The return of the Honda Valkyrie was a welcome surprise after first hitting the market in 1996 before getting canned in 2003. Since that time, Honda’s Gold Wing lineup has given rise to a bunch of new models that includes the F6B. But as they say in the industry, you can’t keep a good muscle cruiser down for too long, which is why Honda brought back theGold Wing Valkyrie, looking sharper than ever before.
The new Valkyrie shares a whole lot of components with the Gold Wing and the F6B, including the frame, engine and transmission. What’s missing though are the bags and the fairings, two elements whose absences largely contributed to the Valkyrie being lighter and sexier than the Gold Wing and the F6B.
But don’t be fooled by the Valkyrie’s rather svelte stature; it’s still a modern-day muscle cruiser that actually has more in common with the nutty Rune bike from 2003 that masterfully straddled the line between sports bikes and fully dressed tourers.
In a lot of ways, the Gold King Valkyrie shares that attitude. That’s probably the reason why it stands out like it does among Honda’s lineup of Gold King cruisers. That’s always been the Valkyrie’s M.O. even back to its previous incarnation. It’s nice to see that while a lot of things have changed, some things that were best left unchanged remained as such.
Click past the jump to read more about the Honda Gold Valkyrie.
Honda Gold Wing Valkyrie originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 17 February 2015 18:00 EST.
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