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Time of India
6 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Honda launches 50th Anniversary Gold Wing Tour at ₹39.9 lakh
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has announced the launch of the 2025 Gold Wing Tour – 50th Anniversary Edition. Marking 50 years of the Gold Wing platform, the motorcycle will be available exclusively through Honda's premium BigWing Topline dealerships. The ex-showroom price has been set at ₹39.90 lakh in Gurugram, Haryana. Tsutsumu Otani, MD, President & CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, stated, 'We are ecstatic to introduce the 50th Anniversary Gold Wing Tour in India. The launch of the 2025 Gold Wing Tour commemorates an iconic journey that began in 1975. Over the past five decades, the Gold Wing platform has evolved into a symbol of class, comfort, and endurance. The 50th Anniversary Edition is a tribute to this unmatched legacy and a celebration of our commitment to engineering excellence for long-distance touring connoisseurs.' Features and specifications The 2025 Gold Wing Tour includes a new emblem featuring 50th Anniversary and 'since 1975' detailing. It features a full-LED lighting system and air vents designed to improve airflow. A 7.0-inch full-colour TFT display provides navigation, riding, and audio information. The model includes wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity and displays a custom welcome screen. Other equipment includes an adjustable electric screen, improved speakers, Bluetooth support with two USB type-C sockets, and a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). Powering the motorcycle is a 1,833cc, liquid-cooled, flat six-cylinder engine producing 93 kW and 170 Nm of torque, paired with a 7-speed Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT). The model comes equipped with Throttle-By-Wire, dual-channel ABS, traction control, and an airbag. Riders can select from four modes: Tour, Sport, Econ, and Rain. Yogesh Mathur, Director, Sales and Marketing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, commented, 'We are delighted to launch the 50th Anniversary Gold Wing Tour for our Indian customers. With this special 50th Anniversary Edition, we aim to offer a riding experience that perfectly blends innovation, luxury, and power. This is more than just a motorcycle – it's a tribute to a generation of motorcyclists who believe in the art of luxury touring. We are glad to announce that the bookings for the new Gold Wing Tour are now open and customer deliveries of this flagship luxury tourer will begin in India from June 2025 onwards.' The motorcycle will be offered in a single DCT variant in Bordeaux Red Metallic.
Hindustan Times
6 days ago
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
Honda Gold Wing Tour 50th Anniversary launched a ₹39.90 lakh
Honda Gold Wing Tour 50th Anniversary gets cosmetic changes over the standard version of the Gold Wing Tour. The 50th Anniversary Honda Gold Wing Tour will be available in a single DCT variant with Bordeaux Red Metallic colour Check Offers Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) today announced the launch of the 2025 Gold Wing Tour – the 50th Anniversary Edition in the Indian market. The tourer is priced at 39.90 lakh ex-showroom, and the bookings are now open at BigWing Topline dealerships. Customer deliveries of this flagship luxury tourer will begin in India from June 2025 onwards. What is different about the 2025 Honda Gold Wing Tour 50th Anniversary Edition? The 50th Anniversary version of the Honda Gold Wing is finished in Bordeaux Red Metallic colour and there is a special Gold Wing emblem with 50th Anniversary and 'since 1975' detailing commemorating the motorcycle's important milestone. 2025 Honda Gold Wing Tour comes with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. What are the features of the 2025 Honda Gold Wing Tour 50th Anniversary Edition? Regarding equipment, the latest Gold Wing Tour boasts a feature-laden cockpit equipped with a 7.0-inch full-color TFT display that offers information on riding, navigation, and audio. Additionally, it introduces first-in-class wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay for enhanced connectivity, along with a new welcome screen that displays "Since 1975" upon starting the motorcycle. The comfort of touring is further enhanced by an extended electric screen that provides excellent wind protection, upgraded audio system speakers that deliver rich sound at all speeds, Bluetooth connectivity featuring two USB type-C sockets, a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), and numerous other features. There is also Throttle-By-Wire (TBW) system, dual-channel ABS, traction control, airbag and all LED lighting on offer. 2025 Honda Gold Wing Tour uses a six-cylinder engine. What powers the 2025 Honda Gold Wing Tour 50th Anniversary Edition? At the heart of the new Honda Gold Wing Tour is a massive 1,833 cc, liquid-cooled, 4 stroke, 24 valve, flat six-cylinder engine that churns out 124 bhp of max power and 170 Nm of peak torque. The engine is paired with a 7-speed Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT). There are four riding modes on offer - Tour, Sport, Econ and Rain. Also Read : Honda Rebel 500 vs Kawasaki Eliminator 500: Which one will you pick Announcing the launch, Mr. Tsutsumu Otani, Managing Director, President & CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, said, 'We are ecstatic to introduce the 50th Anniversary Gold Wing Tour in India. The launch of the 2025 Gold Wing Tour commemorates an iconic journey that began in 1975. Over the past five decades, the Gold Wing platform has evolved into a symbol of class, comfort, and endurance. The 50th Anniversary Edition is a tribute to this unmatched legacy and a celebration of our commitment to engineering excellence for long-distance touring connoisseurs." Check out Upcoming Bikes In India. First Published Date: 30 May 2025, 11:37 AM IST
