Big Honkin' Touring Motorcycle Quiz
In fact you can tour on any motorcycle, and you can find round-the-world chronicles dating back almost to the invention of the first motorbike. Being the creature-comfort craving creatures that we humans are, though, it wasn’t long before we were cramming our bikes with everything from side-mounted chiffarobes to heated seats to cruise control to Infotainment systems. Why not? Surprisingly, no one has yet added the kitchen sink, AFAIK. Maybe it all began in earnest when Honda became the first manufacturer to start down that road circa 1980. Now, personally, we wouldn’t have it any other way. How well have you been paying attention since that first Goldwing? Bear in mind once again, the photos may be there to help you or not…
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i must be an old man at heart. 9/10, missed the Guzzi start year. some of those early Japanese dressers had beastly motors for the time
If anyone is wondering about the motorcycle pictured at the top of this article, it was called the Roaddog and it was a creation of Wild Bill Gelbke:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...
MO loves to use it as clickbait, it appears elsewhere on their site. Maybe write something about Wild Bill. I would read it!