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[TN]

HUBBARD, I never would have guessed yer a motorsikle snob. 



TN

[Twolanerider]

Yes, 2Lane, you are correct in your assessment of me, blowing Harley engines to hell.  Everything to the limit.  That's the way I roll.  If it won't take it, we'll build another one.  LOL.  Crazy?  Yes.  Stupid?  No.  Consistent?  Always.  My question is, and you may find it in bad taste, but what or why, is there a conversation on this Site, CVOHarley.com, about a phucking honda?  I've outrun goldwings, and interstates.  Albeit, maybe, because the riders didn't have the gonads to twist them for the long haul, which most of them that I've met lack, why give them place here?  That's all I'm saying.  I'm in no way trying to match witts with you, or in no way debate with you.  I know I'm outmatched.  I respect you, Sir.  The fact is, I have no respect for Honda Motorsickles.  Never have.  Never will.  Later--HUBBARD       

Maybe that's a difference in outlook Carl.  I don't "respect" machines.  Might admire or even respect the effort, design and intellect that goes in to them.  But after that they're all just hunks of metal, plastic, and various other insulators.  That's why I always told folks I don't care what they ride, who they ride or even how they ride; just so long as they ride.  As I got older I even dropped the last part.  Don't even care if they ride so long as they leave me the hell alone while I ride.

Personally I thought the little bike was interesting.  I've got no use for one.  Doesn't mean I can't learn something from it or know of a kid that might be interested.  After all, it's a market that Harley doesn't even come close to addressing.  One of the vendors here that I do respect has been writing a lot recently about a new-to-him BMW bike.  Learning things there too.

I don't get religion about bikes.  Some are interesting.  Many are not.  It's anyone's personal choice. There endeth that lesson. 

[fastfreddy]

 the Honda 50... the bike that perked my interest in riding more than 50 years ago, rode my first one when I was 8 years old, had one for years my kids grew up on.... and still have one in the shed my grand kids will grow  up with.. its a toy and a fun toy. find it very interesting that a throwback is hitting the market... not sure why their making new ones cause the ones from the 60s are still going, you cant kill the little SOBs 

[guppytrash]

the Honda 50... the bike that perked my interest in riding more than 50 years ago, rode my first one when I was 8 years old, had one for years my kids grew up on.... and still have one in the shed my grand kids will grow  up with.. its a toy and a fun toy. find it very interesting that a throwback is hitting the market... not sure why their making new ones cause the ones from the 60s are still going, you cant kill the little SOBs 

So true!  I wonder how many of us started on the Z50.  Mine was a "hand down" from my older brothers.  I was 5 and my Dad told me I could ride it but I needed to stay in first gear.
She was WFO in first gear all morning until my Dad came in from the field to have lunch and heard the little Z revving beyond all limits. 

He was shaking his head and appeared annoyed with me, but I know he was smirking and cracking up that the "motor head" gene had been passed on one more generation.
"Shift to second for crying out loud!  Before you blow that thing up!"

[fos41]

I love reading these threads!My first bike also was the  Honda 50 `72 I think was the blue/silver one had knobs that allowed the handlebars to fold up. Wow many fun memories there ,my first "endo", then dad took it away. Next bike was Hodaka 250 at 16 I was hooked!

[Rooster]

I kept playing with different pipes to try and make it noisier now I know where I was headed. When I was about 5 our family was camping just outside Tracy CA. When I witnessed about 200 H.A. members being escorted by motor cops after they had raised hell up the road in another campground the day before. They were hollering and making all kinds of noise going down the road. I remember thinking how cool they were. I got my 50 a couple years later.

[iski]

Never owned a Honda. Started riding on mini bikes, and a while later a gal up the street got a brand new Honda P50 (late 1960s). Every kid who was big enough in the neighborhood took turns riding it, took forever for it to run out of gas.  Nobody had a mc license & nobody ever got stopped by the cops on our little street.  A year or so later a friend bought a Kawasaki 90, between that & the little Honda, knew a mc was in my future.  Good memories, not wiling to part with $4 grand to relive them....