BajaNomad - the honda monkey is coming!

the honda monkey is coming!

willardguy - 6-9-2018 at 02:26 PM

picture mtgoat666 perched on this badboy! :cool:

...seriously, who wouldn't want one of these!
http://www.cyclenews.com/2018/06/article/honda-to-bring-monk...

[Edited on 6-9-2018 by willardguy]

mtgoat666 - 6-9-2018 at 02:45 PM

more fun:;

[Edited on 6-10-2018 by BajaNomad]

basautter - 6-9-2018 at 02:59 PM

Cool! I just might get one :bounce:

advrider - 6-9-2018 at 05:17 PM

Remake of the Honda QA 50, very cool. Fun pit bike or camping runner.

John Harper - 6-9-2018 at 06:10 PM

Quote: Originally posted by advrider

Remake of the Honda QA 50, very cool. Fun pit bike or camping runner.

I remember my neighbor had one when they first came out!!! Must have been late 1960's. The Trail 70 looked much different, and came after the QA50.

John

[Edited on 6-10-2018 by John Harper]

ehall - 6-9-2018 at 06:38 PM

Shorts, flip flops, tank top and trying to hold a 6pack on the seat in front of me. Headed for the beach. I'm in!

willardguy - 6-9-2018 at 07:03 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ehall

Shorts, flip flops, tank top and trying to hold a 6pack on the seat in front of me. Headed for the beach. I'm in!

and at best a badly sprained ankle!.........now thats fun!

advrider - 6-9-2018 at 07:41 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ehall

Shorts, flip flops, tank top and trying to hold a 6pack on the seat in front of me. Headed for the beach. I'm in!

Just what I pictured!!! This is the first real motorcycle I rode when I was a kid!

BigBearRider - 6-9-2018 at 08:03 PM

I had one of those when I was 14 or so. A friend had one, too.

At $4K, it's a bit steep.

AKgringo - 6-9-2018 at 08:09 PM

Quote: Originally posted by BigBearRider

At $4K, it's a bit steep.

But wait! For 4k they also throw in a walkman with a Beach Boys cassette! :wow:

[Edited on 6-10-2018 by AKgringo]

willardguy - 6-9-2018 at 09:58 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

Quote: Originally posted by BigBearRider

At $4K, it's a bit steep.

But wait! For 4k they also throw in a walkman with a Beach Boys cassette! :wow:

[Edited on 6-10-2018 by AKgringo]

im sure you mean the "Hondells"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmRxpumtB4

bajatrailrider - 6-10-2018 at 08:13 AM

They will sell millions great put put to have in Baja. Its still not small enough to fit in my garage. Have to keep it up stairs in the house. Its about time Honda went back to simple air cooled reliable bikes. As when they went to some water cooled dirt bikes reliable no more.

surfhat - 6-10-2018 at 01:22 PM

Bungy cording a milk crate on the rear of the seat worked for years for the twenty plus miles on the East Cape to town and back with a helmut and some gloves and not much else, just shorts and a t-shrt.

Ah, the indestructale youth we all imagined.

Those few instances when the front tire dug in a bit in the soft stuff stopped my heart every time. Whew. Thanks to all here.

TMW - 6-10-2018 at 02:02 PM

Cool, just right to take along in Baja.

John Harper - 6-10-2018 at 05:51 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

But wait! For 4k they also throw in a walkman with a Beach Boys cassette! :wow:

More like a transistor radio!

John

blackwolfmt - 6-12-2018 at 04:20 PM

had to post this beauty,I was lkn for a bike for someone and came upon this gem on Crg list reminds me of the old days

1973 Honda ST90K0 Trailsport 90 Trail Bike - $1400 (Yuma)

David K - 6-12-2018 at 04:44 PM

Looks like what I had age 12-15... 1970 CT 70

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mrfatboy - 6-12-2018 at 04:58 PM

When I was 10 (1974) I bought a used Honda 50 for $110. It was in a lawnmower repair shop. My dad and I were dropping off his broken lawnmower. I wanted it bad. He said "you want it, you buy it". Paper route money just covered it👍

[Edited on 6-12-2018 by mrfatboy]

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blackwolfmt - 6-12-2018 at 05:16 PM

Thats funny in 1974 when I was 10 I had a 1974 xr 75 i bought from dinero I earned via paper route, dish pig and my own landscaping biz

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AKgringo - 6-12-2018 at 05:50 PM

In 1966, I bought a well thrashed Hodaka Ace 90 from a local racer. It was surprisingly nimble and quick for the bikes of that era!

I sold it when I got drafted in December of that year, and never got around to getting another dirt bike.

(my effort to post an image failed!)

KurtG - 6-12-2018 at 06:57 PM

From the same article, $3599. I never understood why Honda stopped selling them in the US. Maybe it's also time for a new 125cc version of the Trail 90 which go for pretty good money if you find a good used one.

"2019 Honda Super Cub C125 ABS
Since the 1958 introduction of the first Super Cub C100 (one year before the launch of the American Honda Motor Company), the iconic model and its descendants have enticed armies of new riders to motorcycling, its approachable, stylish design and utilitarian performance altering people’s understanding of riding. A social phenomenon, the Super Cub even inspired a Beach Boys song, its worldwide popularity carrying it to a production milestone of 100 million units in 2017, making it the highest-selling motor vehicle in the world."

willardguy - 6-12-2018 at 06:58 PM

the "adventure" model from japan....

Paco Facullo - 6-12-2018 at 07:09 PM

Speaking of Monkeys,,,, Something I would LOVE to do so fine day.... " The Monkey Run "

I believe Honda 'borrowed" the name . The Adventurists have been going for awhile now...

https://youtu.be/L-qWbmKHnG4

https://youtu.be/UfSU9wY7rWo

[Edited on 6-13-2018 by Paco Facullo]

blackwolfmt - 6-12-2018 at 07:45 PM

Now this is a POSITIVE thread

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