LOT 33
1977 Honda Goldwing Registration no. VDB 307S Frame no. GL1-3025750 Engine no. GL1E-3025824
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Lot 33
1977 Honda Goldwing
Motorcycles Online - The Summer Sale|24 June 2024, 12:32 BST|Online, Milton Keynes
1977 Honda Goldwing
Registration no. VDB 307S
Frame no. GL1-3025750
Engine no. GL1E-3025824
In a world grown accustomed to an excess of decadence on all fronts, it is hard to imagine the mixture of awe and disbelief that greeted the Honda Gold Wing on its arrival in 1974. "Motorcycle or sci-fi fantasy?" was Bike magazine's reaction. "Quite simply the most advanced motorcycle ever made," was Honda's preferred description, and given the mind-boggling specification: 1,000cc flat-four engine, water cooling, belt-driven overhead camshafts, shaft drive, triple disc brakes, etc, it was certainly complex if not, strictly speaking, that advanced. One of the fastest production motorcycles of its day, the Gold Wing was described in Honda's Stateside ads as "the epitome of what touring is all about" and proved eminently capable of taking sales from both BMW and Harley-Davidson. As owners began to fit more and more accessories - including trailers the size of small caravans - engine capacity was increased first to 1,100cc and then to 1,200cc to cope with the increasing demands for more power. Over the years the 'Wing has continued to grow in engine capacity, overall size and complexity, which only serves to underline the increasingly collectible original's purity of form.
Purchased new by the late vendor on the 23rd December 1977 (believed to have been an early Christmas present to himself), it currently displays 8,591 miles to the odometer and was another of the late vendors favourites to ride and tour around the countryside on. Offered for restoration and sold strictly as seen, it comes with a V5C, original purchase receipt and invoices.
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