The Honda Gold Wing is a series of touring motorcycles manufactured by Honda. Gold Wings feature shaft drive and a flat engine. Characterized by press in September 1974 as 'The world's biggest motor cycle manufacturer's first attack on the over-750cc capacity market...', it was introduced at the Cologne Motorcycle Show in October 1974. Total sales are more than 640,000, most of them in the U.S. market. Gold Wings were assembled in Marysville, Ohio, from 1980 until 2010, when motorcycle production there was halted. No Gold Wings were produced for the 2011 model year, and production resumed in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 2011 using tooling transported from the American factory. (Source: Wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA)