Looks like Honda is jumping into the Super Cub arena. Watch out Cub Crafters

https://powersports.honda.com/2019/supe ... 5-abs.aspx

Real funny.

At first I gagged at the price ($3599) but then converted it to 1961 prices, which is $430--which is about what a Honda Cub cost back in 1961. I recall that my Honda off road Trail 55 I had back in 1962 cost just a little more than that, about $500. Unfortunately it would be pretty awkward to put it into even a larger airplane like a 206. But just about anything that Honda makes is pretty good.

Cary

Well done Zzz,you caused me to "google it" to ensure it wasn't a Apr 01 gag

I had a red and white Super Cub by Honda in 1962 during in high school. Great scoot and they've sold a few more since. The world wide trend is to models like that and it's likely to be welcomed in North America again. Their smaller Grom model is reportedly their recent best seller.

My grandfather loaned the money for the purchase (~$400) and I soon bought a higher compression piston and open exhaust pipe from California. It took a richer jet in the Keihin carb to run well. I still have the original piston on the shelf in the garage.

Gary

Mapleflt wrote:Well done Zzz,you caused me to "google it" to ensure it wasn't a Apr 01 gag

Hey my pleasure. All I did was chortle mildly and then sneer.

I've actually been thinking about getting one for a hangar / airport scooter. Either the Honda Supercub or the Honda Monkey...... then I could say things like... "I'm going to ride the Monkey." or "I"m taking the Monkey to see Frank."

kg wrote:I've actually been thinking about getting one for a hangar / airport scooter. Either the Honda Supercub or the Honda Monkey...... then I could say things like... "I'm going to ride the Monkey." or "I"m taking the Monkey to see Frank."

Ha!

Okay not a Honda Super Cub but in 1972 I traded a cherry, red convertible 1965 Mustang with a 289 V-8 for a Honda 350.

I have to admit that Super Cub guys having a Super Cub as airport transportation is as pretty cool idea. Only question I have is can I get one in the Experimental category?

For Experimental loose the catalytic convertor and factory exhaust. Source some 125 Super Cub speed parts:

https://japan.webike.net/ps/honda+super ... 0&p.c=1180

Born to be baaaaaad!

Gary

I have one as a ride to my hangar. Like in a VW Beetle I can't help but smile when I ride it.

I got my first broken bone courtesy of my dad's step-through Honda 50.
Ran into a fence when I was about 12 popping wheelies in the back yard,
and managed to hit the one steel post holding up the rest of the rickety wooden fence.

The old Trail 90's never had a snazzy name that I know of but they were good little bikes.
Eventually they were upgraded to telescopic forks and bigger engines but I like the original version.
They're still pretty popular as airport get-arounds from what I see.
Are they making those again?
I see used ones for sale occasionally but they get a lot of dough for them, even beaters.

Here's some rider reviews:

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/2 ... cle-review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRLdHxknhnU
https://ridermagazine.com/2019/02/08/20 ... de-review/

Looks like more fun than a barrel of monkeys...

Gary

Is a barrel of monkeys really a lot of fun? The only encounters with monkeys that I have experienced in the wild were actually pretty stressful.

But it was only looking at the reviews that made me realise it only has a single seat. Why would you want such a chick magnet ride without pillion capacity???

Age has its bennies especially if the ROM memory still works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmRxpumtB4 Source of monkey quote above. Faster>>>>

Edit: A caution...after watching the video you'll never be able to un-hear it again. Faster>>>>

Dual seat will happen if the brakes and suspension can handle the weight. Fat folks from the '60's now ride Goldwings. Besides why not sell two for both to ride?

Gary

My scoot-around now is a Vespa LX150, which I bought about 11 years ago--always wanted one since Junior High. I look like the town fool riding it, but it's more fun than the bigger bikes I've had (biggest was a Kawasaki Voyager XII), albeit a lot slower. I can carry it on a rack on the back of my Class B motorhome, and last year at OSH (the first year I haven't flown in), I used it to ride back and forth from the RV in Scholler to the gate, out to the seaplane base, and into town for the laundromat.

Funny event: I was stopped at a stop light in downtown Fort Collins when a big, burly Harley rider rode up on his noisy machine. He looked like the quintessential Harley long haired bad boy, with all the necessary tattoos and the leather "born to ride" jacket with the sleeves cut off. He was staring at me and my Vespa with a look of disdain, so I hollered at him, "Hey, how do you like my hog?" He almost fell over laughing!

Cary

There's nothing quite like a H-D rider fully dressed in a pirate suit. Bad to the fat. I've owned 15 Harleys of 63 bikes since 1960 so say that without fear of offending.

Gary

off thread, used to ride a lot, I have always loved how the HD folk are going to be themselves not part of society looking just like everyone else who is being independent and themselves. "I me and unique just like everyone else who s unique."

Yes that's quite true about HD. The company promotes the HOG exclusive membership group that comes free at first with a purchase. Join our Club wear our clothing and attend our organized functions and museum. Their recent bike sales and membership are declining in concert with Baby Boomers and others that have, in their Golden Years, embraced the concept and marque. HD is expanding worldwide in an attempt to regain support and has recently embraced ride by wire and battery for the future.

Honda has their groups and Forums as well. GPS, infotainment, and bike maintenance are critically discussed. Goes for other types of motorcycles.

But there's still nothing that compares in other countries with this little Honda for basic motorized transportation that rolls on tires. I think their North American price point will harm sales at least until they sell a few and others take notice. The YouTube I linked explains their original plan in the 1950's and so far it's worked well.

Gary

All old fart pilots, myself included, have Harleys. Sort of a marker that you eventually made it in life, but definitely an "old man" motorcycle. And the goofy Halloween costumes most Harley riders wear do nothing to update the image. Like soaringhiggy says their dress code is almost idiotically strict, gotta be black, gotta have tassels (for the self-flagellation I suppose). The most clingy insecure conformist bunch I've ever met. Let's face it, anyone under 70 wants a Ducati or Aprilia, or even a Triumph Speed Triple.

Back seat? If she really wants to come along she'll ride the fender. Even the blue bikini gal from the Vargas flyout rode my fender, and I don't think it was because it was a Harley .