Early on Honda marketed it as a sports touring bike. I rode my friends GL1000 and it was very comfortable plodding down the freeway. Not so much fun in the twisties. I had a Kawasaki KZ650 at the time and it was always tempting you to run it to redline. That punch of power when it hit the cam. GL1000 is a big, reliable motorcycle that didn't weight 800 lbs.
Beautiful machine, Terry. Back around 1980, a coworker of mine had the same year and color. Very nice 👍
Early on Honda marketed it as a sports touring bike. I rode my friends GL1000 and it was very comfortable plodding down the freeway. Not so much fun in the twisties. I had a Kawasaki KZ650 at the time and it was always tempting you to run it to redline. That punch of power when it hit the cam. GL1000 is a big, reliable motorcycle that didn't weight 800 lbs.