A Dual Sport Gold Wing Is Not As Crazy As You Think

Adventure bikes are getting bigger by the day. And although we question the wisdom of taking a machine weighing more than 500 pounds off road, we do see the appeal. Big dual-sports are comfortable over distance, with tons of packing space and a strangely appealing aesthetic. But we like them even more when they’re oddball custom jobs. This 1979 Gold Wing started out as an asphalt-loving mile-muncher. It's now doing double duty as a gravel express, thanks to the ingenuity of Dutch builder Roy Holtman. Based roughly fifty miles from Amsterdam in Apeldoorn, Roy operates as RH Motorcycles. (He writes and...