OK, it's not an FF, far from it. However, this machine does represent an important landmark as Honda fit one of their flagship machines with a non-telescopic fork. As can be seen from this photo, Japan's biggest motor company has fitted a Hossack-style double wishbone steering system to their heaviest powered two-wheeler. (Wet weight: 379kgs).
(BMW first moved this way with their Telelever system fitted to the R1100RS back in 1993, followed by the more truly Hossack-ish DuoLever system fitted to the K1200RS a decade later.)
This photo also shows why all the Gold Wing engines have always been less than ideal from an FFing point of view, right from the original GL1000 4-cylinder beast of 1975: there are cylinder heads right where you want to put your FFing feet! (This did not stop Malcolm Newell from building several hub centre steered Gold Wing Phasars back in the early 1980s; this was the best of them: http://bikeweb.com/node/404). PNB
Photo: © Paul Blezard