wilder days said:
hello Marci,
I'm just west of Rochester. I'm thinking of trading in my intruder 1400 on a burgman 650 next spring. What does your hubby think of the burgman versus the goldwing? I to ride with a goldwing group here.
Chuck here- So you are thinking of getting rid of the 1400!! Really! That is a wonderful bike; I still have my 1996 that is in excellent condition. Marci and I have done 600 mile days on that bike. Each of these bikes are apples and oranges, all completely different and each a great bike in their class. You really can't compare them.
The Burgman has to be [one of] the best scooters out there, of you can call it a scooter. It’s not like any scooter I ever fooled around as a kid. It is solid, smooth runner and seems have some great engineering. The Intruder 1400 is one of the best skinny chopper type power cruisers. However, I have had mine off the road since I got the GL1800 wing. This bike is so much fun to ride that I don't care to ride anything else for a while. Marci and took a 4200 mile trip around the east coast down and back to Florida. We had great weather and the best part of the trip was the ride. She fell asleep 3 times on the back of the wing.
On our trip, she and a bunch of wives were looking at Honda Silverwings and Bergmans. Marci got the bug and started doing Internet searches and looking at everything out there. Bergman looked best at everything except the ABS. Final verdict, she loves her Bergman.
You are about an hour of so from us. If you would like to take her 650 for a test ride, come on down and we’ll go for a ride.