Author Topic: Honda trivia??? (Read 10896 times)

nickjtc · « **Reply #25 on:** May 21, 2008, 02:47:04 PM »

Quote from: SamCR750 on May 21, 2008, 01:15:29 PM

Trev Deeley

Whoa, Sam. A quick fanfare for the fact that it was a Canadian fellow (who is better known as 'Mr.Harley Davidson') who had the wit to see that maybe the Japanese had something going. Fanfare over.

http://www.trevdeeley.com/custom/aboutus.html

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #26 on:** May 21, 2008, 04:35:57 PM »

nothing for three and a quarter hours

must be harder than yours Nick

Sam.

bill440cars · « **Reply #27 on:** May 21, 2008, 05:12:20 PM »

Quote from: SamCR750 on May 21, 2008, 04:35:57 PM

nothing for three and a quarter hours must be harder than yours Nick

Sam.

I got nothing!

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #28 on:** May 21, 2008, 05:19:43 PM »

shame on you old timer

GNXFan · « **Reply #29 on:** May 21, 2008, 05:22:05 PM »

OK, I'll take a stab at it.
1967 CL125A, 124cc OHV twin, 4 speed
1973 CL125S, 122cc OHC Single, 5 speed

Different engines,exhaust and styling. That's all I can come up with.

scunny · « **Reply #30 on:** May 21, 2008, 05:23:18 PM »

still going thru my books, sadly off to work again shortly so I may miss this one

nickjtc · « **Reply #31 on:** May 21, 2008, 09:59:13 PM »

That's a good one, Sam. Like scunny I'm going to have to do some research.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #32 on:** May 21, 2008, 10:25:01 PM »

Quote from: GNXFan on May 21, 2008, 05:22:05 PM

OK, I'll take a stab at it.
1967 CL125A, 124cc OHV twin, 4 speed
1973 CL125S, 122cc OHC Single, 5 speed

Different engines,exhaust and styling. That's all I can come up with.

Would be correct apart from the A and S

if it was CL125 and CL125 yes....but it's not right anyway.
Thanks for trying....better luck next time

Sam.

754 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 22, 2008, 05:31:07 AM »

Ha, I would have got the Deely question.. he was also first to btingYamaha in Canada.(maybe north america)

Also the only non-American to sit on the Board of Directors for The Motor Company.............H-D

bill440cars · « **Reply #34 on:** May 22, 2008, 02:08:29 PM »

Quote from: SamCR750 on May 21, 2008, 05:19:43 PM

shame on you old timer

Sam, I can think of different things, but this one has eluded me so far! $:-\$ I'm still making the effort though.

~~Sam~~ Uh, I mean, Bill

Had to do that Sam.

mattcb350f · « **Reply #35 on:** May 22, 2008, 06:07:43 PM »

I'll give it a shot....

CA102
CA102T

Matt.

City Boy · « **Reply #36 on:** May 22, 2008, 07:27:42 PM »

Was it not Fred Deeley Imports?

mattcb350f · « **Reply #37 on:** May 22, 2008, 07:30:57 PM »

It was

Sammy gave us this one to try:

Quote from: SamCR750 on May 21, 2008, 01:15:29 PM

Now try this one, around the time Honda started to Export bikes around the world they created two models with the same code prefix (as in CB750). The two bikes had diferent capacities and engine configureations and looked nothing like one another. There was about 7 years between them.

Name the model number.

Sam.

Matt.

nickjtc · « **Reply #38 on:** May 22, 2008, 07:52:35 PM »

Quote from: City Boy on May 22, 2008, 07:27:42 PM

Was it not Fred Deeley Imports?

Fred was the dad.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #39 on:** May 22, 2008, 09:32:05 PM »

Quote from: mattcb350f on May 22, 2008, 06:07:43 PM

I'll give it a shot....

CA102
CA102T

Matt.

You have a T to many Mattt

Sammmmm

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #40 on:** May 22, 2008, 09:49:04 PM »

Going to be off line soon untill next week, thought I should put you out of your missery.

I did a google search so that you could see the answer for your selves and found that there was more than one

The C90 was a twin made in 58 and was the fore runner to the C92/CA92.
The C90 was a step through single made in 66.

I also found that they made a C70, another twin made in 57 and a fore runner to the C72/CA72 Dreams.
They also made a C70 step through in 69 (my favourite number)

Bye guys, Sam.

nickjtc · « **Reply #41 on:** May 23, 2008, 06:30:17 AM »

In Sams absence, here is an easy one.

Why was the CB450 called the 'Black Bomber'?

troppo · « **Reply #42 on:** May 23, 2008, 06:45:15 AM »

Was it built by the african IRA/

333 · « **Reply #43 on:** May 23, 2008, 08:48:42 AM »

Well one reason is that it came in so many colors. You could get it in black, or black. But the most popular color was black.

nickjtc · « **Reply #44 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:36:49 PM »

No one? OK:

(From Classic motorcycle Mechanics magazine) .....the CB450 was rightly regarded as a landmark machine and a major threat in the mid-1960s. Back then, it wasn't just the largest-capacity bike yet from Japan, it was the first that dared to challenge the British industry's dominance of the big-bike market. "Meet the big black bomber — the biggest, beefiest touring twin from Japan," ran Honda UK's magazine ads, earning the bike the nickname Black Bomber.

nickjtc · « **Reply #45 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:38:27 PM »

Quote from: 333 on May 23, 2008, 08:48:42 AM

Well one reason is that it came in so many colors. You could get it in black, or black. But the most popular color was black.

Actually it didn't only come in just black, although the 'other' colours are quite rare:

http://cyclechaos.com/wiki/Honda_CB450

nickjtc · « **Reply #46 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:42:49 PM »

Quote from: nickjtc on May 29, 2008, 08:36:49 PM

Back then, it wasn't just the largest-capacity bike yet from Japan.......

Alrighty then, an 'easy' one. Not strictly Honda trivia, but to follow on from the above quote:

Actually CMM is incorrect. There was a larger capacity Japanese motorcycle made before the CB450. What was it, and what was the name of the manufacturer that first produced it?

754 · « **Reply #47 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:50:53 PM »

2 I think,
Marusho Lilac

Kawasaki 650

The Kawi was a clone of a Beezer, the Lilac i am not sure of..

754 · « **Reply #48 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:54:50 PM »

Suzuki TITAN, was pretty close to that same time..

The HUGE 2 stroke with 2 motors THAT BIG & CLOSE TOGETHER that was considered impossible..

nickjtc · « **Reply #49 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:58:35 PM »

Quote from: 754 on May 29, 2008, 08:50:53 PM

2 I think, Marusho Lilac Kawasaki 650

You win, Frank. Your turn to pop the question.

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Author Topic: Honda trivia??? (Read 10896 times)

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