Discover What Lies Beyond & rever.co partnership

[FezUSA]

Honda recently released the first of a 5-part series of short videos for a new bike! Pretty cool video, you might recognise a bike!!

Revzilla also has a write up article about the whole thing.

Probably a new wing with DCT and an available OEM trike option as has been rumoured for some time, but still it's interesting to see.

They're also partnering with rever.co (no 'm' on the end!) which is a cool app/site for planning & tracking rides, and quite a bit more, although no turn by turn navigation option, yet.

 

[mdmcdougall]

I use rever to track all my rides. It is simple and easy to set up. I also use it to plan my rides.

 

[BigGuppy]

Huh, digging around in the comments, I see the frunk is not a new idea for Honda -- it existed on the original 1975 Gold Wing

The Honda GL1000 Gold Wing - Classic Japanese Motorcycles - Motorcycle Classics

...there’s the gas tank sitting under the seat, with the mechanical fuel pump’s drive coming off the end of the right-side camshaft. Carrying 5gal of gas up high would give the rider 35 extra pounds to balance, but down low it helps to centralize mass. This is a big bike, and Honda wanted to reduce any balance issues to their most manageable proportions.

This left the faux tank to become a small glove box. Pop the top and the sides fall away, revealing all the fuses and electrical paraphernalia, a top-off tank for the cooling system, a tool kit and a kick-starter lever, just in case.

 

[BigGuppy]

RideApart has an article about it too, opining that it's a DCT-equipped Gold Wing F6B
Honda Begins Long Tease to New Model | RideApart

 

[DirtFlier]

There is also a photo of a Wing with a non-traditional front end and on the cylinder head cover it says "Hybrid." They might be two different pics but I can't remember.

Leaked Pictures Reveal An Overhauled Honda Gold Wing For 2018

 

[GlennC]

I never realized the GL1000's "tank" opened like a clam like that!

Love the tip on rever.co.

After watching the OP vid YouTube suggested the following documentary, the first couple of minutes of which looked pretty good:

Honda Motorcycles - History | Full Documentary - YouTube