Kaleidoscopic: The Honda GL1000, à la française

In a world where we throw around words like 'svelte,' the chunky Honda GL1000 hardly seems like a suitable prospect. Honda's designers were clearly aiming for mile-munching comfort, rather than short runs to the local café. Still, custom builders occasionally take a crack at it. And once in a while we strike gold—like this GL1000 from Manu and Yann of Sur Les Chapeaux De Roues. With a sizeable opposed-four at its core, there's only so much you can slim the GL1000 down. But the boys from Brittany, France, have done a stunning job of giving the lumbering Gold Wing a...