Showing posts with label Honda GL-1000 Gold Wing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Honda GL-1000 Gold Wing. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

1975 Street Chopper bike building project - Honda Hog

Cover: completed Honda Hog with Steve and Donna Stillwell

Contents: Features: Road Test - Honda Gold Wing 1000; Outdoor Bike Show; Brown's Plating; Be your own mechanic; Technical: Koolgrill; Winterize your bike; Dellorto Carbs; 903 Pumper; Saddle Seats; Cycles Mr. Magoo, Popcorn, Lollypop, Lilly, Street Chopper bike building project completed - Honda Hog, Bad Company, Custom Crafted, Basically Black, Cruiser; more

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1975 November Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com













Thursday, September 2, 2010

1975 Honda GL-1000 Gold Wing Road Test, Photos, Specs

If Honda is going to sell a motorcycle for $3000, then by all that's holy it's going to be worth it. For your dough you get a shaft drive bonus, a triple-disc bonus, a fat rear tire bonus, enough indicator lights to trim a Christmas tree and that final, unexpected, transcendent Extra: except for the Kawasaki 903 Z-1, the GL1000 is the hardest accelerating 1975 production motorcycle you can buy...

1975 Honda GL-1000 Gold Wing Road Test 13-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com




















Wednesday, June 16, 2010

1978 Honda GL1000 Gold wing Road Test / Specifications

Honda does a wonderful job designing the Gold Wing for the people who buy it. Since its introduction the GL-1000 has been promoted as a touring motorcycle. Everything about it proclaims it one mission in life: rolling down the road. The engine is a water-cooled, sohc, horizontally-opposed Four with the crankshaft running the length of the frame to facilitate connection to a clean-runnng shaft drive. It is the smoothest powerplant in motorcycling...

1978 Honda GL1000 Gold wing Road Test / Specifications 6-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
















Saturday, May 29, 2010

1978 Honda GL-1000 Gold Wing - The #1 Tourer gets better





Cover: 1978 Honda GL-1000 Gold Wing

Contents: Tests: 1978 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing, Yamaha DT125-E; Preview and Riding Impressions - Five new Yamahas - XS Eleven 1100cc Four, RS500 Four-Stroke Single, XS650 Special, XS400 Four-stroke Twin, XS750 Special; Features: The Young Champions - DiStefano, Hannah and Howerton; Bill Mitchell's Madness - what bikes might be like if General Motors built them; The Mann Plan - Dick Mann's ideas to revitalize American motorcycle racing; Mopedmania - Moped Buyer's Guide; more

1977 November Cycle Guide Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue - Honda available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the " Motorcycle Magazines" category

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Monday, May 3, 2010

1978 Honda GL-1000 Gold Wing - The interstate of the art





When the GL1000 was introduced, its engineering was so advanced, its power so convincing, its engine so smooth that it literally took the industry by storm. But we're not about to settle for past glories. The 1978 GL-1000 strengthens its reputation with several important refinements...First into the Future.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

1975 Article: Comparing 8 Top of the Line Touring Motorcycles

Eight for the Open Road

Comparative Evaluation of Eight Top of the Line intermediate to long range touring motorcycles...

...with regard to quality of workmanship, ergonomics, vibration control, suspension compliance, two-up suitability, acceleration, ease of operation in town and on non interstate roadways, overall noise level, and maintenance and conveniences...

...staff spent a month and a half with each motorcycle.....

Harley-Davidson FLH 1200
Moto Guzzi 850-T Interceptor
Suzuki RE-5 and GT-750M
Honda GL-1000 Gold Wing
Norton 850 Interstate
Kawasaki Z-1B
BMW R90/6

Following the article are the reader responses to the article from a later issue which are also include with purchase of the article.


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