Editing Honda GLX1500 Gold Wing

{{Motorcycle
|name             = Honda GLX1500 Gold Wing
|photo=Honda-GL1500-88--2.jpg
|aka              = 
|manufacturer     = Honda
|parent_company   =
|production       = 1988 - 89
|model_year       =
|predecessor      =
|successor        =
|class            =Touring
|engine           = Four stroke, opposed boxer six cylinders, SOHC, 2 [[valve]] per cylinder
|bore_stroke      =
|compression      = 9.8:1
|top_speed        = 159 km/h / 99 mph
|power            = 100.04 HP (74.6 KW) @ 5200RPM
|torque           = 110.64 ft/lbs (150.0 Nm) @ 4000RPM
|fuel_system      = Carburetor 2 x 36 mm Keihin CV
|ignition         =
|spark_plug       =
|battery          =
|transmission     = 5 Speed
|frame            = Tubular steel cradle
|suspension       =Front: Air adjustable telescopic forks <br>
Rear: Pro-link air adjustable
|brakes           =Front: 2 x 296 mm discs 2 [[piston]] [[calipers]] <br>Rear: Single 316 mm disc 2 piston caliper
|front_tire       = {{tire|130/70-18}} 
|rear_tire   	  = {{tire|160/80-16}} 
|rake_trail       =
|wheelbase        =
|length           =
|width            =
|height           =
|seat_height      = 763 mm / 30.1 in
|dry_weight       = 360 kg / 793.7 lb
|wet_weight       =
|fuel_capacity    = 23 liters / 6.1 US gal
|oil_capacity     =
|recommended_oil=Honda GN4 10W-40
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It could reach a top speed of 159 km/h / 99 mph.  

==Engine==
The engine was a Liquid cooled cooled Four stroke, opposed boxer six cylinders, SOHC, 2 valve per cylinder. The engine featured a 9.8:1 [[compression ratio]].  

==Chassis==
It came with a 130/70-18 front [[tire]] and a 160/80-16 rear tire. Stopping was achieved via 2 x 296 mm discs 2 piston calipers in the front and a Single 316 mm disc 2 piston [[caliper]] in the rear. The front suspension was a  Air adjustable telescopic forks while the rear was equipped with a Pro-link air adjustable. The GLX1500 Gold Wing was fitted with a 23 liters / 6.1 US gal fuel tank. The bike weighed just 360 kg / 793.7 lb.  
== Photos ==
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File:Honda-GL1500-88--2.jpg|600px|Honda GLX1500 Gold Wing
File:HONDA-GL1500-88--3.jpg|600px|Honda GLX1500 Gold Wing
File:HONDA-GL1500-88.jpg|600px|Honda GLX1500 Gold Wing
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==1989 Honda GLX 1500 Gold Wing==

All this was carried through to the latest model - the 1988 GLX1500, the ultimate full dresser and with a major engine change. Bigger than ever, the new Gold Wing's motive power is now a flat, six-cylinder engine.


==1994 - 2000 Honda GLX 1500 Gold Wing==
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File:honda-glx-1500-gold-wing-1994-2000-2.jpg|600px|1994 - 2000 Honda GLX 1500 Gold Wing
File:honda-glx-1500-gold-wing-1994-2000-1.jpg|600px|1994 - 2000 Honda GLX 1500 Gold Wing
File:honda-glx-1500-gold-wing-1994-2000-0.jpg|600px|1994 - 2000 Honda GLX 1500 Gold Wing
</gallery>

The maximum power of the Honda GLX 1500 Gold Wing was 73.5 kW or nearly 100 hp at 5200 rpm. With a maximum torque of 150 Nm or 15.3 kgm at 4000 rpm the GL1500 had an impressive tractive power. Furthermore the GLX 1500 was provided with five gears of which the last one was an overdrive. With a fuel tank capacity of well over 23 Litresa fairly radius of action could be achieved. The dry weight was well over 360 kg.

== Overview ==

In 1984 a new design team began planning the next
Wing. The new machine had to be superior in every aspect: extremely quiet and
silky smooth, yet extremely powerful with superior handling. The GL1500 got
there-the hard way. Thousands of hours were spent in testing 15 different
machines in 60 prototype stages-the most comprehensive model development project
in Honda's history. These efforts culminated in a six-cylinder luxury motorcycle
of such surpassing excellence it would establish a touring benchmark that would
dominate motorcycling for more than a decade.





On the move, it is not the size
of the GL1500 that is the most obvious thing. It is the smooth and fluid
engine; its capability of running at well over the ton for mile after mile,
never straining, always comfortable, and never, ever, feeling short of
power.

Honda's Gold Wing of the
mid-1970s started big and kept getting bigger. In its original form it was
an unfaired machine, and the liquid-cooled flat four engine displaced
1000cc. At that time, nobody had seen anything quite so enormous.

