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Gary Sanford's Goldwing manoeuvres
07 Jul 22, 15:14 pm
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Jfro5867
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Gary Sanford's Goldwing manoeuvres
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Oct 29, 2020, 09.59 am
Oct 29, 2020, 09.59 am
Morning all,
Whilst recently suffering a bout of winter blues I seriously considered a gl1500 that was for sale. Did loads of reading up, asked on here and so on. Decided against it. Anyhow.
I came across a video on YouTube (don't know exactly how old it is ) but some guy called Gary Sanford gives a lesson on slow speed riding, on a 1500 Wing. It's a must watch if you haven't seen it. Amazing. He makes the thing dance.
The CT is a heavy-ish bike and quite tall too so the techniques he shows us apply equally to ours. I have been riding over 30 years myself so feel pretty competent in my ability (and importantly know where my talent line runs out!) but I thought it was great.
I tried the rear brake thing yesterday a couple of times at walking pace at junctions and it was really good.
Have a look, see what you think. Never to old to learn......👍
Last Edit: Oct 29, 2020, 10.02 am by Jfro5867
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Re: Gary Sanford's Goldwing manoeuvres
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Oct 29, 2020, 12.26 pm
Oct 29, 2020, 12.26 pm
I'm guessing if you are coming from sports bikes or even nakeds it can be a surprise just how good and useful the back brake is on the CT.
I have a twin pot rear on my Speed Twin, yet its garbage. My GSX14 had a pearl of a rear brake, thinking about it, long wheel bases?
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Re: Gary Sanford's Goldwing manoeuvres
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Oct 29, 2020, 10.10 pm
Oct 29, 2020, 10.10 pm
Another good example of control at a higher speed!
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Oct 30, 2020, 08.43 am
Oct 30, 2020, 08.43 am
Originally Posted by
noddy
Another good example of control at a higher speed!
If you ever have a chance to take a advanced riding class like this I highly recommend it (did a similar class last year and greatly improved my slow speed riding skills).
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Oct 30, 2020, 09.00 am
Oct 30, 2020, 09.00 am
Think this was the video the OP mentioned.
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Re: Gary Sanford's Goldwing manoeuvres
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Oct 30, 2020, 11.13 am
Oct 30, 2020, 11.13 am
These are both great! Thanks for posting them.
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Oct 30, 2020, 01.48 pm
Oct 30, 2020, 01.48 pm
Wow. Hadn't seen the second CT vid. Should anyone doubt the CT's ability then this shows what it can do with a talented pilot on board. That's agility and balance by the bucket load.
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Re: Gary Sanford's Goldwing manoeuvres
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Oct 30, 2020, 04.40 pm
Oct 30, 2020, 04.40 pm
Originally Posted by
noddy
Another good example of control at a higher speed!
Off topic.......but can anyone identify the exhaust on this CT ?? (the proportions and angle look fantastic on the bike)
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