Is F6B a keeper?

[rumble-b]

I've got to wonder why you bought the F6B in the first place. I might give you the paint issue, although i don't personally have it. But to say it is no good on gravel. surely you knew you had a gravel drive before you decided what bike to get? Maybe i'm strange , but i put a LOT of thought into what bike i wanted. Taking into consideration where and how i ride and what i wanted a bike to be able to do.

[Darkknight]

Yeah all the bikes I've had prefer tar to gravel. My last Yamaha RoyalStar was very top heavy and a bear on gravel.
Here are some challenging roads leading to Mt Washington, riding 2 up on the F6B, and had no real problems. And there had better NOT be. No guard rails and a 1000 ft drop on that corner!
Certainly easier that the old Yami.

[opas ride]

I think HHB should move on to something that works better on gravel...Maybe a 4-wheeler or ATV......I doubt he will be happy with the F6B and perhaps should have not purchased it in the first place!!!..JMHO

[F6B1911]

I think HHB should move on to something that works better on gravel...Maybe a 4-wheeler or ATV......I doubt he will be happy with the F6B and perhaps should have not purchased it in the first place!!!..JMHO

Yeah, I hate gravel roads, but don't ride enough of them to worry.
A 4-wheeler or an ATV would be a good choice, but the best way to ride on gravel is.... Yep, a Mars Rover!
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[Injun Joe]

Getting back to reality for a minute: (But a million miles away from the OP...) If it were such a huge priority to ride the F6B on gravel, couldn't tire selection be made to greatly improve the situation? I know my son's 1980 GS750 handles dirt and gravel way better than anything I've ridden the last decade but he has period correct tires on it which are down right knobby compared to what we ride today.

I know the F6B will never be meant to be a dirt and gravel bike, (Maybe a dual sport flavor flat 6 should be Honda's next project?) but I think it could be made better suited for it is all I'm saying. Me? I avoid dirt like the plague.

[F6B1911]

Getting back to reality for a minute: (But a million miles away from the OP...) If it were such a huge priority to ride the F6B on gravel, couldn't tire selection be made to greatly improve the situation? I know my son's 1980 GS750 handles dirt and gravel way better than anything I've ridden the last decade but he has period correct tires on it which are down right knobby compared to what we ride today.
I know the F6B will never be meant to be a dirt and gravel bike, (Maybe a dual sport flavor flat 6 should be Honda's next project?) but I think it could be made better suited for it is all I'm saying. Me? I avoid dirt like the plague.

I don't know about that. The weight would be an issue. Yes, the F6B is lighter than the full wing, and the new Valkyrie is lighter that that, but how much more weight can you
really shave off of that platform? If you wanted a dual sport, you'd also want a bit more ground clearance, then the c.o.g. is too high?
I just cannot picture an 1832cc flat six running on knobby tires?
If I had the urge for off road riding I go with a bike designed for that purpose like the BMW R 1200 GS Adventure.

[Crazy Dave]

I started as a kid in the late 60's, dirt bikes, through BMW days & finally a Harley mid 70's. They all had pegs not footboards. Around '97 I went back to riding & I wondered why the Royal Star was awkward, just not "locked in" & sold it in '02. I haven't ridden the last 12 years & when I sat on the F6B my feet finally found home underneath me. It was just thousands of hours, miles, & a gazillion turns with pegs & that muscle memory can get burned into your brain....did mine anyway. So hands, Butt, Feet, & at my age the old thalamus & cerebellum are loving it again..just saying'..