Topic: Article on Vintage Hondas on Slate.com

[MacM2010]

Hey everyone.  Slate.com has an article up about vintage Hondas.  Enjoy...

http://www.slate.com/id/2227844/

[Bob Wessner]

Had to chuckle at this passage;

The final drawback of the vintage Honda is that there's no hope of acquiring a tougher image by riding one. If you've ever ridden a Harley-Davidson, you know that the moment you start the engine you become an agent of chaos. You are at liberty to terrorize small towns, set off car alarms, and grimace at children.

 

[sangyo soichiro]

Thanks for the article MacM.



This passage resonated with me.

If the vintage Hondas are so great and so popular, why did Honda stop making them? I don't know the answer to that question, but I do know that tragedy struck in the 1980s (as with many things aesthetic). The bikes got fat. The flat back sank, like a worn-out horse. Most of today's Honda motorcycles are, effectively, two-wheeled SUVs: obese creatures, covered with too much plastic. The kick-start is long gone—and what's the fun in a motorcycle that starts every time?

[ColinMc]

Fun read, thanks MacM...thank you ever more for having an awesome Pee Wee picture hehe.

[MacM2010]

Yeah, I don't usually go there for moto-news, but that was neat to see.  Kind of sums it all up.  I put a plug for the forum up in the discussion area, in case the bug bit any readers.

"I'm a loner, Dottie... A rebel."

[Frankenkit]

this one got me:
"In contrast, the vintage Honda is not scary so much as earnest, more John Lennon than Black Sabbath" 

[Inigo Montoya]

Breaks down huh. I would have to say the guy needs to brush up on his maintenance skills! Besides, of course you wont look tough on a 350, you need a 750 for that!

[Duke McDukiedook]

Yeah, I don't usually go there for moto-news, but that was neat to see.  Kind of sums it all up.  I put a plug for the forum up in the discussion area, in case the bug bit any readers.

"I'm a loner, Dottie... A rebel."

Ha, ha, exactly. A loner. 

[JBMorse]

Breaks down huh. I would have to say the guy needs to brush up on his maintenance skills!

That's exactly what I was thinking!  My old honda doesn't break down a lot.  What's the author doing wrong?
Neat article, though.

[MJL]

I've never had a breakdown, save once, (chain came off as I left my driveway) and my 750 starts within 3 kicks.

(My newly acquired KZ, that is more or less a fight to get it started.)