Hi all,
I am a new F6B owner from NZ and just sold my BMW S1000RR for my new F6B. I am amazed how refined and easy to ride this new bike is. Just done a nice 500k round trip over the weekend and I now understand why people love their Goldwings.
Hi all,
I am a new F6B owner from NZ and just sold my BMW S1000RR for my new F6B. I am amazed how refined and easy to ride this new bike is. Just done a nice 500k round trip over the weekend and I now understand why people love their Goldwings.
Brand new to both Honda and this forum. I didn't get rid of my last bike, but I did add the 2016 F6B to my roster. I have a BMW K1600GTL as well. I love the way the F6B looks and rides, but wish it had Bluetooth. Well, I digress! Looking forward to many great miles on this great F6B.
Heard the F6b was made to attract the younger riders but not so in my case. Mid 50's and have been riding a 2008 Gl1800 for the last 6 years. Before that rode Harley Road Glide, Yamaha Road Star and started with the classic Yamaha Virago 1986. Primary attraction was keeping the great performance of thr Wing but skinning down the size. Always begged to be able to drop my junk in the trunk and now I have!
On Tuesday I rode my 08 wing from PCB, fl to Melborne Fl, (435 miles), did paper work and hit the road back to PCB on my F6B. Total of 935 miles. And the last half was wonder ful minus the crappy stock windshield. All good now!
Any advice on drivers backrest and rear rack would be helpful.
See you on the road,
Lisa
FL Motor Maid
Heard the F6b was made to attract the younger riders but not so in my case. Mid 50's and have been riding a 2008 Gl1800 for the last 6 years. Before that rode Harley Road Glide, Yamaha Road Star and started with the classic Yamaha Virago 1986. Primary attraction was keeping the great performance of thr Wing but skinning down the size. Always begged to be able to drop my junk in the trunk and now I have!
On Tuesday I rode my 08 wing from PCB, fl to Melborne Fl, (435 miles), did paper work and hit the road back to PCB on my F6B. Total of 935 miles. And the last half was wonder ful minus the crappy stock windshield. All good now!
Any advice on drivers backrest and rear rack would be helpful.
See you on the road,
Lisa
FL Motor Maid
Welcome to the best bike out there!
You live in PCB? We were just there! I'm right up the road in Milton. And I'll be teaching the MSF course in PCB.
Recommended order of mods:
Seat / foot pegs for correct posture
Then windscreen and other doodads.
Cheers,
Steve
My girls:
Isleen - 2014 F6BD
Saorla - 1995 FLSTN Heritage Special
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Hey newbie to forum here.this is good informative forum as u all know.last bike was 11 sabre, loved it wife didnt.So she we liked the f6b.Sure enjoy the power,ride and most of all how this bike handles.I bought new Jan.2015 ,it 14 leftover deluxe.Still workin on slow an no speed control ,never had bike this big.Live in west central Ohio honda area actually work at honda and yes still wish we had the bikes here.klockwerks,smuggler,rivco pegs,kaoko cruise,hambly badges and cobra pipes.Will get pics etc. Sometime soon.keep info coming an the for allowing me on.
Coming from a 2005 Honda RC51. Doing the big change. The biggest challenge is the weight of the bike and the difference in turning in a curve. I am enjoying it a lot and I can see how this bike has a big following.
Can't lie, I have tried riding it like the RC51 and it is possible - not ready to drag a knee but I definitely want to go to the Tail of the Dragon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w69HWqWEwXc
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Well a couple years ago I built a Bagger out of a roadstar 1700 to make it my long distance touring bike. I really loved the bike, it was definitely bad ass, but the vibration was just too much for me to really enjoy doing 2500 - 3000 miles in a weeks time consistently every year. Plus I hated the really crappy turning radius. So I bought a Kawasaki Concours C14 to make it into my long distance bike and kept my roadstar for shorter trips. It was a really great bike also but even after adding pull back risers I was still looking for a bit more comfort and missed having a radio with tunes.
So, I rode a 2015 Road Glide and really liked it a lot. Still had the vtwin rumble around town but because the motor was rubber mounted it didn't vibrate much on the highway at all. I almost bought this bike, and I would have been happy on it, but I really wanted to ride a F6B before I decided on something. I waited about 6 months and finally had an opportunity to ride the F6B, well that was the hook line and sinker!!! Traded in the Concours 14 that day on the B. Drove the B an hour in the freezing cold and had the biggest smile on my face ever by the time I made it home.
After that first ride on the new B, I knew I would never take my roadstar on another trip again (which is what I built it for) so I sold it to a guy that is taking really good care of it. As much as I love my B for the long stretches and country riding I still missed that vtwin rumble around town, so I bought another roadstar 1600 a couple weeks ago just to have around town when I'm not riding the B. I've had a lot of bikes but the F6B is definitely my favorite so far. These are the bikes I've owned in the last 11 or 12 years.
1995 GSXR 750 (sold)
2005 Yamaha R1 (sold)
2000 Honda CBR 600 F4 (sold)
2003 Kawasaki Mean Streak 1500 (sold)
2003 Suzuki SV650 (sold)
2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX14 (sold)
1998 Honda Magna 750 (sold really cheap lol)
2005 Kawasaki Ninja ZX10 (traded with some $$$ for a trans am)
1999 Honda Magna 750 (sold with the 98 for parts)
2004 Yamaha FZ1 (sold)
2004 Yamaha Road Star 1700 (sold)
1999 Yamaha Road Star 1600 (quick flip, put in a new motor only had it for a couple months)
2008 Kawasaki Concours C14 (traded in for the F6B)
2013 Honda F6B (My current touring bike for country roads and long days in the saddle)
2001 Yamaha Road Star 1600 (my cool ass around the town loud pipes bike lol)
My around the town roadie still a work in progress
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more pics of bikes I've ownedOriginally Posted by blueverclear
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