But one weighs 134 pounds more than the other. And both of our well-appointed test bikes-the Premium-equipped K 1600 GTL and the Audio Comfort Navi XM ABS Gold Wing-have as-tested sticker prices of more than 25 large. Both offer levels of comfort and lists of features found on few motorcycles.
Since then we’ve logged thousands of miles on the K 1600 GTL and Gold Wing (read reports in our May, July and August 2011 issues or at ), and as enjoyable as it has been to ride them in places as disparate as Africa and Appalachia, one can’t help but wonder: Are they truly comparable?īoth have big, powerful six-cylinder engines with shaft final drive.
Around the same time we got our first ride on the GTL (and its sport-touring sibling, the K 1600 GT) in South Africa, Honda unveiled the 2012 Gold Wing, featuring new bodywork, more luggage capacity, better handling, a redesigned cockpit and updated audio and navigation-a significant refresh but well short of an overhaul. When BMW unveiled the all-new 2012 K 1600 GTL, a high-tech, high-performance replacement for the long-running K 1200 LT, the company declared that it had built “a shark, not a whale,” a thinly veiled jab at the Honda Gold Wing GL1800. 2012 BMW K 1600 GTL and 2012 Honda Gold Wing GL1800 (Photos by Rich Cox)
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