This year has seen some odd and frankly horrible things, including a global pandemic, so as far as getting weird goes, I think we’re all entitled. This Supercharged Honda GL1000 Gold Wing cafe racer is the kind of weird I encourage.
The bike is the last thing you’d expect when you think Gold Wing, from the beautiful red paint to the low handlebars to the funky vertically oriented headlight.
It’s an odd bike and fitting one for 2020. Railman Mark Nevitt built it, and I’m sure glad he did.
Honda released the Gold Wing in the 1970s. It was well liked by some and called too heavy by others. Still, it was the beginning of what we come to think of when we think of modern touring motorcycles.
This one, however, Nevitt has transformed into something very, very different. He’s a UK railroad signalman and self-taught engineer. He built the bike out of a 9×19 garage.
Much of the bike is bespoke and created by Nevitt. It’s the kind of bike that the more you look at it the more you grow to love. For the full write-up and all of the info on this machine, check out BikeBound’s report on it. It’s worth getting the details. You can also see more images there.
