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https://www.yahoo.com/news/honda-monkey-super-cub-c125-140723525.html

Cool.

I had a Honda Trail 50 as a kid. I rode that thing everywhere until that fateful day there was a fire. Leaking gas. Sadness. Spanking. Bad.

That Monkey reminds me of the first bike I ever rode, a Honda Mini Trail, back in about 1973.

8 gears. (A low and high range transmission) Will go anywhere! Runs 50mph even with a Fatazz aboard.

Bring it back HONDA!


DMc

I would really like to see the old SOHC CB 750from about 1970 0r 1971 again. A great ride for sure.

Had a Honda Trail 90 in the 70's.

I'd love to have it again, in the same condition...

I had a new CB 450 in 71, I would like to see a new one.

Cool little bike, I noticed it doesn't have a kick starter. For 4g's I'll pass.

Here I was thinking they were trying to appeal to millenials.

Back in the 70's, I'd go to town, and see the youngsters ride the little bikes. No helmet, sandals, shorts, tank top. I though the Japanese were still killing young American men. Making a profit at it this time.

Back to the original topic.

Glad to see them but none of you old fugks will be buying.

Hipsters and inner city folk will though.

They call them "postie bikes" here in Oz, because they are standard rides for posties (mail carriers), and have been for decades. After a period of service they are sold off cheap, and commonly end up on farms or under commuters. Easy things to ride.

You meet the nicest people on a Honda. The 50's were beneath my dignity, but I coveted those Super 90's until I could save up enough apple picking and chore money to buy a used CB160. That is still one of my favorite around town street bikes and I wish that I still had it. Fast enough to keep up with the traffic and a smooth twin cylinder. Eleven more motorcycles followed that one, but like DMc I still need something to replace legs that is trail worthy and street legal and the Trail 110 works for that now. I sold the Harley and bought the 110. I had too many near misses out on the road for me to take motorcycling as seriously as lots of guys.

My motorcycling passion started with Dad's Shriner parade mini-bike, then stepped up to the Honda 70CT like this one.

Rode the piss out of it......

Had a friend that had one just like that one. Same color even.

I wanted a trail 90 in the worst way back in the early 80’s (we never bought anything new but by then these were in the right price range). Ended up lucking into a good deal on a Honda XL100 instead. I literally put thousands of miles on that bike on the roads and prairie trails around the farm in NW ND. I put that Honda through the ringer and did things that should’ve broke it but it was the most bulletproof machine I’ve ever owned to this day. As a side benefit my cousin had a trail 90 and I could outride him in every way on my enduro.

Sweet!!

I won't be buying a new one, but if I could find a good restoration candidate I'd jump all over it....
I'd like to pick up a decent 70s ish Honda SL series machine.