India Today
6 days ago
- Automotive
- India Today
Honda launches 50th anniversary Gold Wing Tour in India at Rs 39.90 lakh
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has rolled out the 50th Anniversary Edition of the Gold Wing Tour, marking five decades of the luxury touring motorcycle. Priced at Rs 39.90 lakh (ex-showroom), the 2025 Gold Wing Tour is now available for bookings exclusively through Honda's premium BigWing Topline dealerships. Customer deliveries will commence in June launch celebrates the legacy of the Gold Wing platform, which first debuted in 1975. The special edition features a commemorative '50th Anniversary' emblem, enhanced design, and a host of modern touring features. advertisementWe are ecstatic to introduce the 50th Anniversary Gold Wing Tour in India. This edition pays tribute to five decades of unmatched innovation and engineering excellence in touring," said Tsutsumu Otani, MD, President and CEO, HMSI. Yogesh Mathur, Director, Sales and Marketing at HMSI, added, "With this special 50th Anniversary Edition, we aim to offer a riding experience that perfectly blends innovation, luxury, and power. This is more than just a motorcycle – it's a tribute to a generation of motorcyclists who believe in the art of luxury touring." The 2025 Gold Wing Tour stands out with its design, full-LED lighting, and airflow-optimised vents. It's powered by a 1833cc flat six-cylinder engine producing 126.4bhp and 170Nm, mated to a 7-speed Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT).advertisementRiders benefit from features including a 7.0-inch full-colour TFT display, wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, Bluetooth connectivity, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), and a premium audio system. Four ride modes—Tour, Sport, Econ, and Rain—enable personalised riding experiences. In terms of safety, the bike comes equipped with dual-channel ABS, traction control, throttle-by-wire, and even an airbag—underscoring its flagship status in the luxury touring motorcycle is offered in Bordeaux Red Metallic colour and is available only in the DCT to Auto Today Magazine
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The Honda Gold Wing Was Made For America
Road & Track is decidedly not a motorcycle magazine, but we do appreciate the beauty and culture of the finest two-wheeled machinery. So when Honda sent an invite to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Gold Wing, the gold standard of cruiser motorcycles, the answer was a definite yes. As R&T's resident cycle nerd, I'm going to start out on a limb here: I've long believed the Gold Wing isn't just a motorcycle. It is the motorcycle of note from the last half-century, certainly from an American perspective. It wasn't uninhibited enthusiasm that birthed the Gold Wing in 1975, but rather a careful corporate decision-making process. The newly minted executive vice president of Honda, Kihachiro Kawashima, decided the company needed a two-wheeled flagship, one that would combine technical innovation with high levels of rider comfort. Powered by a 999-cc flat-four, the first Japanese water-cooled four-stroke, the '75 Gold Wing made 78 hp and 61 lb-ft of torque and propelled a bike that weighed a very chunky 602 pounds dry. It's the obvious place to start this history lesson, swinging my leg over the flat, one-piece seat of this beautiful early version and hitting the roads of Daytona Beach, Florida. Picking the veteran Gold Wing off its stand required the strongest heave for the whole ride, as it became ever more eager to roll between my legs once moving. Reaching the bars required no more than a slight raise of my elbow, and initiating a lean was done with a two-finger pinch of force on the thin bars. What's most important on a Gold Wing is smoothness. The power comes in gradually and linearly, rising steadily as I pass 4000 rpm on the white-needled gauges. It didn't have that coming-on-cam feeling that our favorite Japanese performance cars possess, instead mimicking the torque curve of a BMW inline-six. Reputedly, early Gold Wing dealer demonstrations included the placement of a coin onto one of the protruding cylinder heads, where prospective customers could watch it sit unmoving as the engine was revved. There was only one realm where this Gold Wing's age felt obvious: braking. Neither the front lever nor the rear pedal provided any real feel, and the retardation felt consistently weak to somebody more used to modern motorcycles. I found myself pressing harder as the ride went on, gaining confidence in the modern Continental tires more than the dual solid discs up front. The clutch shared this sense of inadequacy, as early Gold Wings were notorious for shedding their stock units. According to Rob Doyle, Honda's Northeast PR representative and the co-owner of this model, the warmer the clutch gets, the more it needs to be slipped. Bogging down at stoplights turned into a symphony as I spun the serenely balanced engine past 3000 rpm to get rolling. Contrary to its younger siblings, Honda's first Gold Wing has no clever features or fairings. It was a starting