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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.
Like the earlier Honda Gold Wing [1] and later Rune, [2] the Pacific Coast had been conceived and designed by Honda Research America specifically for the US market. Though subsequent Honda motorcycles would feature integral, side-opening trunks—namely the Deauville/NT700V , ST1100 , Gold Wing and ST1300 —the wheel-straddling, top-opening ...
Honda VT800 Shadow photographed in Valkenburg, South Holland. Honda introduced the VT800C Shadow for 1988, the sixth year of the Shadow series. The 800cc engine had the same bore diameter as the original Shadow 750 engine, and a 5.1 mm (0.20 in) longer stroke, but was otherwise the same SOHC, three valves per cylinder, 45-degree V-twin engine.
The Honda ST series, also known as the Pan-European in Europe, is a duo of Sport Touring motorcycles comprising the ST1100 and the later ST1300. [1]Following the launch of the Gold Wing, which was very successful in the US, Honda's marketing team perceived that the European market (hence the "Pan European" moniker) would appreciate a lighter, sportier, and more manoeuvrable motorcycle. [2]
To prevent excessive wear on a separate starter motor, the Honda PCX uses its alternator by supplying power to the stator (see Brushless DC electric motor). As a result, engine start is completely muted. This same technology was released in the new 2018 Honda Goldwing. [26] Other Honda 125/150 scooters with eSP share a common engine with the ...
The Honda VFR800 (Interceptor) is a sport touring motorcycle made by Honda since 1998. [1] The model was the successor to the VFR750F and shares the V4 engine configuration with the Honda VF and VFR series. The VFR800 name was given to three successive iterations of Honda V4 motorcycles: 1998–2001 (RC46) VFR800Fi; 2002–2013 (RC46) VFR800 VTEC
The 2009 Honda VFR1200F is the first motorcycle to use a DCT. [52] Honda has since expanded the application of the DCT to the Gold Wing model (model year 2018), the Africa Twin, the NT1100, Rebel 1100, and the NC700XD (model year 2012). In 2010, the Mitsubishi Fuso 6-speed Duonic transmission became the first DCT to be used in a truck. [53]
Honda Marysville Auto Plant (MAP) is a Honda manufacturing facility located approximately six miles northwest of Marysville, Ohio, and 42 miles northwest of Columbus, Ohio, near the intersection of US 33 and State Route 739. It is one of the most integrated and flexible auto plants in North America.