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Luggage & Saddlebags
The Honda Goldwing motorcycle had its debut in 1975, and became one of the most popular motorcycles in history. Initially intended as a road bike, it started the new trend in "touring bikes". Goldwing is the first motorcycle with the airbag system available. more...
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Prototype
The first appearance of the Goldwing was at the Cologne Motorcycle Show in October 1974. It was a flat-4 999cc motorcycle. It got immediate attention because of some cutting edge technology for the time. This includes:
A water cooled engine, only the second Japanese motorcycle to have it (1972 Suzuki GT750 was a water cooled 3 cylinder 2 stroke).;
Virtually the first motorcycle ever to have a fuel pump. What appeared to be a fuel tank was actually the electronics bay and radiator overflow. The real fuel tank was placed under the seat.;
Shaft Drive. German BMWs were noted for using this on touring motorcycles, but it was a first on a large capacity exported Japanese motorcycle (Marusho, a Japanese manufacturer of the 1950's and 1960's used shaft drive on all their models).;
Very quiet, partly by use of a one piece silencer box under the swing arm.;
Transmission underneath the engine (instead of behind it). This is a popular car layout (e.g. Mini Minor), but first use on a motorcycle.;
GL1000
The first production model GL1000 came out in 1975, and was in production until 1979. The bike was listed as a touring bike, but it came as a bare bike. A large market developed offering fairings and luggage, the most popular being the Windjammer series by Vetter. With only minor differences for different markets this bike remained virtually unchanged for 1975-1977 production run. In 1978 there were many changes made: faux tank shape, instruments on the top of the faux tank, seat, camshafts, carburettors, exhaust system, Comstar wheels, deletion of kickstart, etc.
During the final run of the GL1000 (1979), Honda finally released their own saddlebags and trunk (although they did not produce a fairing).
GL1100
First released in 1979, the GL1100 was made until 1983. For the most part, this was the same bike as the GL1000, but with some improvements. The engine was the same, but it was bored to a larger 1085cc cylinder, and electronic ignition replaced the older point system. The suspension was changed to an air adjustible system (a first for a production motorcycle). Many parts were interchangeable between the 1000 and 1100 models.
The base bike was now called the "GL1100 Standard." In 1980 Honda also introduced the "Interstate" version of the Goldwing. This was the first production bike to come standard with touring accessories like a trunk, saddlebags, and a fairing.
Read more at Wikipedia.org
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