GWM Will Present Challenger Honda Gold Wing

Honda Gold Wing 1800. (Doc. Astra-Honda)

JAKARTA - Have you ever seen a big motorbike aka moge with six cylinders? The Honda Gold Wing is the king. In the kitchen of the premium touring motorcycle, which is a big bike Honda flagship in the world, comes with a strong engine of 1,833cc cooled with 6-cylinder liquid mounted horizontally oppositely, becoming the hallmark of the main element of its character. This machine is capable of producing a power maximum of 93 kW at 5,500 rpm and a maximum torque of 170 Nm at 4,500 rpm. This model has advanced transmission with 7 dual Clunch Transmission (DCT) speeds equipped with forward/reverse Walking Mode.

But Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor (GWM) doesn't seem to agree with the six cylinder concept. According to them, the six cylinders were "less big enough"

Reportedly Visordown, quoted on Friday, April 19, GWM's secret weapon is a 2000cc flat-weight engine. Yes, eight cylinders are configured flat aka boxer, similar to the Gold Wing engine but with two additional cylinders. The increase in power and torque can also be ascertained to be more wild than the Honda flagship moge.

Not satisfied with that, GWM also embeds dual-overhead-camshaft (DOHC) technology on this monster machine. Compare it to Gold Wing which still uses single-overhead-camshaft (SOHC).

For handling matters, GWM seems to take inspiration from the Gold Wing. The use of the girder fork in front and the cast-aluminum framework makes the appearance and performance of this GWM may not be much different from the king of moge touring.

Apart from touring motorbikes, GWM flat-eight engines are also rumored to be present on their crudeer motorbikes. The official leak? Not yet. However, the appearance of a semi-closed GWM touring motorbike has been seen on Wei Jianjun's social media, the owner of GWM who in fact is the 13th richest billionaire in the world.

With the image of the motorbike that is almost final on the owner's social media, the official launch of the Gold Wing challenger moge is likely just a matter of time. But the question is the name of this motorbike. The reason is, GWM uses different brands for each line of its vehicles. Ora for electric cars, Tanks and Haval for SUVs.