Honda Silver Wing (scooter)
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The Honda Silver Wing and Honda Silver Wing ABS are scooters
designed and manufactured by Honda
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The name SilverWing was also used for an earlier motorcycle series including the GL500 and GL650. In 2001, Honda resurrected the Silver Wing brand, this time in the form of a 540 lb (244.9 kg), 582 cc maxi-scooter. It has a CVT transmission
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Scooter (motorcycle)
A scooter is a motorcycle with step-through frame and a platform for the operator's feet. Elements of scooter design have been present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and motorcycles identifiable as scooters have been made from 1914 or earlier...
designed and manufactured by Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
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The name SilverWing was also used for an earlier motorcycle series including the GL500 and GL650. In 2001, Honda resurrected the Silver Wing brand, this time in the form of a 540 lb (244.9 kg), 582 cc maxi-scooter. It has a CVT transmission
Continuously variable transmission
A continuously variable transmission is a transmission that can change steplessly through an infinite number of effective gear ratios between maximum and minimum values. This contrasts with other mechanical transmissions that offer a fixed number of gear ratios...
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