American Honda Celebrates 50 Years

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Ed Youngblood has done it again.  You really have to checkout this special tribute to Honda that he has put together on his Motohistory website:

http://motohistory.net/featuredstory/honda_feature1.html

How many of you owned a Honda before owning a Penton?  My first bike was a 1971 CL350 Honda.  September of that year, my wife and I bought a CMF 125 Six Day as a trail bike for her to ride.  Little did we know that this bike could out perform my Honda off rode.  I enjoyed riding her bike so much that in the spring of 1972 I sold my Honda to my Dad and bought my own Six Day.

Bill

[rob w]

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How many of you owned a Honda before owning a Penton? My first bike was a 1971 CL350 Honda.  September of that year, my wife and I bought a CMF 125 Six Day as a trail bike for her to ride.  Little did we know that this bike could out perform my Honda off rode.  I enjoyed riding her bike so much that in the spring of 1972 I sold my Honda to my Dad and bought my own Six Day.

Bill

ME -

1st bike - new 1968 Honda CT Trail 90
2nd bike - new 1969 Honda Z50
3rd bike - new 1970 Honda CT 70
4th bike - new 1971 Hodaka B+
5th bike - new 1972 Penton Six-Day 125
6th bike - new 1973 Penton Berkshire 100
7th bike - new 1974 Husqvarna CR250 Mag
8th bike - new 1975 Penton Hiro 125
9th bike - new 1976 Honda CR125 Elsinore
10th bike- new 1977 Husqvarna CR125
11th bike- new 1978 Yamaha XT 500
12th bike- new 1980 Yamaha SR 500

etc. - etc. - etc.



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BobW

[Larry Perkins]

Bob,

You got rid of a Mag Husky to get the Hiro?  Man, that is a double bummer.  

My first bike after a mini-bike was a CT70 Honda.  My first attempt at 100cc Class was on a SL90 with a megaphone.  It sucked and I went with a string of Yamahas before working at a shop and getting a deal on a Penton.

Larry P

[rob w]

Larry, I don't know how to explain it, but I could not ride that 250 Husky. Good power, and quite a jump up from the Berkshire. It was just hard to keep it going straight. The big bummer was the 77 Husky 125 - all tricked out and still the slowest 125 I could have chosen that year. Such a let-down, it made me quit racing for a number of years.
Bob

[Larry Perkins]

Bob,

It could always be worse.  I once got paid one race to race a Carabella.[xx(] And of course there was the AMP Mongoose bicycle that broke in half doing 50mph at The Worlds in Vail.[:0]  The bad ones make us appreciate the good ones.

Larry P