MALCOLN BIRKITT
Origins
First Flight
Wing Expands
New Wing, old Clothers
Soaring Higher
Cologne Motorcycle Show, 1794: 1000 cc flat four, shaft drive, water cooling - a set-up that must have come as something of a shock to the two companies dominating the bif tourer market - BMW and Harley-Davidson. And then it just grew and grew, 1100 cc (1981), 1200 cc (1984) and in 1987, the ultimate gratification for big bore lovers, the sis cylinder, 1500 cc Aspendade. Malcom Birkitt´s superb photographs of the Honda glant are a persuasive testimony to the old adage: "big is beautiful".