Article: Gold Wing, Honda's top motorcycle, finds its destiny in Ohio; Moving production to the U.S. in 1979 put the bike in the big leagues.(NEWS)

Byline: Arlena Sawyers

Honda's Gold Wing is a luxury touring motorcycle built for America's wide open roads.

Ken Peterson, co-director of the 4,000-member Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Texas District, calls Honda's flagship bike the "Cadillac of motorcycles.

"It is supersmooth, superquiet, says the 73-year-old Peterson, who rides cross country on a 1998 1500cc Gold Wing modified with a trike kit his wife, Barbie, in back.

But it took the launch of production in Ohio in 1979 to put the Gold Wing in the big leagues. Making the Gold Wing in America helped enthusiasts take Honda seriously as a big bike maker. Ohio production gave ...

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