The 1998 Honda Valkriemotorcycletrumped other cruisers of the 1990s , not an easy feat when contemporary competition were steady growing in shift and mundaneness .
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Japanese manufacturers were step on it rushed to bring out cruiser models in the 1980s . Honda , however , was already in the thick of things with its cinque - twin Shadows .
But unlike the distinctive V - twins and occasional V - four engines , the 1998 Honda Valkrie motorcycle was power by the flat six used in Honda ’s big Gold Wing tourer . Displacing 1520 cc , it lark individualcarbsfor each cylinder .
Since it lacked the across-the-board bodywork of the Gold Wing , the gleam chrome - plated engine take midway microscope stage on this seven - fundament - long motorcycle .
Like the Gold Wing , the 1998 Honda Valkrie motorcycle had shaft drive , and its tripledisc brakesprovided plenty of stopping major power .
The six - piston chamber engine was much smoother in operation than competing V - Twin , and though that feature veered the 1998 Honda Valkrie bike aside from traditional patrol car styling , it could outpower anything in its class .
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soak up on the handsome , knock-down , quiet - running matte - six from Honda ’s Gold Wing phaeton , the 1998 Honda Valkyrie bike rive before of vie cruisers of the daytime .
