GOLD CLASS
The music is pumping, the cruise control set, six cylinders running at low revs creating no perceptible vibration and a giant fairing is in front of me, punching the breeze out of the way.
Gold Wings are built for this.
Adding a friend on the back won’t change much, for there’s more than enough room for two. Upping the speed is pretty well a case of telling the Gold Wing how fast you’d like to go. Cranking up the volume is a matter of pushing a button, and raising the screen will make it even calmer in your cockpit.
For smooth, reliable freeway performance, the Gold Wing reigns supreme. Built by Honda to compete head-to-head with the big American baggers and full dressers, the Gold Wing does so its own way, brilliantly.
WHO IS IT FOR?
The Gold Wing has been available for all of my adult life, and the kids I teach to ride think I’m extremely old, being the decrepit 56 I’ve made it to.
That puts me right in the correct demographic to buy one: a mature married man, professional (it would help to be cashed-up with the kids off my hands, but I chose the wrong career and got to breeding a bit late). However the point still stands: the Gold Wing is purchased by mature men or couples looking for good times on the open road.
Those buyers are looking for something big, comfortable, capable and stylish. The Gold Wing provides this, in
