Honda Collection Hall (at Twin Ring Motegi) Collection Videos

[NewTo700V]

I just found this. Super neat seeing all the bikes we didn't get.

バイク編：Honda Collection Hall 収蔵車両走行ビデオ

Honda Collection Hallでは、歴代の製品やレーシングマシンを走行可能な状態 に保つ「動態保存」を行っており、その一環として、定期的にマシンを実際に走 らせる走行確認テストを実施しています。 Honda Collection Hall：http://www.honda.co.jp/collecti...

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[Brillot2000]

This was my very first motorcycle at the age of 14.

1964 Honda CS90

 

[mikesim]

It was my second at 16. I started with its little brother the S65.

Mike

 

[DirtFlier]

The Honda horizontal engine in 50 & 90 sizes was completely bulletproof and just ran and ran and ran. They had a lot to do with dispelling the commonly-held idea that Japanese products were junk and would fail quickly.

My cousin bought a new Honda MiniTrail 50 for his kids (3) and they rode that thing almost daily for years until the chassis was total junk but the engine still ran fine!

 

[mikesim]

I agree! Honda, more than anyone other than perhaps the Japanese camera companies created the mindset in the US that made in Japan meant superb quality.

Mike

 

[Warren]

Add Sony to that list.

 

[DirtFlier]

I never had one but Sony made its name with a tiny portable, transistor radio that was about the size of a pack of cigarettes, about 5x smaller than the normal portable radio of that era. It opened the doors similar to what the Cub 50 did for Honda.

Perhaps unknown to most but cheap junk was still being made in Japan in the 60s-70s but their export board no long allowed that stuff to come to America.

 

[mikesim]

I never had one but Sony made its name with a tiny portable, transistor radio that was about the size of a pack of cigarettes, about 5x smaller than the normal portable radio of that era. It opened the doors similar to what the Cub 50 did for Honda.

Perhaps unknown to most but cheap junk was still being made in Japan in the 60s-70s but their export board no long allowed that stuff to come to America.

That was a wise move on their part. I remember the oval gold foil stickers on their cameras that attested to the fact that the camera passed all Japanese quality tests.

Mike

 

[Phil Tarman]

When I was a junior in high school ('59-'60), I was working for a photographer and a good friend was our HS Annual Staff Photographer. My buddy Bill was using a Roleiflex and a huge strobe with an even larger battery pack for his annual photography.

I noticed that Sears had what looked like a pretty good camera -- a "Tower by Olympus" -- and bought one. It was a 35mm rangefinder camera with an f2.8 Zuiko lens. I started taking it to school and people got used to seeing me with it and quit "posing" for pictures. I was using Kodak Plus-X film at ASA 160 and getting some great candid shots. Before I knew it, I was on the HS Annual Staff. My boss saw some of my shots and got interested in my camera. He did some lens resolution tests and learned that my $69 Tower by Olympus' lens was as sharp as his $400 Leica's Zeiss lens. That camera worked great until my son was carrying it by using its neck strap as a hand strap and swung it into a rock in Yosemite NP and busted the shutter in '79.

I just bought an Olympus camera again and the quality is still superb. But the price has gone up a tad. Just the camera body cost me $450. By the time I bought a base lens (14-42mm zoom) and a telephoto zoom (40-150mm), I'm into the system for close to $700.

 

[mikesim]

Olympus cameras were good stuff. If you had a Nikon, Minolta, Canon or Olympus you couldn't go wrong. I still have my Nikon SLR from many moons ago and it still works great. 35mm film is getting hard to get though.

Mike

 

[Brillot2000]

I think that Honda may a big mistake not importing the CX500E to the US. I was a much sleeker and sexier model than the ones were got.

I also lusted over the Turbo models back in the early 90s. They were rare and far in between at that time.

 

[Bear]

Olympus cameras were good stuff. If you had a Nikon, Minolta, Canon or Olympus you couldn't go wrong. I still have my Nikon SLR from many moons ago and it still works great. 35mm film is getting hard to get though.

Mike

I still have my Pentax that I bought in Vietnam

 

[Miairhead]

And the best is

The Best Honda Motorcycles Ever Made (2023 Update) - webBikeWorld

Honda has achieved great success in motorcycle technology and development, inventing one or two along the way. Here's our list for the best Honda bikes made!

www.webbikeworld.com

 

[NewTo700V]

I remember back in 2012 people remarking how the NC700X "frunk" was a neat idea. I had no idea they had already been doing that, back in 1991.

 

[Hondafan]

I never had one but Sony made its name with a tiny portable, transistor radio that was about the size of a pack of cigarettes, about 5x smaller than the normal portable radio of that era. It opened the doors similar to what the Cub 50 did for Honda.

Perhaps unknown to most but cheap junk was still being made in Japan in the 60s-70s but their export board no long allowed that stuff to come to America.

Those original Sony Walkmans are worth a lot of money nowadays. I still have an Aiwa and Panasonic version that sound great. I collect vintage audio, and have a lot of expensive stuff. But the best sounding amplifier I have, is a 1958 US built HH Scott integrated stereo tube amplifier. Nothing else comes close.

 

[mikesim]

I still have my Pentax that I bought in Vietnam

Yup! I forgot about Pentax, another great camera
Mike