Jason Liebeknecht "This shot was
taken
Murray Liebeknecht,on the right with
his '74
RT3 360.It had heaps of power,
the
other bike at the rear is the same
the
one in front a DT175. This shot
taken
in the forrests out of the city of
Adelaide, South Australia"
Jason Liebeknecht "My dad, Murray Liebeknecht, bought this in 1975 and
he used to take me riding all around on
the back of it, I used to look forward
to those days together and it rubbed off
on me later in life. I now own 5 VJ Motorbikes"
Nathan Terry and his
'71 Hodaka Super Rat.
"I went through four of them in my junior high/high school daze. They were great little bikes and I've restored a couple of them while passing through my mid-life crisis."
1971- Mike Vachon 's father on a brand new CB750. "His previous two bikes were an S90 and then a CB350. He wanted something that would cruise the highway in comfort and be suitable for long trips. He also wasted no time in throwing on a few accessories. Yes, those are real air-horns sitting on the front fender. Note the over-sized mud-flap behind the front wheel. The passenger back-rest was actually a head-rest taken out of a car and clamped onto the travel rack."
1975- Mike Vachon with
his first street bike, a fairly new Kawasaki 400 two-stroke street screamer. "Always had difficulty keeping the front wheel on the ground with this bike. Tall sissy bar kept me from losing passengers. Note the interesting garb. It's not quite a leisure suit, but an all white jean jacket and pants. Says a lot about the '70's eh?"
T.D. Bash on a '68 Honda CB450K1 in 1974: "Heads Up Display won't appear in cars for many years, yet I can see my gauges in my Bell Star face shield!"
T.D. Bash taking a relaxing 'smoke'(hmmm) break on Honey Moon Island, FL in the summer of '74 complete with Elvis shades, ponytail, and Dingo boots! The 72 Yamaha CT175 frame was stripped down & custom painted silver with 3-tone candy blue paint.
Stephan Hilf, a neighbor kid on Dave Richter's CL77 custom.
"The kid lived next door years ago and was fascinated by the motorcycle activity in my garage. His father was a doctor. I used to take him to the junk yards with me and between that and playing around in my garage he usually got pretty dirty. I used to laugh when his mother came to get him for dinner and she was appalled by how he was greasy or his clothes were all dirty. I'll bet she used to take him home and scrub him with a brush before his dad got home. He loved it and I liked having a curious funny little kid around long before I had my own."
Stephan Hilf again
on Dave Richter's CL77 special.
Note the Hunt magneto ignition.
David Hockenberry, on his
Bridgestone 350
David Hockenberry,
on his Honda 65 Sport
Honda C200
from Troyce Walls
Honda CB500 Chopper
from Troyce Walls
Honda S90
from Troyce Walls
Troyce Walls
wheelies on a
Honda SL350
Pete Spence and Graham Noyce
with a Honda ME360 Mugen
at Agost near Alicante Spain
1968 Honda CL77 in Ethiopia
from
Tom McCrea
1968 Honda CL77 in Ethiopia
from
Tom McCrea
1970 Honda CL175
from George McAbee
1974 Suzuki TS250 and a
metalflake helmet
from Kirk Christian
David Hellard on his college ride at Miami University: a nearly new 1969 Honda CL175K3
David Hellard with his 1969 Honda CL175K3, after Mrs. Maltbie turned in front of his college roommate!
David Hellard riding his "Easy Riderized" Sport 65 Honda, Oxford, Ohio 1971
David Hellard riding his 1979 Honda XL185 up into the motorcycle trailer in Ouray, Colorado, 1982.
Roger Cole (R) and friend Dave Hansen (L) with his Kawasaki W2SS. Photo taken in the late '60's on Guam, where they were stationed at the time.
Photo of the first Honda business office in the US. The truck is a '6o or '61 Chevy. Submitted by Jason Bell.
This is a picture of my second bike,
a 1972 Yamaha JT2 Mini Enduro. My first was a late 60's Rupp mini-bike.
There was a lot of action, and
we had a lot of fun!! Jeff
McIntyre
(above) This was taken in the late summer of 1962. I traded in a 1961
CA-77 on a new left over 1961 CB-72 in Washington state. I was
on my 12,600 mile trip on a Honda from Iowa to Alaska and down
to Seattle and than Ca. and over to Tx. and back home to Iowa.
If you look close at the cycle you will still see plastic on the
seat. I'm the
one on the right at 19 years old.
Kent Myers, Az.
Above
is a Yamaha 305 drag racer owned and ridden by VJMC Public Relations Director Roger Smith when he was 21 years old and crazy. They were consistent class winners at the Detroit Dragway with speedsof 110 mph in the summer of 1971.
