The Re-Birth of the Gold Wing: Honda's Brobdingnagian Tourer gets a Clean Sheet Re-Design

摘要

The massive Honda Gold Wing motorcycle has more parts than a Honda Civic automobile, so the same attention that Honda designers, engineers, and production personnel pay to efficiencies in car-building has been paid to this two-wheeler.Why? Why is there a picture of a motorcycle on the cover of Automotive Manufacturing & production? Are there so few new and interesting cars out there that we had to shop around for other kinds of vehicles to display prominently on our cover? Have we forgotten that the mission of AM&P is primarily to cover the ongoing revolution in the industry that builds four-wheeled vehicles? Have we simply taken leave of our senses? The answers are: no, no and er... let's not go there.There are many reasons why there is a motorcycle on our cover First it is a motorcycle that is equal to many cars in its manufacturing complexity. Second it is designed and built by one of the most innovative car companies in the world Third, the manufacturing concepts being used to build the Honda Gold Wing can and are being used in auto manufacturing. And fourth, we thought it would be really cool to have a motorycle on the cover.