Honda Gold Wing Valkyrie

As one of their 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology. Through 2012, Honda GL models have appeared eighteen times in the Cycle World list of Ten Best bikes. . Gold Wings would be built at a rate of 150 units a day for the years 1981–1983.

With a 999 cc (61.0 cu in) flat-four engine; by 2001, this had grown to a 1,832 cc (111.8 cu in) flat-six. The 2012 model had anti-lock braking, cruise control, electrically assisted reverse gear, an optional airbag, a fairing with heating and an adjustable windscreen, panniers and a trunk, a pillio… The Gold Wing was revealed to dealers in September 1974 at American Honda's annual dealer meeting in Las Vegas, and then shown to the public the following month at the IFMA (International Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition; today Intermot) in Cologne. Small fairings had been mounted on two of the sho… . There were no significant changes in the standard Gold Wing

(the K1 model). To mark the United States Bicentennial year Honda announced the GL1000 LTD with distinctive insignia and color scheme (e.g., gold stripes, gold wheels) plus some extra amenities.

Were small, such as exhaust pipe heat shields, revised seat and handlebar, as well as a new fuel gauge. Weight increased to 595 pounds (270 kg).

For the GL1000 K3 model, in order to make more torque available at lower engine speeds; the carburetors were reduced in size by 1 mm, the exhaust system was redesigned, valve timing and ignition timing were altered. The kick-start mechanism was removed from the engine, and a reserve lighting module… ). During the final run of the GL1000

Hondaline saddlebags and trunk were available, but Honda still did not offer a fairing. Honda sold more than 97,000 units of the GL1000 in the United States between 1975 and 1979. As a 1980 model, and the GL1100 would be continued through the 1983 model year. The GL1100 was manufactured in Japan until May 1980 when Honda started assembling 1981 models at the Marysville Motorcycle Plant in Ohio, which had been making frames and parts for various models

Until 2010, when motorcycle production there was halted. No Gold Wings were produced

Gold Wings to lessen engine speed on the highway. But the significant changes were not to the engine, they were to the running gear in this last year for GL1100s. ; it engaged both front and rear brakes in unison when the brake pedal was applied. Dry weight for the standard GL1100 inched up to 599 pounds (272 kg). Honda was facing a challenge in the marketplace from a new full-dress tourer, the Yamaha Venture XVZ 1200 with its DOHC four valve per cylinder V4 engine (as Yamaha's XS Eleven Venturer had challenged the GL1100 two years earlier). Honda hit back at the Milan motorcycle show late that year by announ…

. 1984 was the one and only year for the GL1200 Standard (which was not exported to Europe) for the reason that sales had decreased in favor of the Interstate and Aspencade models. Interstate was 697 pounds (316 kg). Despite giving the Gold Wing taller gearing the year before,

With their full-dress tourer, the GV1400 Cavalcade with a DOHC, four valves per cylinder, V4 engine. Honda shortened the overall gearing to improve performance. There were many small changes to the GL1200I '85 but atypically its price was the same as it was the previous year, and at 699 pounds (317 kg) its weight was basically stable.

Yamaha enlarged the Venture's V4 engine to 1300cc, and Kawasaki introduced the ZG 1200 Voyager XII with a four-valve, DOHC, Inline-four engine. Having introduced the full-dress Interstate with the GL1100, Honda used the GL1200I '84 to refine the Gold Wing's fairing so that it would come across as a… Interstate was unchanged. The GL1200I '87 got a new seat design with three-stage foam; the weight was unchanged

The last year of the four-cylinder Gold Wing Interstate.

And production resumed in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Using tooling transported from the American factory. The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan includes a Honda Gold Wing GL1000 manufactured