The Untold Story of Honda Motorcycles

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• FL

  @FlixTV · 5 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79VGaTiDJaE&amp;t=261">4:21</a> Post war, &quot;Mitsubishi&quot; was known &quot;Mitsubishi Heavy Industries&quot;.<br>&quot;Nakajima Aircraft Company&quot; became &quot;Fuji Heavy Industries&quot; now known as &quot;Subaru&quot;.

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• JT

  @jtp336 · 5 months ago

  I have one of Honda&apos;s early clip on bicycle engines, it&apos;s a 1947 Honda &quot;Type-A&quot;, they called it the Bata-bata, for the sound it made. &nbsp;It&apos;s the only (known) example in private hands in the USA

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• LE

  @leaflee2066 · 5 months ago

  I desperately wanted a motorcycle when I was a kid, but was met with, &nbsp;if you want one you have to earn the money and buy it yourself by my parents, &nbsp;when I was 13 in 1984 I swoped my tent for a Honda C70 that had a frame that was so rotten it had a lump of wood wedged in-between the frame (what was left of it) and the swingarm to hold it up , my parents went ballistic but ultimately let me keep it. I saved my paper round money and bought a frame from one of my mates dad for £5 and that was my first mechanical project swoping the frame over. I had that little bike for years I thought I was it riding it on the local fields!

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• JR

  @JRAman-u9r · 5 months ago

  Bart is the king of motorcycle journalism

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• NE

  @neetones · 5 months ago

  Some of the true joy of a Honda comes as you&apos;re working on it. You see the careful engineering, the immaculate problem-solving, the streamlined thinking that makes things work the way they should. Then I work on my Moto Guzzi. &nbsp;: )

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• DA

  @davidmichael9275 · 5 months ago

  My 11th motorcycle was a Goldwing 1500. <br>Being made in 1997 it was the oldest motorcycle I had ever bought. My wife had begun to enjoy riding pillion, and the internet agreed that the GL1500 is the best passenger motorcycle ever made. <br>I still own it. <br>It is a marvel of engineering. Cruise control on a carbureted bike is borderline magic. People marveled at the reverse, but the cruise control is the star of the show if ypu know anything about the venturi effect. <br>There are cutouts in the plastics for screwdrivers. Every time im about to dig into a huge maintenance item (there are no repairs) i discover that Honda had thought about the process and provided shortcuts and quality of life arrangements. <br>The engineering is amazing, and I will never NOT own a Honda motorcycle. &nbsp;<br>There may be others. But there will always be a Honda in the stable.

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• DA

  @Darke-pass · 5 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79VGaTiDJaE&amp;t=414">6:54</a> thank fuck they survived; world would suck without Honda.

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• JO

  @johnsteamer828 · 5 months ago

  I have only bought one Honda, and still have it a new GL1800 2009

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• ED

  @Edgar-Friendly · 5 months ago

  In talking about Japanese motorcycles, there was a complete omission of the Japanese Harley-Davidson motorcycles - Rikuo.

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• PA

  @pauliewalnuts240 · 5 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79VGaTiDJaE&amp;t=1440">24:00</a> In the last decade, ive riden across the US 3 times. The most common bike i saw people riding was the goldwing... <br><br>Goldwing owners ride more miles then any other bike. The goldwing owners club is super active too, they have events all over the country.<br><br>At my hotel was a dude in his 70s with over 100,000 miles on his bike. I was doing 400-500 miles per day. This old head was doing 650mi per day, setting his cruise control at 80mph.<br><br>Ive riden one once and they are the most refined motorcycle. Arguably too refined for me, but they are fckin smooth, both engine and suspension. <br><br>They are like the s class of motorcycles. Completely comfort focused.

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• IR

  @irishadventurer9759 · 5 months ago

  Tremendous documentary with great presentation. As for Honda, well what can you say? Their &quot;Motorcycles for Everyone&quot; formula makes every model a blast to own and ride, with countless thoughtful touches and extremely well thought out features. Such a large multinational corporation still churning out such consistently high quality, yet affordable products is virtually unheard of in today&apos;s business environment. When I look at Honda models, it&apos;s like someone from the company saying: &apos;Here is the very best we could do. This is the best bike we could make, and this is the best price we can offer to you and still make a reasonable profit&apos;. There is an honesty and integrity about the company that puts most other companies and institutions to shame.

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• DA

  @danblack2171 · 4 months ago

  The first motorcycle that I bought new in 1966 was a Honda S-90, a street version of the Trail 90. I was 15. In 1969, I rode it from California to NY and back. The top speed was 47 mph (but only on a flat road with no headwind). It was a miserable trip, but certainly an adventure for an 18 year old boy. I lusted after the 160, 250, and 305 models, but couldn&apos;t afford them.<br><br>In 1970, I bought a new CB-350, and loved that I could actually ride at highway speed. I rode it up the California coastline into Canada, rode the Trans-Canada Highway all the way to NY again. <br><br>In 1973, I bought a new CB-750 and thought I had arrived in heaven! I rode it from NY to Washington State and back again with my wife. It was like a honeymoon trip. <br><br>Raising 5 children brought my riding to a standstill for many years, but in 2006, I bought a used 1994 GL-1500 Gold Wing. I rode it into Canada and all over the West coast. I still have it, but it needs a little work, so last year I bought a 2006 GL-1800 Gold Wing.<br><br>I put 14,000 miles on the GL-1800 last year, and I&apos;ve already put 6,000 miles on this year. <br><br>Honda&apos;s have been an important part of my entire life, from &quot;mini to mighty&quot;, and I&apos;ve &quot;met the nicest people on a Honda.&quot; I&apos;ll always be grateful for the joy this wonderful company has brought to me over the last 60 years.

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