40 years Honda Gold Wing: six-cylinder and trikes

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40 years Honda Gold Wing

Six cylinders and trikes

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Honda In 1975, the Gold Wing started with 1.0-liter displacement and four cylinders (1975 Edition).

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Three years later, the Gold Wing received a six-cylinder boxer engine in the GL 1500 model. Thanks to its calm and confident power delivery and a new double-cradle frame, the new tourer quickly won customers.

For the GL 1800 that followed in 2001, Honda allowed itself eight years of development time.

Sporty features for the first time

Project manager Masanori Aoki had the displacement increased to 1.8 liters and introduced fuel injection. Embedded in a new aluminum chassis with a single-sided swingarm and integrated cardan drive, the new Gold Wing offered the first sporty features – without sacrificing smooth acceleration. Five years later, the Gold Wing became the world's first production motorcycle to be fitted with an airbag. A navigation system and standard heated grips and heated seats rounded out the 2006 version. This only increased the mockery of the dynamic bikers, but the real Gold Wing fans were not challenged at all. On the contrary.

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Over the years, numerous Gold Wings have been customized, converted into three-wheeled trikes or fitted with trailers or sidecars. The largest German supplier is the company Goldwing Haus Fuchs, which has been converting models from the GL 1500 into tricycles since the early 1990s. The price list for the pure conversion starts at 15.000 euros.

In order to bring a little variety to the model range ex works, Honda decided in 2013 to launch a second Gold Wing model. The F6B is a Bagger-style, active custom tourer with stripped-down equipment. It currently costs from 24.590 euros. A big difference to the original, and current from 31.The Gold Wing, which costs 600 euros, is the lack of reverse gear. 2014 followed with the from 20.990 euros expensive Gold Wing F6C the third member. With a length of 2.47 meters, it is 16 centimeters shorter than the flagship and, with 117 hp, has one horsepower less to offer. However, a big advantage of the small Gold Wing is its weight. With around 80 kilograms less, it is easier to use, especially for novice drivers.

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2 thoughts on “40 years Honda Gold Wing: six-cylinder and trikes”

  1. Races are only with Japanese machines..
    ..hazards. The Japanese have always been badly done but are always in the breakdown stats, … despite manipulations, for decades the best cars and motorcycles. The design was smiled at in the 80s, but from the 90s and at the latest now, all cars look like Japanese. Doesn’t come with cheap plastic either, because Mercedes doesn’t use precious plastic either, but covers that shine or look like wood..

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  2. The first Goldwings were…
    …life-threatening bastards, which have also cost the lives of some drivers. And that’s because they had such a terrible chassis in connection with a forbidden weight distribution that from approx. 140 km/h got the feeling that you were being overtaken by your own behind. Just get rid of these lumps. That was a very bad ride.

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