Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

Dave Garrett wrote:
I've
> been monitoring eBay for some time to see what shows up there

I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit?
bob

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

"Dave Garrett" <dave@compassnet.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fd1868387a1853698a122@207.14.116.130...
> In article <n2M9h.180$rq2.92@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says...
>
> > Started in Tokyo in 1967 with a 305cc CL 77 scrambler and replaced it
with a
> > 68 350 I shipped to the States. Remember seeing the CB 750 for the 1st
time
> > in Dec 68 at the Tokyo motorshow -- a real show stopped and amazing for
the
> > time.
> > 1970 CB 750 (cost less than the Triumph Bonneville I had before which
was
> > stolen by a bunch of local thugs -- Harley riders)
> > 1973 CB 750
> > 1978 750F -- a shared experience I see and also my last motorcycle.
>
> I sense a pattern here. :-)
>
> I still have my 750F, although it's been in storage for six years and
> would take some effort to get running again. Yet another project I
> really need to tackle. It's an '81 that was modified considerably by its
> previous owner, a roadracer who used it as his streetbike. It has a big-
> bore kit to punch it out to 836cc, a Kerker 4-into-1, a Corbin
> Gunfighter seat matching the factory paint colors, tweaked carbs off a
> 900F with K&Ns, Superbike bars, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm
> forgetting right now. By modern standards it's overweight and slow, but
> it was plenty fast for me when it was my sole transportation for a few
> years.
>
> I still want a CBX - saw this amazing custom one recently in a bike mag:
>
> http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=221
>
> And if I ever win the lottery, an RC166 - still a near-unsurpassed
> engineering achievement forty years later, and still the most spine-
> tingling sound ever to emanate from anything on two wheels. Speaking of
> engine sounds, Honda's Japanese website has a very interesting section
> called "The Sound of Honda" where you can listen to many different
> Hondas (both street and racing, motorcycles and cars) running at speed:
>
> http://www.honda.co.jp/SoundofHonda/
>
> Dave
>
The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6
cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today. I keep toying
with the idea of finding an older Honda 4 cylinder (air cooled) -- and not
a sport bike. The 750 successor to the orginal SOHC of the early 80s
interests me. Problem is to find one that is decent. I never modified my
750F but made a few changes to an earlier K series with a AAA collector
system and lower BMW bars. Sounded like a baby Jag. But I still fondly
think on the 305 Type 1 scrambler I had in Japan -- rode it all over the
countryside because driving a car was a real pain with the traffic as it
was. I remember you could make it from Fuchu AS to Tachikawa in about 30
minutes on a bike vs over an hour for a car because you could run down those
narrow streets a car could not go. But I was in my twenties then and now --
65. Where has it all gone. Just great memories.

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

"Dave Garrett" <dave@compassnet.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fd1868387a1853698a122@207.14.116.130...
> In article <n2M9h.180$rq2.92@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says...
>
> > Started in Tokyo in 1967 with a 305cc CL 77 scrambler and replaced it
with a
> > 68 350 I shipped to the States. Remember seeing the CB 750 for the 1st
time
> > in Dec 68 at the Tokyo motorshow -- a real show stopped and amazing for
the
> > time.
> > 1970 CB 750 (cost less than the Triumph Bonneville I had before which
was
> > stolen by a bunch of local thugs -- Harley riders)
> > 1973 CB 750
> > 1978 750F -- a shared experience I see and also my last motorcycle.
>
> I sense a pattern here. :-)
>
> I still have my 750F, although it's been in storage for six years and
> would take some effort to get running again. Yet another project I
> really need to tackle. It's an '81 that was modified considerably by its
> previous owner, a roadracer who used it as his streetbike. It has a big-
> bore kit to punch it out to 836cc, a Kerker 4-into-1, a Corbin
> Gunfighter seat matching the factory paint colors, tweaked carbs off a
> 900F with K&Ns, Superbike bars, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm
> forgetting right now. By modern standards it's overweight and slow, but
> it was plenty fast for me when it was my sole transportation for a few
> years.
>
> I still want a CBX - saw this amazing custom one recently in a bike mag:
>
> http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=221
>
> And if I ever win the lottery, an RC166 - still a near-unsurpassed
> engineering achievement forty years later, and still the most spine-
> tingling sound ever to emanate from anything on two wheels. Speaking of
> engine sounds, Honda's Japanese website has a very interesting section
> called "The Sound of Honda" where you can listen to many different
> Hondas (both street and racing, motorcycles and cars) running at speed:
>
> http://www.honda.co.jp/SoundofHonda/
>
> Dave
>
The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6
cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today. I keep toying
with the idea of finding an older Honda 4 cylinder (air cooled) -- and not
a sport bike. The 750 successor to the orginal SOHC of the early 80s
interests me. Problem is to find one that is decent. I never modified my
750F but made a few changes to an earlier K series with a AAA collector
system and lower BMW bars. Sounded like a baby Jag. But I still fondly
think on the 305 Type 1 scrambler I had in Japan -- rode it all over the
countryside because driving a car was a real pain with the traffic as it
was. I remember you could make it from Fuchu AS to Tachikawa in about 30
minutes on a bike vs over an hour for a car because you could run down those
narrow streets a car could not go. But I was in my twenties then and now --
65. Where has it all gone. Just great memories.

