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The Honda Gold Wing is a series of touring motorcycles manufactured by Honda.Gold Wings feature shaft drive and a flat engine.Characterized by press in September 1974 as "The world's biggest motor cycle manufacturer's first attack on the over-750cc capacity market...", [1] it was introduced at the Cologne Motorcycle Show in October 1974.
Honda responded in the summer of 1991 with the RC38 Nighthawk 750, which was marketed in both North America and Japan, though for the latter only for a single year as the RC39 CB750 Nighthawk. The following year, the higher spec RC42 CB750 would debut for Europe and Japanese markets (in Europe it went by either CB750F2 or CB Seven-Fifty ).
At the 1978 IFMA in Cologne the new CB 750 was presented as the successor to the CB 750 four for Europe and available for sale later that year. With a new DOHC engine design and numerous other new features it was presented as "what happens when you keep winning races". [4]
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
Honda Gold Wing bike. Honda is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Japan and has been since it started production in 1955. [14] At its peak in 1982, Honda manufactured almost three million motorcycles annually. By 2006, this figure had been reduced to around 550,000 but was still higher than its three domestic competitors. [14]
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The Honda VFR750F is a motorcycle manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda from 1986 to 1997. The motorcycle is a very sporty sport tourer , and is powered by a 750 cc (46 cu in) V4 engine developed from the earlier VF750F models.
[3] [4] [5] The Honda CB750 overshadowed the Trident to be remembered as the 'first superbike', in spite of the Triumph Trident actually debuting before the Honda by a few weeks. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It had a 58 bhp (43 kW), 740-cubic-centimetre (45 cu in) air-cooled OHV unit construction straight-three engine , with four gears and a conventional ...