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Offline cb650 bobber

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honda the man and his machines
« on: August 08, 2008, 07:52:52 AM »
Looking to read this and having a hard time finding it.
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2008, 08:42:41 AM »
You  mean Sanders, Sol. Honda: The Man and His Machine. Boston: Little, Brown, 1975.?

A quick search leads me to think it is out of print.  Try the places that specialize in business biographies.  Also, TVAG on this forum is a Reference Research Librarian.  He might know how to find such a book.
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2008, 09:33:12 AM »
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2008, 09:39:06 AM »
In this case, Soichiro would have told you just two words:



1: eBay
2: Patience


I'm just tracking a watch that ends in 6 days or so. I have been looking for it on eBay for just...... six years!!!!!!
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2008, 09:43:37 AM »
1,well at least I have seen what the cover looks like

2, what kind of watch is it

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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2008, 09:56:03 AM »
not to get anyone excited but a qucik search of Amazon got me this......  hardcover.....

enjoy... i just ordered one.

http://www.amazon.com/Honda-Machines-Sol-W-Sanders/dp/0316770078
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2008, 10:01:21 AM »
Quote from: Dbarker on August 08, 2008, 09:56:03 AM
not to get anyone excited but a qucik search of Amazon got me this......  hardcover.....

enjoy... i just ordered one.

http://www.amazon.com/Honda-Machines-Sol-W-Sanders/dp/0316770078

there's even an autographed copy!
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2008, 10:25:24 AM »
Quote from: heffay on August 08, 2008, 10:01:21 AM
Quote from: Dbarker on August 08, 2008, 09:56:03 AM
not to get anyone excited but a qucik search of Amazon got me this......  hardcover.....

enjoy... i just ordered one.

http://www.amazon.com/Honda-Machines-Sol-W-Sanders/dp/0316770078

there's even an autographed copy!


Mine is autographed too..... but I didn't -neither would I- pay $450 for it. Even not-autographed copies are going for $90. Seriously, the book is worth reading, but there is nothing inside that makes it that expensive.

Quote from: cb650 bobber on August 08, 2008, 09:43:37 AM
2, what kind of watch is it


Nothing special, a cheap, japanese citizen watch. But it is special to me. It is the same one that the very first watch I ever had. Back in the 80's watches didn't come as cheap as today, and my dad bought it to me for Christmas, when I didn't expect it.


If you are patient, sooner or later what you are looking for will appear. Obviously, the watch is not mine yet and I hope nothing wrong will happen, but I'm confident that I will win the auction, because I don't think anybody will be willing to bid as much as I do after all these years of waiting.....
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2008, 10:31:01 AM »
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2008, 10:37:29 AM »
that is the most money I think I have ever spent on a book.
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2008, 10:38:53 AM »
Quote from: cb650 bobber on August 08, 2008, 10:37:29 AM
that is the most money I think I have ever spent on a book.

TELL US!
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2008, 11:43:14 AM »
Quote from: cb650 bobber on August 08, 2008, 10:37:29 AM
that is the most money I think I have ever spent on a book.

And that from a guy who lives in "Reading".....  ;D



Sorry for the cheap joke. I have many books. Not that I've read all of them, but I'm working on it....
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2008, 06:57:10 PM »
I just ordered it from the Library.
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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2008, 08:13:07 PM »
I bought this 2 weeks back and just finished reading it today. It is worth finding and reading. You have to read to appreciate how close Honda came to failing 6-7 times. It's astonishing how determined he was to succeed. I am a Honda fan - both the man and his machines.

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Re: honda the man and his machines
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2008, 11:19:22 AM »
I got a copy saturday, and I am already 200 pages into it. Great book, lots of insight and inspiration in there.
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