Not on my Goldwing, thankyouverymuch... ...maybe on one of those equipped with the remote control espresso machine or the reclining massager backrests.
Color me naked (!) Brings to mind a question, though. Wonder why no automagic on the newer Goldwings? They have reverse gear and airbags, for chrissake. Why not get totally ridiculous? On Mar 3, 8:01 pm, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly and especially so on a sport bike where you need to feed in power > while down shifting while threshold braking to prevent rear wheel lock up. > Stick that stuff on a gold wing, or a commuter bike where it might be > appreciated. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: surfswab <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 15:04:36 > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Honda DN 01 > > Why?....good question. > > My take on motorcycling: It is what it is because of the necessity > for total involvement of the senses -- the wind, the noise, the > smells, the "feel" of coordination between your brain, eyes, hands and > feet and the mechanicals of your machine. > > Those elements, because they require total concentration on the event, > provide a vacation from the hum-drum cares and distractions of routine > life. > > Every rider knows what it means to go for a ride "to clear my head." > > Auto-shifting, in my opinion, removes an essential element of the > experience and distances you from the satisfaction of a good ride. > > Honda's engineers don't seem to get that. > > On Mar 3, 5:12 pm, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Being into VFRs the general consensus in the community is "why??", from > > what I know the manual sells 3x more than the DTC. I think you can also get > > the NC700x with it too. > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: surfswab <[email protected]> > > > Sender: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 12:50:04 > > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Honda DN 01 > > > Apparently, the idea persists. Here's an interesting review of a VFR > > 1200 so equipped, but with a manual (sort of) option: > > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab0ZLZBXaUg&list=PL35642E4811753525 > > > On Mar 3, 11:05 am, EGrider <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Maybe, but that would mean that Honda figured new riders were going to > > > line > > > up to cut their teeth on a $15K machine. I'd like to see the minutes of > > > that planning meeting. They should make the automatic an option, as on the > > > Civic, IMHO. > > > > On Saturday, March 2, 2013 4:32:46 PM UTC-5, nighthawkin wrote: > > > > > Whats your take on this radical machine? I'm tempted to test ride it > > > > but > > > > too pricey! Here's one for sale close to me. > > > > >http://delaware.craigslist.org/mcy/3654103102.html > > > > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdTNWOMtbDc > > > > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_i06AVPtBM > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
