Motor Trike Condor | First Ride Review
The Condor trike kit integrates seamlessly with the all-new Honda Gold Wing Tour.
Honda’s all-new Gold Wing is lighter, more powerful and more sophisticated, including an optional automatic 7-speed Dual Clutch Transmission, and the Gold Wing Tour (as the trunk-equipped version is now called) was the hands-down winner of our 2018 Motorcycle of the Year award. Given its smooth, strong engine and generous accommodations for two-up touring, the Gold Wing has long been a popular platform for trike conversions.
One of the first companies to develop a conversion for the new Gold Wing is Motor Trike, which designs and manufactures kits in Troup, Texas, and ships them to authorized dealers around the country for installation.
Read our review of the 2018 Gold Wing Tour DCT here. Last June at the Americade rally in Lake George, New York, company owner Jeff Vey let me take a quick spin on a prototype of the new Condor trike, with strict instructions to bring it back in one piece since the rear bodywork would be used as a plug for the production molds.
Motor Trike?s fenders match the Gold Wing?s sleek lines.
Greg’s Gear
Helmet: HJC RPHA 90
Jacket: Joe Rocket Velocity
Pants: Spidi Furious Tex Jeans
Boots: Aerostich Combat Lite
Even though it was a pre-production unit, the Condor?s bodywork matched the Gold Wing Tour’s sleek lines and incorporated the OE taillights in the wide fenders. In addition to the Tour’s top trunk, there’s a lower trunk that adds 9...
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