I used to have a few of the bikes there. My two faves were my 75 Honda CB 550 four and my 1982 Suzuki GS 750E. My father owned the first year Gold Wing. Nice bikes there at that show.
The custom early Goldwing was cool. Looks like a period Wixom handlebar fairing and bags all nicely colour coordinated. The red and white 650 Yamaha was a 1972 XS2, the first year for a disc brake and electric starter.
Nice bikes and review owned a 72 gt750 not what you would expect very smooth quiet but attracts fire trucks when you throttle on it white plume of smoke trails you and the smokeles oil not so smokeless
Really enjoy your videos so much. Grew up with these bikes when they were still new, in brochures and magazines. Such classy machines and beautiful classic colors. Makes me miss my cycles a lot more seeing them now. As kids, buddies and me would hit the local motorcycle shop every weekend - which was best - Honda - Yamaha - Kawi - Suzuki - though none of us were old enough to ride any of them. When the CB750-Four came out - Oh jeeze. Then my sisters BF got one - Gold model - oh, man. Sure, take her for a ride. Unforgettable sound when he took off.
nice...thanks...i owned the cbr 1000..my nickname for it was the "hammer"....lol....twist the throttle at any speed in any gear and off you went...grins included...
I just rebuilt the top end of my daily rider 1978 KZ650 B. 200 KM's on the rebuild so far without issue. The refresh added a significant amount of power back to the engine. My favorite bike in my collection.
Yep Jon, I've got my '75 Red, Honda CB400F s/s with now 17K original miles on it, I have to get the clutch cable connected to the lever, and now > do some tapping on the carb bowls to get it to stop pissing fuel all over the garage, so I can start it up, and run it. Pretty soon gonna sell it. I've owned it since '82, our Honda Shop took it in on a trade in, and I bought it right before going into the USMC.
The Yamaha XS 650 special was a huge seller but what a clunker but now people want those motors .Goldwing was initially presented as a sporty bike I believe and they realized it was a great platform to add touring crap to,luggage stereo fairing,running boatds...on and on.
2:00 the Suzuki RGV-250 is the last pure sports 250 cc two stroke machine , no other manufacturer produced new models after that . The RGV is also the First two stroke 250 to have electric start , every other pure sports 250 two strokers only came with kick starter . This RGV is the Last Action Hero ....... in few years time price will go super high due to it's rare value .
I used to have a few of the bikes there. My two faves were my 75 Honda CB 550 four and my 1982 Suzuki GS 750E. My father owned the first year Gold Wing. Nice bikes there at that show.
The custom early Goldwing was cool. Looks like a period Wixom handlebar fairing and bags all nicely colour coordinated. The red and white 650 Yamaha was a 1972 XS2, the first year for a disc brake and electric starter.
Nice bikes and review owned a 72 gt750 not what you would expect very smooth quiet but attracts fire trucks when you throttle on it white plume of smoke trails you and the smokeles oil not so smokeless
"the first sportsbike i drove" ? Really ? Nice collection of old bikes though . . .
Really enjoy your videos so much. Grew up with these bikes when they were still new, in brochures and magazines. Such classy machines and beautiful classic colors.
Makes me miss my cycles a lot more seeing them now. As kids, buddies and me would hit the local motorcycle shop every weekend - which was best - Honda - Yamaha - Kawi - Suzuki - though none of us were old enough to ride any of them.
When the CB750-Four came out - Oh jeeze. Then my sisters BF got one - Gold model - oh, man. Sure, take her for a ride. Unforgettable sound when he took off.
I’ve got an oldie but goodie……1985 Sabre V-65
nice...thanks...i owned the cbr 1000..my nickname for it was the "hammer"....lol....twist the throttle at any speed in any gear and off you went...grins included...
Hi Jon & thanks for putting out this great video.
Just curious,we’re there any Kawi std or LTD model Z1/KZ 900’s & or 1000’s at the show?
I just rebuilt the top end of my daily rider 1978 KZ650 B. 200 KM's on the rebuild so far without issue. The refresh added a significant amount of power back to the engine. My favorite bike in my collection.
Yep Jon, I've got my '75 Red, Honda CB400F s/s with now 17K original miles on it, I have to get the clutch cable connected to the lever, and now > do some tapping on the carb bowls to get it to stop pissing fuel all over the garage, so I can start it up, and run it. Pretty soon gonna sell it. I've owned it since '82, our Honda Shop took it in on a trade in, and I bought it right before going into the USMC.
Beautiful collection of motorcycles and enjoyed your knowledgeable narration
The Yamaha XS 650 special was a huge seller but what a clunker but now people want those motors .Goldwing was initially presented as a sporty bike I believe and they realized it was a great platform to add touring crap to,luggage stereo fairing,running boatds...on and on.
2:00 the Suzuki RGV-250 is the last pure sports 250 cc two stroke machine , no other manufacturer produced new models after that . The RGV is also the First two stroke 250 to have electric start , every other pure sports 250 two strokers only came with kick starter . This RGV is the Last Action Hero ....... in few years time price will go super high due to it's rare value .
Your preference for honda motorcycles is obvious😅
Great video. I started riding in 1974 and have owned several of these bikes pictured!
I have a recollection that the RE5 almost broke Suzuki !!
lot of nice rides there , thx for sharing Jon
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Excellent picks and narration.