Gary Sanford's Goldwing manoeuvres

[Jfro5867]

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......👍

[andyrob]

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?

[noddy]

Another good example of control at a higher speed!

[zphenyl]

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).

[zphenyl]

Think this was the video the OP mentioned. 

[mzflorida]

These are both great!  Thanks for posting them.   

[Jfro5867]

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.

[Younger06]

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)