point for touring—saddlebags, wind protection, and upgraded seat comfort was on the owner, at least for the first few years. But a trip to New Mexico changed all that. "In about 1978, we had a gentleman at American Honda, his name was Ikuo Shimizu," says Lee Edmunds, a former Honda communications manager who gave a fascinating historic briefing. "His big philosophy was something we call 'go to the spot.' It means you can't really understand what's going on in the market unless you actually go and see it." Shimizu traveled to the Golden Aspen Rally in Ruidoso, New Mexico, to learn firsthand what customers needed and wanted. The result was vastly improved feedback to the Japanese-based R&D team and then 45 years of steady evolution—increased displacement and cylinder count, an air suspension, and numerous innovative and groundbreaking luxury features. One counterintuitive development was moving the engine forward. As former Cycle World editor and Gold Wing connoisseur Matthew Miles explains, each passing generation has seen the engine advance within the frame, a contradictory concept for those who believe in optimal weight distribution through a middle- or rear-mounted engine. "You can see it, whether it's in the drawings or in the actual treatment of the seats, just how important the passenger section is. If you have this tiny little seat, it's a problem. So they're always trying to move the engine forward for balance," Miles told me. That mission is one of versatility for the modern Gold Wing. It's shell suggests a loping, open-road approach to riding, while the hardware—as Miles points out—is pure sport bike. For the half-century milestone, the 2025 model year of the fifth-generation Gold Wing came with only a few upgrades, primarily the ability to sync a smartphone wirelessly through a helmet-mounted communication device and get Apple CarPlay on a seven-inch screen between the dials. Honda is also offering a 50th Anniversary limited edition, which I tested in two-pew Tour form. The generational spread means there is now 1833 cc of flat-six power, the engine making a wail reminiscent of a base Porsche 911. Okay, so the motor's power figures look low for its size—125 hp and 125 lb-ft. But in reality, this is more than enough to get the modern Gold Wing Tour's 845-pound chassis moving, whether that effort is funneled through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission or the classic six-speed manual unit. Getting settled onto the behemoth of a bike wasn't scary, but the first inches of movement felt intimidating as the better end of 1000 pounds gyrated between my legs. It takes some muscle to get it up off the stand and even more to push the wide clip-on bars around a tight parking lot. But, when starting, full clutch engagement coincides with the bike becoming weightless. Wrapped in an almost ironic, woody-wagon-esque paint scheme, my dual-clutch 50th Anniversary tester went from snapping turtle to a dachshund puppy in a matter of feet, as speed and the gyroscopic effect melted away its heft. Of course, the modern Gold Wing is a much more sophisticated motorcycle than the original one. The 2025 rides on a double-wishbone front suspension with a pro-link rear system that connects to a single-side swing arm and adjusts for both passenger and luggage weight. Directional ability is also much improved. Little muscle is required to dip the Gold Wing into both tight and sweeping corners, the lean gradient more rewarding the quicker you ride. Sure, the weight is apparent as speed bleeds off, requiring a strict adherence to the core tenets of motorcycling: looking where you want to go, dragging the rear brake during low-speed maneuvers. But the ride stayed glassy whether trailing pickups on I-95 or puttering around a parking lot. The combination of the quiet engine and generous wind protection from the windscreen and fairing package meant cruising at 70 mph didn't elicit so much as a breeze. The dual-clutch transmission shifted sweetly, and Honda even allows the ability to manually shift should you please. Brakes were also excellent—with dual six-pot Nissin hydraulic calipers up front and a single three-pot at the rear, slowing down was as easy and unflustered as speeding up, the lever feeling as if it communicated every groove in the discs as they passed through the pads. But it is the luxuries that really define the Gold Wing, especially for more casual riders. As well as the two-wheeled novelty of Apple CarPlay, my tester had seat heaters, an audio system, and even a winding windscreen—all functions I imagine are hard to let go once you've become used to them. The dynasty's enduring success has long been proved, with more than 700,000 having been built by 2017. Prices now start at $25,975 for the low-seat six-speeder and rise to $34,175 for the priciest airbag-equipped twin-clutch 50th Anniversary Tour version. My biggest takeaway from experiencing both ends of the Gold Wing story was the fundamental rightness of the line to American tastes. Confidence is key to being a good rider, but it can often take thousands of miles to build the faith that a motorcycle can survive a full emergency stop or deliver its engineered lean angle. But the Gold Wing puts those worries to rest on your first ride. It commands respect, but it treats you as a peer too. That's why you see them on just about every good road the country has to offer. 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The National
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
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