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1972 Honda Goldwing prototype M1

 

- 1972 Honda Goldwing prototype M1

1972 Honda Goldwing prototype M1

Very rare photo of the very first prototype Honda Goldwing - The 1972 Honda M1

1972

A design team is established, led by Soichiro Irimajiri, who headed up design of the five- and six-cylinder road racing engines of the 1960s. The team develops the M1, a top-secret prototype designed to explore the outer limits of the Grand Touring concept. The super-fast M1 features a liquid-cooled horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine with shaft drive--features that surface in the Gold Wing line in years to come.