It was not long before luxury
touring riders in the USA started fitting out their Gold Wings for the long
haul down Easy Street. Their requirements gave birth to an accessory
industry supplying everything from super-soft 'King and Queen' seats to
gigantic fairings with matching three-piece luggage equipment, as well as
air suspension to smooth the ride to the standards of a family car.

The 1983 1200cc Aspencade (named
after the biggest gathering of touring riders in the USA) was Honda's
answer. It came equipped with everything. With panniers and a
gigantic top box, you could load luggage enough for three. Want to take the
barbecue? Load it right on.

A massive fairing offered not
only complete weather protection but was built to the highest standards,
with plenty of lock-up storage compartments and a ventilation system. A full
stereo radio and tape player added music to the passing zephyr. The engine
certainly made no noise loud enough to drown it.

Honda also installed their own
air suspension - with an extra refinement. An on-board compressor was built
into the bike and the suspension could be made harder or softer without even
stopping: firming the ride up for more stability when swinging through the
mountain bends, and then softening it to a lulling wallow on the long
straights through the deserts'.

All this was carried through to
the latest model - the 1988 GL1500, the ultimate full dresser and with a
major engine change. Bigger than ever, the new Gold Wing's motive power is
now a flat, six-cylinder engine.

The gross tonnage of the Gold
Wing is rarely a problem on the roll. Despite limited ground clearance this
behemoth is quite nimble and handy on a tight road as long as the rider
doesn't get too enthusiastic and let the huge rolling mass run away from his
control. The silky-smooth, turbinelike engine redlines at a low 5500rpm,
makes enormous torque (11 Olb-fts) and retains healthy acceleration from low
to high speeds as well as an ability to cruise relatively economically in
its overdrive top gear. With shaft drive and that big, lazy engine,
maintenance is an infrequent chore.

The Gold Wing was developed with
long distances as well as high speeds in mind. It will keep on running as
long as its pampered and cosseted rider wants it to.

There is a huge array of gadgetry
to play with. The current model sports a 25-watt, full logic audio system
with presets, auto scanning, auto volume levelling and CB radio function.
Then there's cruise control, climate control, a two-way intercom, adjustable
pegs (with foot warming options) plus both analogue and digital display
information for speed, rpm, temperature, fuel level, time, audio functions
and suspension pressures.
The latest innovation on the
1500, and one fully acknowledging its dead weight, is a reverse gear,
operated off the starter motor at low speeds and designed purely to help
park the motorcycle since pushing or rolling it backWards is no longer a
task for mere mortals.

The Gold Wing always was designed
primarily for the USA and is as American as a Japanese bike can be. Honda
by-pass import restrictions by assembling Gold Wings in their own US
factory. Also popular in Europe, the Gold Wing has spawned numerous
imitations from Japanese rivals but remains in a class of its own. Honda did
it first and the bike is still the definitive heavyweight luxury tourer. For
over 15 years now Honda have kept faithful to the Gold Wing tradition of
giving you an awful lot of motorcycle for your money.





{|  class="wikitable"
|- 
!Make Model
|Honda GLX 1500 Gold Wing
|- 
!Year
|1988 - 89
|- 
!Engine Type
|Four stroke, opposed boxer six cylinders, SOHC, 2 valve per cylinder
|- 
!Displacement
|1520 cc / 92.8 cub in.
|- 
!Bore X Stroke
|71 x 64 mm
|- 
!Compression
|9.8:1
|- 
!Cooling System
|Liquid cooled
|- 
!Induction
|2 x 36 mm Keihin CV
|- 
!Starting
|Electric
|- 
!Max Power
|72.9 kW / 100 hp @ 5200 rpm
|- 
!Max Torque
|150 Nm / 15.3 kgf-m / 111 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
|- 
!Transmission
|5 Speed
|- 
!Drive
|Shaft
|- 
!Frame
|Tubular steel cradle
|- 
!Front Suspension
|Air adjustable telescopic forks
|- 
!Rear Suspension
|Pro-link air adjustable
|- 
!Front Brakes
|2 x 296 mm discs 2 piston calipers
|- 
!Rear Brakes
|Single 316 mm disc 2 piston caliper
|- 
!Front Tire
|130/70-18
|- 
!Rear Tire
|160/80-16
|- 
!Seat Height
|763 mm / 30.1 in
|- 
!Dry Weight
|360 kg / 793.7 lb
|- 
!Fuel Capacity
|23 liters / 6.1 US gal
|- 
!Consumption Average
|7.5 L/100 km / 13.3 km/l / 31.4 US mpg
|- 
!Top Speed
|159 km/h / 99 mph

|}

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