THE FIRST TASTE

Standing in the same paddock that Marc Marquez used during the Japanese round of the MotoGP World Championship, I could see the very seat where I peered through rain to watch the race just three days earlier. I never thought I would see the day where I’d stand in full race leathers about to throw a leg over a pre-production Gold Wing, and yet today was that day. I set out to test ride the new hyper-tech tourer in the