Roger Smith again with his new 71 Kawasaki 500 bought as soon as he finished his tour of duty serving in the Army in Vietnam.
Roger Smith with his new 72 Honda CB750. Picture taken in Grand Bend, Ontario.
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Curby Keith's first bike, a 1961 Allstate 125, taken in 1962.
Curby Keith's first Honda, a 1964 C200, bought new in July 1964.
Claude Mailloux's CB160 in 1968.
Tony Rackelin in July 1974 on his first bike, a 1974 GT80A Yamaha.
Tony Rackelin and his friend Tim in July 1974, Tony on a 1974 GT80A Yamaha, Tim on a 1972 or 73 Kawasaki 90.
Mike Gallagher's family on Yamahas: "This is what we lived for after school and on the weekends, just to be together and ride and bench race. That's me on my 1972 JT2 Mx with the low pipe and goodies on it. Look at the RT1 360 with the black tank on it, what a beast!"
1972 JT-1 submitted by Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher on on the JT2 MX, ready for a camp out in 1973,
big fun!
Mike Gallagher's brother Sean and his new CT-1 175 Christmas Eve 1971, used but clean.
Mike Gallagher's other brother Steve and a friend on a trip from Richmond VA to Ohio in 1971. Bikes DT1 250 1970 and a DT1 250 1968, a classic.
Mike Gallagher's brother Steve on the Dt1 250 in Ohio 1971.
1974- Four New England boys playing in the hills above Los Angeles (L-R)- Bob Zito, Dom Dominik, Don “Gino” Roy, and John Frisbie
Submitted by Dom Dominik
Bob Zito (retired VP Info systems – a Miata car guy these days – never has the top up)
Submitted by Dom Dominik
Dom Dominik (retired Aerospace engineer – has hardware on Mars Rovers – one year later and they keep on ticking)
John Frisbie (semi-retired “code geek” fishing and boating in Becket, MA).
Submitted by Dom Dominik
1966 Honda Scrambler
from Ron Bouchard
2-up on a 1968 Honda CL90
from John M.
Eliyahu Rooff, 2-up on a 1969 Kawasaki Mach III
Eliyahu Rooff, with a 1969 Kawasaki Mach III
1969 Honda S90
(with Buco helmet)
from Roger White
Steve Passwater on his new 1978 Kawasaki Z1R taken in 1979, with his nephew as passenger.
Charles Henderson's father in 1981 on Charles' first bike, a 1979 Honda CB650 with Vetter quicksilver fairing, aftermarket crash guards, rack and passenger backrest.
Roger Cole and Navy buddies on Guam, Feb-Mar 1968.
"I was in the Navy and stationed there for 18 months. I bought a brand new Honda CL 160 to have transportation during my tour. The top photo is of two friends and myself on a ride around the island. Ed Jentoft on the left had a Yamaha 305 street bike. I in the middle had a new Honda CL160 and George Abee on the right had a Yamaha Big Bear Scrambler. The lower two photos are of my new bike - the only new motorcycle I ever owned. I ended up selling the CL160 to an individual who had it shipped back to the states. It hasn't run for years but it is in a friend's garage. I'm thinking of asking him if he will sell it back to me!"
ABOVE: In the winter of 1972 I purchased a hew 1973 Yamaha RD350 and it may be the best bike I've ever owned. How ironic then that in the fall of 1973, I traded it in on this tarted up 1973 Yamaha TX750. Regrettably, the much-maligned TX was a good idea.... done badly. Anyway, I put about 1000 miles on it in the summer of 1974 before surrendering to it's myriad of difficulties and, at great financial discomfort, unceremoniously dumping it. This picture was taken in Calgary,Alberta in May 1974 just hours before it's first major failure. Still; a significant bike from a great time in our lives that deserves a salute. Just don't count my fingers!
Les Finnigan, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Check out the large version of the above!. Check out those pants and helmets. The Seventies FOR SURE . Alan Herold submits these photos of his mom's cousin Rod and his '71 CB450.
Above: Here is a photo of my second motorcycle, a 1963 Honda CL72 Scrambler which I bought when I was 15 in 1965 and chopped in 1966 - I lived in Sacramento, and the CHP motor-cops used to write use tickets all the time for having our baffles out and snuff-or-nots wide open! My first bike was a Yellow Yamaha 80 YG-1 trailmaster which I bought in the summer of 1964 at the age of 14 and rode everywhere - my buddy had a Honda CB90 and we used to ride as far away as Tahoe and SF area - and my folks didn't care that I rode without a permit or license! Imagine that today! Gordon Smith
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Joe Smith in 1971 doing a wheelie!
