We love Matt Spears‘ motorcycle shenanigans, such as turning a Hayabusa into an ADV bike or taking a Goldwing on the Montana BDR. The Goldwing is back but in a slightly different configuration than before. This time, Matt has studded the tires with the intention of taking his Honda Goldwing ice fishing.

After driving for hours to a frozen lake in a truck with a dead battery, it turned out the Goldwing had a flat tire. Fortunately, Matt remembered his tire pump and used that and a ratchet strap to rebead and inflate the tire. Not being entirely stupid, Matt used a drill to check how thick the ice was before taking the heavy Goldwing onto it. The 16-inch drill bit never touched the water, which he figured was safe enough. He was right. When I competed in the Boston Chapter BMW CCA Ice Races (in cars, not on bikes), they required the ice to be at least 12 inches thick before they’d even consider holding an event. They never lost a car through the ice, so Matt was perfectly safe–at least from falling through the ice.

Of course, some donuts and drifts were absolutely mandatory. It’s a Goldwing on a frozen lake, after all, and you can’t exactly drift it in the local Walmart parking lot. After a couple of crashes and repairing a stuck front brake using a cowboy boot and a healthy dose of percussive maintenance, it was time to lash up the sled with the stuff and take the Honda Goldwing ice fishing. I know about as much about fishing as Matt does, which is to say absolutely nothing, so I’ll leave it to you to discuss whether he had the right kit in the comments.

With no ice drill, they used a chain saw to cut a hole in the ice, which was sure to attract all the fish to the area. Then, they set up a tent from Temu and a wood stove to heat it. What could possibly go wrong? Did they catch a fish? Did the tent burn down? Did Matt crash again while doing more donuts? Watch, find out, and be entertained.

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