Well yes and no. In this case, the flea market owner is telling the customers how safe it is to buy from the venders but when something goes wrong he says, "too bad, so sad."
Sigh... Everyone knows the Goldwing is one of two shaft driven motorcycles that can wheelie in the northern hemisphere. The other bike being the '68 Zorch, of course. I've read Performance Bikes for a long time (RIP, Ronnie!) and remember that issue well. The only why they could get the Wing to wheelie was to go get as far north as possible - Greenland - to shoot those pictures. As for the first picture we can assume 1) it's a fake or 2) it was being ridden very far north. Perhaps it's a Russian Moffioso showing off for his buddies?
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Sigh... Everyone knows the Goldwing is one of two shaft driven motorcycles that can wheelie in the northern hemisphere. The other bike being the '68 Zorch, of course. I've read Performance Bikes for a long time (RIP, Ronnie!) and remember that issue well. The only why they could get the Wing to wheelie was to go get as far north as possible - Greenland - to shoot those pictures. As for the first picture we can assume 1) it's a fake or 2) it was being ridden very far north. Perhaps it's a Russian Moffioso showing off for his buddies?
Not to mention that you can't wheelie a shaft drive bike...