Port Angeles,WA
Robert Cantarini's 1963 Honda CL72 250 Scrambler. This photo was taken in 1967. The VW in the background; belonged to my brother Ron. It is a 1967 GTV bought new at Econo Motors in Riverside (you talk about rare!.) My 250 Scrambler had a HC cam and bored to S-12. Was a fun bike to ride in the Elsinore area during that time
Robert Cantarini, Elsinore, CA
Terry Julian at age 17 with a 65 super 90. "This was my first real bike having updated from a 65 allstate compact. had a job at the local honda shop in gallatin tn at the time. gave a 100.00 for it from the shop where thay had robbed a rear wheel, carb and points cover..sold it for 200.00 and bought a cl 175 k3 the next summer..restoring one of those now..where did the time go ???"
Bruce Bly on his new Yamaha 80 in 1967.
Ryan Reese's dad after almost flipping it
coming off of the jump.
"Pics of my father racing a Mach111 at Ruapuna, Christchurch, NZ in 1970.
From what I remember telling me it was a red one with white stripes making it a 1970 model."
Chris.Cattermole@wcc.govt.nz
Bill Silver on his first bike,
a 1967 Honda CL90.
"Here's my very first bike... a HONDA, of course. This is the "famous machine" (mentioned in several of my books) which I drove for 1500 miles in three days, starting in San Diego, headed up the 395 Highway, eventually to Reno, then back across through Sacramento, only to get rained on in San Francisco. Got some sleep in Haight-Ashbury park and finally headed back to visit my father in Playa del Rey, CA (across the way from Marina del Rey).
Bike got 100 mpg at highway speeds.... 55-65 mph. I was using STEEN synthetic oil at the time, which no doubt keep it running so well for so long. My overnight at Mono Lake (stayed in the county jail cell - voluntarily) left the bike outside in 12 degree weather. Barely got it lit the next morning! Had to push start it! Battery was about half frozen, too. Kept going and going.... That is what sold me on Honda motorcycles, back in 1967! I never imagined that I would become known as MrHonda, 25 years later!" Bill Silver
www.vintagehonda.com
Jeff on his first bike, a 1977 Suzuki JR50.
Hans Bertelsen - Age 15 1/2 Hawthorne, California 1964 on his 1st bike - 1963 YG1-T Yamaha
Jimmy Thompson on a '72 Yamaha 100, taken in Dallas, Texas about 1973.
Doug Snyder on his brand new 1975 Kawasaki F7 175 enduro. "What a great bike is was too. It took me everywhere as a teen growing up in small town Indiana. Great memories."
1969 Bridgestone submitted by John Cressy in Exeter NH
Randall Foster riding on Sand Key beach near Clearwater, Florida
on a CL450, 1973.
Randall Foster on Sand Key beach with his friend Pat on an SL350, 1973.
Randall Foster 's wife Pat on her CL450, Hollywood, FL, 1973.
Damon Graddy on his
American Eagle 250
Damon Graddy riding his
American Eagle 250
in the Viewfinder
Grand Prix
Damon Graddy riding
in the Baker-to-Vegas Desert Race
Damon Graddy jumping
his CL160
1972 Kawasaki H2 and
disco pants modeled by Steve Gordon
Steve Gordon on his 1966 Honda CB77 Superhawk (picture taken in 1973 before he got the 750
Kawasaki and the disco pants)
Steve Gordon's daughter Sherry and her Maverick mini-bike, taken in 1973.
Steve Gordon's daughter Sherry and her boyfriend with his Honda CB175, taken in 1973.
Steve Gordon's friend, Don Smith, with his daughter on his 1967 Honda CL160, picture taken in 1967.
ABOVE: This historic, vintage photo shows Beth Braun, age 2 with her FIRST RIDE and Wearing a DRESS.
 
Above are three photos from when I was stationed at Yokota Air Base in Japan . I was there from 1962 to 1965, The top one is me on my 1963 Honda CL72 scrambler in front of the Yokota Motorcycle Club house. Pictures were taken in 1964. The middle one is also of me on my converted CL72 decked out in full drag racing form, racing in the 250cc modified class. We were able to use a closed taxi way on the far side of the base for the drag races, something quite new to the Japanese. The lower photo is after we had returned to the base after participating in a Japanese "mud" scramble race, or as they call it....motocross. It's now hard to imagine how we put these bikes thru such rigorous duty, not having a clue as to how valuable they would become in today’s market. This scrambler was the third Honda I had while in Japan. The first one was a CA72 and then I bought a CB72, following with this CL72. I am now in the process of restoring a 1966 CL77. Paul Paddock
Above photo submitted by Dennis Reppel of his 1979 Honda CBX, taken in 1980. |
