The 1976 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing K0 in Sulfur Yellow ridden by the author is a restored barn find. It’s owned by Joel Samick, who runs Pennsylvania-based RetroTours. (Photos by Kel Edge) Honda stunned the two-wheeled world at the 1968 Tokyo Show by revealing its inline 4-cylinder CB750, the first series production superbike of the modern era. But six years later, the Japanese company unveiled something completely different at the 1974 Cologne Show – the GL1000 Gold Wing. It was the first in a family of bikes which continues in production today, albeit in flat-Six 1,833cc guise vs. the original flat-Four 999cc model. Now, 50 years and 650,000-plus motorcycles later, the Wing continues to be a cornerstone of Honda’s range (see “50 Years of the Honda Gold Wing” in Rider’s December 2024 issue). At its peak, the GWRRA global owners club boasted 80,000 members in 53 countries, split into… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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