New 2021 Honda Goldwing Tour VS 2021 BMW K 1600 GTL USA - Which one Better?

New 2021 #Honda #GoldwingTour VS 2021 #BMWK1600GTL USA - Which one Better?. This is, hands down, one of the best countries on the planet for motorcycle touring. Between New York and Alaska, we have absolutely everything a bike rider could want, and if you’re going undertake any meaningful journey, what better way to see it all than from the cockpit of either the $27,700 Honda Gold Wing Tour or the $28,844 Premium Package BMW K 1600 GTL?
This is a category under siege as the world looks to smaller bikes with all the mod-cons of larger touring machines like the Wing and GTL. A modern sport-touring motorcycle can do absolutely everything one of these bikes can do, but this premium segment still appeals to the discerning touring rider.
Offerings from Indian, Harley-Davidson and recently Yamaha with their Star Venture all shout the V-twin tune, while Honda and BMW are the only manufacturers to sell machines in this segment with more than two cylinders.
As such, we have two machines with a combined 12 cylinders and 3282cc on test, offering the very best in luxurious motorcycle touring. And to make things different, we chose the Dual Clutch Transmission-equipped Gold Wing, as it’s the latest and greatest offering from Honda to go up against the conventionally geared BMW.
Let’s start with what we know. The BMW K 1600 GTL is the elder statesman in this duo, having been released way back in 2012. BMW arguably dropped all comers with the GTL’s sublimely smooth inline six-cylinder engine, debuting a machine that shot straight to the top of the touring tree and made the Gold Wing look immediately dated.
The BMW’s more upright-riding stance would suit riders coming off higher-barred bikes, such as adventure bikes, better than the Gold Wing.
The machine remained largely unchanged in the proceeding five years, gaining Dynamic ESA (electronic suspension) as a standard feature, along with ABS Pro, Shift Assist Pro for up and down clutchless gearshifts and Reverse Assist in 2016.
The GTL’s bodywork also came in for a tweaking, all aimed at producing a machine that slips through the wind easier and with the rider becoming less tired while doing so.
The Gold Wing, on the other hand, is all-new for 2018. The number-one grand tourer in Honda’s lineup since the 1970s saw very few changes in the last 15 years, but, this year, the ’Wing came in for a thorough overhaul.
A new flat-six engine joins up to Honda’s latest generation of the seven-speed Dual Clutch Transmission, one that first saw action on the now-defunct VFR1200 in 2010. The front suspension utilizes a double-wishbone system similar to a Hassack design (actually, the BMW’s Duolever is also a take on the Hossack), and the rider cockpit has been totally redesigned and has features like Apple CarPlay capability, accessed by a huge seven-inch TFT dash.
What these two bikes have in common is what you’d expect for all touring bikes to have: variable riding modes, cruise control, hill-start-assist functions, electronically adjustable windscreens, heated grips and seats, centerstands, GPS navigation (a separate feature for the BMW), enormous storage capacity, a reverse gear (the Honda even has a creeper-forward gear) and both have horns that sound like they’ve been swiped from semi-trailer trucks. New 2021 Honda Goldwing Tour VS 2021 BMW K 1600 GTL USA - Which one Better?. @Misterzam

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