One man's History of Honda
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Hope you are going well, my friend!
Honda 305 Dream. My first motorcycle that came from a shop instead of a junk yard.
In my lifetime, the CB750 changed the world. It wasn't until 1973 that Kawasaki answered with the Z-1.
I remember the first time I heard one. Sitting outside, eating my lunch at the Waterloo Courier in Waterloo, Iowa. We heard SOMETHING coming across the Cedar River on Park Ave. The guy must have had it in second gear, because it was SINGING. When he went by, those of us who had bikes were put into a trance.
I felt the same way when I saw my first Mustang coupe in 1964.
Then came the GoldWing.
It was the Golden Age for motorcycles, as far as I was concerned, and Honda was always at the front of the pack.
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Loved looking at all the bikes and inovations that lead up to it.
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Many times, Honda changed the world of motorcycling. And Cars.
The 750 changed the whole world of motorcycles in the US.
The bike remained in the Honda line up for ten years, with a production total over 400,000.[27]
But a few short years later after the 750, Honda changed the world of motorcycling again.
The Honda Gold wing. I rode my GL1100 with a Veter windjammer for almost 20 years.....
Total sales are more than 640,000, most of them in the U.S. market.[3][4] Gold Wings were assembled in Marysville, Ohio, from 1980 until 2010, when motorcycle production there was halted.[5][6] No Gold Wings were produced for the 2011 model year, and production resumed in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 2011 using tooling transported from the American factory.[7]
While not my kind of bike, now, they are still being made.
But the Japanese motorcycle story is much bigger than these two bikes.... The big 4 continues to fill markets...big and small, in the US and around the world. And the NT is an example of that. While Honda refuses to disclose the production numbers, the Honda Deauville series was made for 15 years.