Topic: The 13 Best Honda Motorcycles Ever Made!

[Stev-o]

How many can you guess that are on the list?!!


https://www.slashgear.com/1127731/the-best-honda-motorcycles-ever-made/

[ekpent]

Several in there I would take a pass on. Any that should have been on the list that didn't make the writers cut ?  How about a Black Bomber Steve, There pretty impressive and were a little ahead of their time.

[CycleRanger]

No CB350?

List fails.

[Stev-o]

Several in there I would take a pass on. Any that should have been on the list that didn't make the writers cut ?  How about a Black Bomber Steve, There pretty impressive and were a little ahead of their time.

Hey Eric...yes, agree the CB450 should be on there and NOT the Honda Elite or Grom, I dont consider them motorcycles.

What I do agree on:

CB750
Goldwing
CR250
Supercub [iconic, but is it a motorcycle?]
V45
CBR1000
CBX
[And maybe the Rebel 250?]

That would be my list

[70CB750]

Pacific Coast, really?

Reminded me of MoMo Larry.   

[simon#42]

A lot of rubbish on there !     I would have thought an rc30 would have made the top 13

[jgger]

They missed the early scramblers CL 72 &  CL77 (250 & 305) .Plus where is the Super Hawk? It was the early Honda scrambler CL 250 that gave birth to the Baja races!

[Kelly E]

Pacific Coast, really?

Reminded me of MoMo Larry.   

The Pacific Coast doesn't belong there. I had to work on one for a friend and what a nightmare. You can't do anything until you strip the bodywork off. I had to replace the steering stem bearings. I've never seen so much different hardware on a Honda and I've worked on a lot of different models. It's also underpowered for it's weight with a 800cc Shadow motor for power.
To be honest the Pacific Coast is just a giant scooter.

[ekpent]

Dump the Grom for an old CT70 or Z50. I fondly remember back in the day always seeing CT70's strapped on the back of camping trailers ,motor homes and other things. Sure a few kids cut their teeth on them also.A neighbor has a nice collection of 3 of them he has restored. He's looking for one more color still but the price of those has become quite strong now.

[dhall57]

Sure a few kids cut their teeth on them also.

I was one of those kids

[Don R]

Pacific Coast, really?

Reminded me of MoMo Larry.   

 Me too, I stole (recovered) that turd out of a failed shipper's garage and couldn't figure out how to tie it down so I rode it 35 miles home while expecting to meet the police at some point.

 Add the CB450 and maybe the V65. And Goldwing is pretty generic, there were a lot of them, from the 75-muscle bike to the couch on wheels.   

[HondaMan]

Wow, this one misses all my marks!
CB/CL72/77, Black Bomber (surprise to many Triumph riders!), CB/CL350 (one of the most successful bikes in history), the Big Four, the CB350F ("Nah, nah, na-nah, nah - look what we can do!), the CBX (the last word in bike techno-demonstration for the last century, "just because we can"), the [1980-82] GoldWing, and the V45/65 platform that scares more riders into selling them than keep them!

I've also thought the CT70 was just pure genius in street-legal trim: during the Gas Crisis of the 1970s they were on the road more than any other bikes where I lived then.

[britman]

Agree the CL and CB series of the 305, 250, 160, models was what every kid wanted back in my day. Still keep this one on hand as a reminder...

[jgger]

That's a beauty, Britman.

[HondaMan]

Agree the CL and CB series of the 305, 250, 160, models was what every kid wanted back in my day. Still keep this one on hand as a reminder...

Beautiful! I am amazed you still have those great, crackling pipes! Those, and the ones on the CL72/77 were only bested (in sound) by the HM300 pipes, IMHO.

[britman]

Agree the CL and CB series of the 305, 250, 160, models was what every kid wanted back in my day. Still keep this one on hand as a reminder...

Beautiful! I am amazed you still have those great, crackling pipes! Those, and the ones on the CL72/77 were only bested (in sound) by the HM300 pipes, IMHO.

HM
The pipes are fitted with an original set of Snuf N Nots.  The were about a $1.50 a set when this bike was new.  I will not admit, even under extreme duress, what I had to pay for a set when bringing this one back.  Of course a lot of guys back then made them out of fender washers, $1.50 could buy a lot of gas in 1965,,,,,