Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Old Honda's

When I was in high school, probably the biggest, affordable motorcycle to own was a Honda 305 Superhawk. Sure there were the Englsih BSA's, Triumphs and Enfield's but nobody in high school could afford them.

I got kind of a shock recently when I saw a 150 Superhawk in Taipei on HuanHe road.
With a valuable bike like this(at least 40 years old), you got to have an antitheft
device.
But there are even nice looking Honda 50s that must be at least 60 years old.


When Honda abandoned the Taiwan market in the 60's their share was taken over my San Yang Motors(SYM) amd Kymco(KC). This must have happen while Honda still making a Honda 50. Here's early San Yang that looks like a Honda 50.



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