41. 1975 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing
The Gold Wing is a series of touring motorcycles manufactured by Honda and was introduced in October of 1974 at the Cologne Motorcycle Show. The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan includes a Honda Gold Wing GL1000 that was manufactured in 1974 as one of their 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology. Production Gold Wings went on sale in the US and European market in 1975 and at American Honda’s annual dealer meeting in Las Vegas back in September of 1974, pre-production GL1000 models were first revealed to dealers. Total global sales reached over 640,000, most of them in the US market.