The Honda Gold Wing Story - HOW THE KING OF KINGS WAS BORN

A look behind the scenes at Honda R&D before and during the creation of the groundbreaking 1975 Honda Gold Wing. It’s a tale of visionary leadership, under which talented people were inspired to explore the limits of the possible on a quest to design the ultimate motorcycle. This multi-year journey culminated in the birth of the 1975 Gold Wing, a machine that changed the motorcycling world and today, nearly five decades later, has upheld a legacy as a reliable, capable long distance touring bike without equal.
FOR MORE HONDA GOLD WING VIDEOS, SEE THIS PLAYLIST: • Honda Goldwing
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Context
01:59 - Honda’s Vision for the Gold Wing
05:23 - Project 371, the first Gold Wing
06:26 - The M1 (AOK) Gold Wing prototype
11:07 - The Gold Wing production prototype
18:35 - The 1975 GL1000 K0 is released
22:58 - The Gold Wing’s initial reception
28:12 - The GL1000’s legacy
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[@jimcarleton]

What an outstanding history lesson on the bike we all love to ride. I really liked all the historical footage you dug up and integrated into this. This was something like what one would see if they toured a Honda Museum. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and share it with your followers. I hope the embedded AI analytics drive KZbin visitors to your channel. This took a lot of work to put together, and I found it very informative. Thank you!

[@MakeFixEngineer]

Thanks for the nice comment! This one took more time than most of my videos, but it was fun to learn so much about the Gold Wing story while making it. It made me appreciate the GL1000 more and it's got me thinking I need one in my stable. But then again, I feel the same way about the Super Cub and Interceptor after making similar videos about them. I need a bigger stable, LOL. Cheers!

[@deltaforceaviation7924]

This is the most exclusive motorcycle ever made. She is "The One", among "the rest".

[@rondyechannel1399]

After riding my new 750 SS, with my Honda dealer friend on a new Gl1000, his brother on the new '76 750 SS on a trip from Oregon to Frisco, Ca. we were caught in a snow storm in the Siskiyou mountains on the return. The highway closed we stayed in a rest stop. My dealer friend called and had someone drive a truck down to pick us up. The GL would not fit in the truck with the 2 750's, so I offered to ride it in the snow over the mountains. It was incredibly stable and easy to ride back to Portland. I still own an original blue 1977 GL 1000 with 9000 miles. Now 74, I do not ride it much but am still impressed when I do.

[@Johnrider1234]

I pick up my 2023 dct wing this week.

[@nelsonphilip4520]

You meet the nicest people on a Honda. And if I may add that you can meet all sorts of people when you ride your Honda all across this great land. Honda, after making motorcycling respectable to the American middle class with its development of the GL platform, made turn-key touring something to aspire to. It's akin to the classic rock band that started out with bubble-gum pop music and then gradually refining it's sound and transforming their audience in the process. Well done Honda and kudos to you Make, Fix, Engineer

[@drdoolittle5724]

Totally brilliant Sir, thank you very much! Have been thinking of getting one for years but never been brave enough to commit!

[@jimmyt55]

I lived this 50 year phenomenon! Your video was so well put together! I owned a 1975 GL1000, in 1977,78,79. Lost in a garage fire. I’m lucky enough to have bought a 2022 GL1833 Goldwing tour DCT. Definitely the “King of Kings”!! I’m sharing. JT in Cary Il.

[@rodintoulouse3054]

This afternoon for the first time in my life i went to see a goldwing with intent to buy it. Then i got home and found your video 😊

[@MakeFixEngineer]

Thanks for the comment! Did you end out buying a Goldwing?

[@rodintoulouse3054]

@@MakeFixEngineer not yet. Maybe for next summer

[@nelsonphilip4520]

Don't delay, do it today! You won't regret it !@@rodintoulouse3054

[@cerealtiller]

An excellent and accurate Video..thank you .

[@MakeFixEngineer]

Thanks for the nice comment!

[@painsrides3616]

Thank you, as a new Goldwing rider(2018 Tour) coming off years of American V-Twins(Victory), it was very interesting to learn where the bones of what I'm now riding came from.

[@TimBarnett-pl9kd]

You impressed me with our GW. You had same reason I bought my GW an you had several of my old bikes listed as previous bikes. I even got a call from Mr Honda an worked with him an my 750cb. (That's story in itself!). But I should have brought GW much sooner!

[@stephenraemisch9012]

What FAB video … great historical account of the awesome Goldwing! I have an ‘07 … Metallic Black … and just love it! WELL DONE!!

[@airplanes42]

Very well done. Im now looking for more of your videos.

[@MakeFixEngineer]

Thanks for the nice comment! My "Motorcycle Stuff" playlist has all of my bike stories and documentaries - link below. Cheers! kzbin.info/aero/PLOgtHOpg90jAS6AOFS6cZJli8Zt13jOO-

[@bsc1463]

That was very enjoyable and informative . This all happened during my lifetime which also makes it interesting . Well done !!

[@advdad1129]

Great video, thanks for going to the time to make it. 👍🏻

[@dell5338]

Brilliant

[@davidchampagne464]

Great video man.

[@MakeFixEngineer]

Thanks!

[@JerryWDaviscom]

Awesome video.

[@DTBaker-gq4fd]

Excellent video.

[@MakeFixEngineer]

Thanks!

[@michaelplunkett8059]

Cvcc could meet new clean air standards without catalysts or needing expensive unleaded gas.

[@edtalley]

I love my 'wing. I appreciate your video and the research. However, the King of Kings is not a motorcycle, but a person who gave his life that we might live! IMHO

[@stephenraemisch9012]

Every knee will bow … we bow now out of love, worship and adoration. His Name is above all others! God-Speed brother! “Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:9-11)

[@nandansho.nandansho2366]

He only came for the CHILDREN OF ISRAEL..

[@tommcl8548]

👍👊

[@medvedmedvedoff4803]

Thank you for the video! I am a long-time rider of BMW GS oilheads. These motorcycles go everywhere and without problems, and it's getting boring (damn, am I really getting old?) :)) But recently I bought a frame and a couple of GL1200 engines to make a motorcycle with the soul and for the soul :)