <\/p>\n

It’s easy to turn around in the middle of the street and the handy \n reverse gear makes backing up a rare pleasure. The adjustable air \n suspension soaks up the bumps like riding in a Cadillac. Once entering \n the freeway the real adventure began. This bike will scream!! The \n 1800CC, 6 cylinder, fuel injected power plant flat hauls!! I gently \n nudged the throttle to enter the on ramp and immediately saw that \n I was doing 90 mph! It was so smooth that I knew the engine was \n capable of plenty more with no problem. My Valkyrie is fast but \n I believe that the Wing will walk off and leave it. Plus, the Wing \n handles like a dream. You can whip it around like a sport bike and \n it seems to love it. Once I got used to all of the buttons, I settled \n down for a long ride. The handlebars have all of controls for adjusting \n the suspension, using the incredible sounding am\/fm stereo with \n 8 CD changer, passenger intercom, CB radio, even checking the outside \n temperature and operating conditions of the engine. <\/p>\n

There were a couple of controls I never figured out (I should have \n read the owners manual). The fairing kept nearly all of the wind \n off the rider and the flow through ventilation system kept the riding \n temperature quite comfortable. The rider’s seat has a built in lumbar \n support and it felt great. You could put thousands of miles in on \n this seat and not feel tired. I wished that I could sample the passenger \n seat because it looked more comfortable than my Lazy Boy! As far \n as touring, the hard saddlebags and trunk says basically, if you \n need it, bring it, you’ve got room. You even have handy storage \n in the fairing for things like change for the tollbooth! When it \n comes time to stop (you hate to, but occasionally you have to) the \n ABS brakes will stop you on a dime, smoothly! By the way, the horn \n of the Wing is louder than my Ford F-150!!
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I rode the Wing back to the shop in the pouring rain and the bike \n felt as stable as when ridden on dry pavement. When I reluctantly \n turned the keys back over to Ronnie I asked the big question\u2026.OK, \n how much? Out the door for under $17,000!!! Well, that says it all.. \n When searching for that perfect bike, don’t miss riding the Gold \n Wing. I think it’s the best all around motorcycle ever built. And \n when you’re ready for a test ride, go straight to Bob Lundsford’s \n Northwest Honda. They treated me like a king even before they found \n out I was a bike reporter. The prices for service are fair and the \n work done on time. Don’t try to scam him into a four- day trial \n ride by posing as a reporter however. Ronnie is a sponsor of the \n Lone Star Rally so he knows all of our reporters. I just got real \n lucky!!<\/p>\n

Ron Limbock<\/p>\n

Visit Northwest Honda and maybe they will even let you test \n drive the new ‘Wing.<\/b><\/p>\n

Bob Lunsford’s Northwest Honda
\n 10102 North Freeway, Houston, TX 77037
\n 281-447-3476 – Fax: 281-447-9532 <\/b><\/p>\n

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Originally published in BikerTrash. By Larry Gore. Caution!!!! If you love your motorcycle\u2026don’t ride this motorcycle! If you think it is the baddest, smoothest, best handling, most comfortable, motorcycle on the planet\u2026. That’s the sign they should put on the new Honda Gold Wing!! We’ve all read the press on this motorcycle. How it’s the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[362],"class_list":["post-50017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight","tag-sl013"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":900509,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50017\/revisions\/900509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclesontheroadagain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}