Oh yeah. I remember when the CBX came out, was 78 I think. I never got to ride one. I was still putzing around on my 76 Yamaha 650 which at the time seemed pretty big. I had my eyes set on getting a new Honda 750 but couldn't contain myself when I went in to buy one and saw the new 79 Goldwing sitting there and I bought that instead. Happy day. I rode that Goldwing for near 25 years so I guess I got my moneys' worth out of it.
Back then my bro-in-law had a 79 or 80 (hafta check year) Kawasaki KZ1300. What a monster that was and way too top heavy. I took it out once and that was enough. Standing at a light it was work just to keep it upright, the saddle was too high even for me at 5'11. A few degree's off center and you could be in for a struggle.
Talk about laying one down... It happened to me for the first time this past summer on the Valkyrie. I'd been out riding all day, stopped at the variety store for some smokes. Their parking lot is on a wee bit of an upward incline.. Grab my smokes, hop on the bike.. back up a bit our of the spot and then creep forward to do a tight lefty , well that was it, my left leg just couldn't hold it and down she went, very gently of course.. LOL Worse yet.. I couldn't lift the f'ker up on that incline but luckily a guy walking out of the store helped.. ..
