Sport Touring Motorcycles for sale in Huntington, West Virginia

2008 Honda Gold Wing Audio Comfort Navi ABS

$8,000

Huntington, West Virginia

New Michelin Pilot 3 tires. Shaft drive recall performed. Serviced within the last 500 miles. This is the 1200F model.The VFR's performance is broad and impressive. Even the finish is beautiful. Take the black strip of paint on the fuel tank that shows between the red plastic bodywork pieces: It really is like liquid and of very high quality. In fact, the finish on the whole bike, from the rich ruby red (with subtle metalflake) to the texture and material of the seat, feels rich and smooth. But while the 1237cc engine is claimed by Honda to be more compact than the previous 781cc version, it fits into a spacious, full-size sporting motorcycle that is a definite step up in scale from the Interceptor 800 but still a bit more compact feeling than its bag-equipped sporting competition. The unusual crankpin and Vee arrangement are said to "essentially" negate primary engine vibration. There is plenty going on at most rpm in terms of the engine communicating its existence to you. Mostly, it's just a minor and interesting reminder through the handgrips that this is not last year's V-Four. At cruise speeds, it's all-day smooth, and about the only time engine vibration truly gets noticeable is on closed-throttle deceleration, when the fuel tank transmits an excited, coarse buzz. As mentioned, the engine sound is flat and MotoGP-like, at least in spirit if not in decibels. The valve-equipped right-side muffler breathes through the lower of its two openings and keeps things quite muted when the bike is not moving (rev as high as you like in neutral and the secondary will not open). On the road, the valve opens at 6000 rpm in first and second and 4000 rpm in the remaining gears, with a definite boost in exhaust note as it exhales through both outlets. The standard six-speed gearbox is extremely refined. Shift quality is excellent, and when clicking down for corners it is very easy to match revs the old-fashioned way with a quick blip of the throttle. There is surprisingly little driveline lash for a shaft-drive setup, especially considering that there are four dampers between primary and final drive. Add to this mix the superb slipper clutch, and aggressive corner entries with multiple downshifts are utterly drama-free. As is turn-in response and midcorner stability. This is a precise handling and very stable motorcycle. The 60.8-inch wheelbase and 25.5-degree rake/4.0-inch trail reflect the GT intentions. Corner-to-corner thrust is strong and response from Honda's first throttle-by-wire system is intuitive and predictable. Outright straight-line performance? Road Test Editor Don Canet returned from our test site with some pretty impressive numbers: The VFR1200 blasted off a 10.33-second, 134.85-mph quarter-mile run. The clutch is excellent around town and in normal use, and Canet reported the same from the launch zone: "Good clutch feel allowed for precise feed-in of that strong midrange power."