Honda's top-class touring motorcycle "Gold Wing" carries 7-inch LCD to support Apple's CarPlay

Honda announced "GOLDWING TOUR" (Gold Wing Tour) and "GOLDWING" (Gold Wing), which is the latest model of the company's flagship motorcycle at "Tokyo Motor Show 2017". This motorcycle is equipped with an infotainment system with a 7-inch liquid crystal display on the meter part, Apple's "CarPlayIt is a model corresponding to.

GOLDWING TOUR / GOLDWING | Exhibition Vehicle | The 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017 | Honda
http://www.honda.co.jp/motorshow/2017/detail/028/

New 2018 Honda Gold Wing is the First Motorcycle Equipped With CarPlay - Mac Rumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/24/honda-2018-gold-wing-carplay-support/

"GOLDWING TOUR" and "GOLDWING" announced by Honda are Grand Tour models featuring a horizontally opposed six cylinder engine with a displacement of 1800 cc. It is a motorcycle with comfort that allows you to relax cruising with enthusiasts on a huge car body, and with the latest model, fun and excitement to manipulate the bike is also being pursued. In addition, it is "GOLDWING TOUR" that the trunk is equipped behind the rear seat ... ...


The trunk not equipped model is "GOLDWING". If you look closely, the transparent front screen in front of the rider's eyes is also miniaturized.



It is the design around the meter that catches the eye. A 7-inch liquid crystal multi information display is arranged in the middle of the two analog meters of the speedometer and the engine tachometer, and by connecting the iPhone and the motorcycle, navi, the music player, and the telephone function are used while driving It will be possible. A multicontroller such as a jog controller used for various operations is laid out at the top of the fuel tank before the meter.


When you display the CarPlay screen on the display, it looks like this. CarPlay has been increasingly adopted in four-wheeled vehicles, but it should be the first installment in a two-wheeled world. It is a place to worry about the use of CarPlay which seems to match perfectly for the purpose of GOLDWING called Grand tourer.


Although the vehicle price has not been announced at the time of article creation, the predecessor model "GL 1800 GOLDWING" was a model of 2.5 million yen class, so the new model is expected to be equal to or higher than that . Especially, where the price of the model equipped with the 7-speed DCT (dual clutch · transmission) with almost no shift shock among the GOLDWING TOUR will be worrisome. In the following movies, you can see where the features and charms of the new GOLDWING are.

The Entirely-New 2018 Honda Gold Wing | Beyond the Gold Wing - YouTube