£1,700
1976 Honda Gold Wing 1000cc. Registration number UCK 301R. Frame number GL1-2019978. Engine number GL1E-2019008.
The first production Honda Gold Wing, the GL1000 design style was kept as minimalist and conventional as possible. The bike was named after the Honda logo, gold wings. Fitted with the engine and transmission that had been developed in the Project 371 the final production motorcycle featured a steel, full duplex cradle frame with the fuel tank mounted below the seat behind the unusually large side covers.
What looked like the fuel tank was actually a glove box and tool box compartment which contained a tool kit and kick starter lever just in case of failure of the electric starter or a flat battery; and the compartment also contained the top up tank for the radiator and easy access to the electrical fuses. The engine used single overhead camshafts on each bank of cylinders, and instead of noisy cam chains Honda used toothed belts to operate the cams.
The bike’s colours for its first year of production were Candy Antares Red and Candy Blue Green followed by Sulphur Yellow the following year. With its liquid cooled engine exhaling through a big efficient exhaust system, belt driven camshafts and shaft drive with cush drive the GL1000 was a quiet limousine of a motorcycle reminiscent of a Rolls-Royce except with two wheels.
UCK was first registered in August 1976. Former tax discs show the bike to have been in West Yorkshire in the late eighties, in 2012 it was MOT'd in Newport, Wales at 41,919 miles, before heading to Surrey with Paul Griffiths. Our vendor bought it in May 2015 and has only covered 114 miles since the last MOT.
The bike is fitted with 8 spoke Lester alloy wheels but the original steel spoked wheels are included with the sale.
Sold with V5C, previous MOT certificates, former tax discs and a Honda owner’s hand book. It will recommissioning before use.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Free Registration
18.6% inc VAT*
Flat Fee Registration
15.00% inc VAT*