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

"Dave Garrett" <dave@compassnet.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fd1868387a1853698a122@207.14.116.130...
> In article <n2M9h.180$rq2.92@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says...
>
> > Started in Tokyo in 1967 with a 305cc CL 77 scrambler and replaced it
with a
> > 68 350 I shipped to the States. Remember seeing the CB 750 for the 1st
time
> > in Dec 68 at the Tokyo motorshow -- a real show stopped and amazing for
the
> > time.
> > 1970 CB 750 (cost less than the Triumph Bonneville I had before which
was
> > stolen by a bunch of local thugs -- Harley riders)
> > 1973 CB 750
> > 1978 750F -- a shared experience I see and also my last motorcycle.
>
> I sense a pattern here. :-)
>
> I still have my 750F, although it's been in storage for six years and
> would take some effort to get running again. Yet another project I
> really need to tackle. It's an '81 that was modified considerably by its
> previous owner, a roadracer who used it as his streetbike. It has a big-
> bore kit to punch it out to 836cc, a Kerker 4-into-1, a Corbin
> Gunfighter seat matching the factory paint colors, tweaked carbs off a
> 900F with K&Ns, Superbike bars, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm
> forgetting right now. By modern standards it's overweight and slow, but
> it was plenty fast for me when it was my sole transportation for a few
> years.
>
> I still want a CBX - saw this amazing custom one recently in a bike mag:
>
> http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=221
>
> And if I ever win the lottery, an RC166 - still a near-unsurpassed
> engineering achievement forty years later, and still the most spine-
> tingling sound ever to emanate from anything on two wheels. Speaking of
> engine sounds, Honda's Japanese website has a very interesting section
> called "The Sound of Honda" where you can listen to many different
> Hondas (both street and racing, motorcycles and cars) running at speed:
>
> http://www.honda.co.jp/SoundofHonda/
>
> Dave
>
The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6
cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today. I keep toying
with the idea of finding an older Honda 4 cylinder (air cooled) -- and not
a sport bike. The 750 successor to the orginal SOHC of the early 80s
interests me. Problem is to find one that is decent. I never modified my
750F but made a few changes to an earlier K series with a AAA collector
system and lower BMW bars. Sounded like a baby Jag. But I still fondly
think on the 305 Type 1 scrambler I had in Japan -- rode it all over the
countryside because driving a car was a real pain with the traffic as it
was. I remember you could make it from Fuchu AS to Tachikawa in about 30
minutes on a bike vs over an hour for a car because you could run down those
narrow streets a car could not go. But I was in my twenties then and now --
65. Where has it all gone. Just great memories.

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message
news:Xns9885DE9393B8Fjyanikkuanet@129.250.170.86.. .
> 1974 Civic CVCC,used
>
> 1977 Accord HB,new;had paint blister problem,also wiped a cam lobe and not
> covered under warranty,IMO,it should have been covered.
>
> 1982 Accord HB,new
>
> 1986 Prelude SI,new great car,paint did not last long under the Florida
> sun;clearcoat degraded fast.
>
> 1990 Prelude SI,140HP motor(not the lesser SI2.0 motor),new;damaged by
hail
> and never the same after
>
> 1994 Integra 3drHB GSR,new. both rear side window frames(trim) warped
> outward at rear corner;looks to be common,after examining other Integras.
>
>
> I wish Honda had not stopped making the Prelude,the last model was nice.
>
> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own.

Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order
one.

>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
> at
> kua.net

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message
news:Xns9885DE9393B8Fjyanikkuanet@129.250.170.86.. .
> 1974 Civic CVCC,used
>
> 1977 Accord HB,new;had paint blister problem,also wiped a cam lobe and not
> covered under warranty,IMO,it should have been covered.
>
> 1982 Accord HB,new
>
> 1986 Prelude SI,new great car,paint did not last long under the Florida
> sun;clearcoat degraded fast.
>
> 1990 Prelude SI,140HP motor(not the lesser SI2.0 motor),new;damaged by
hail
> and never the same after
>
> 1994 Integra 3drHB GSR,new. both rear side window frames(trim) warped
> outward at rear corner;looks to be common,after examining other Integras.
>
>
> I wish Honda had not stopped making the Prelude,the last model was nice.
>
> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own.

Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order
one.

>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
> at
> kua.net

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message
news:Xns9885DE9393B8Fjyanikkuanet@129.250.170.86.. .
> 1974 Civic CVCC,used
>
> 1977 Accord HB,new;had paint blister problem,also wiped a cam lobe and not
> covered under warranty,IMO,it should have been covered.
>
> 1982 Accord HB,new
>
> 1986 Prelude SI,new great car,paint did not last long under the Florida
> sun;clearcoat degraded fast.
>
> 1990 Prelude SI,140HP motor(not the lesser SI2.0 motor),new;damaged by
hail
> and never the same after
>
> 1994 Integra 3drHB GSR,new. both rear side window frames(trim) warped
> outward at rear corner;looks to be common,after examining other Integras.
>
>
> I wish Honda had not stopped making the Prelude,the last model was nice.
>
> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own.

Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special order
one.

>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
> at
> kua.net

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:27 -0600, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote:

>> Of course I once lusted after a six-cylinder Alfa. Then they went and
>> built (eg, imported) one, and I wouldn't touch it. WTH, my Accord I4
>> puts out more horsepower than that old 3-liter Alfa. Tech.
>
>GTV6, Milano, or 164?

Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven
years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service.

The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a
Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort
of puts a shadow on the name to this day!

J.

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:27 -0600, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote:

>> Of course I once lusted after a six-cylinder Alfa. Then they went and
>> built (eg, imported) one, and I wouldn't touch it. WTH, my Accord I4
>> puts out more horsepower than that old 3-liter Alfa. Tech.
>
>GTV6, Milano, or 164?

Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven
years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service.

The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a
Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort
of puts a shadow on the name to this day!

J.

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:27 -0600, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote:

>> Of course I once lusted after a six-cylinder Alfa. Then they went and
>> built (eg, imported) one, and I wouldn't touch it. WTH, my Accord I4
>> puts out more horsepower than that old 3-liter Alfa. Tech.
>
>GTV6, Milano, or 164?

Was thinking of the GTV6, I drove the 4-cylinder Alfetta for seven
years, with reasonable reliability - and expensive scheduled service.

The Milano Saab-Alfas I never really looked at closely. Dad had a
Saab 93 back when, with the two-stroke engine and suicide doors, sort
of puts a shadow on the name to this day!

J.

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said:

> In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a
> Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it
> despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time!

I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car
might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive
train.

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

"I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me
about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane'

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said:

> In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a
> Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it
> despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time!

I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car
might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive
train.

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

"I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me
about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane'

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said:

> In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a
> Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it
> despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time!

I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car
might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive
train.

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

"I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me
about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane'

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

Larry in AZ wrote:
>
> Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
> <Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said:
>
> > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a
> > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it
> > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time!
>
> I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car
> might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive
> train.
>
> --
> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>


Could well be since it was an air cooled motorcycle engine..

JT

Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
 

Larry in AZ wrote:
>
> Waiving the right to remain silent, Grumpy AuContraire
> <Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> said:
>
> > In late 1969, I headed a photographic expedition to Micronesia and a
> > Honda 600 was our rental unit in Palau for six weeks. Couldn't kill it
> > despite it had no brakes for nearly the entire time!
>
> I bet it had the chain drive. That wasn't allowed in the US, or the car
> might have been imported here earlier. We had to wait for a real drive
> train.
>
> --
> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>


Could well be since it was an air cooled motorcycle engine..

JT