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1968 Honda Touring Motorcycles 175 160 305 450 - 2-Page Vintage Ad
Original, vintage magazine advertisement / article.Page Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm)Condition: Good
THE HONDA TOURING 160 - Get on it andgo ’til there’s no more road. The word for it is“smooth” all the way. Honda’s faithful twin-cylinder, four-stroke OHC engine puts out 16.0bhp at 10,000 rpm. A gallon of gas will eat up120 miles of pavement. Electric starter isstandard equipment. The Honda Touring 160is built for the long haul.THE HONDA TOURING 305 —Across townor across the country, Honda’s 305cc, OHCtwin-cylinder engine gets you there in a hurry.At an easy-going 7,500 rpm you’ve got 23 bhpat the rear wheel. There’s stamina and depend-ability stamped all over the solid Honda Tour-ing 305. White-wall tires, fully enclosed chain,and extra-soft seat for long distance comfortare the finishing touches.THE HONDA 450 — A classic road machinein every sense. The deep-breathing 444ccDOHC twin produces a no-nonsense 43 bhpat 8,500 rpm. The Honda 450 will loaf all dayat highway speeds, take you up to a top of 112mph. Constant-velocity twin carburetionignores altitude. But the sweet, solid ride is thething, and it’s unbeatable on the Honda 450.MORE HONDA TOURING 175 FEATURES’Styled for comfort, safety and performanceon the pavement, Honda Touring 175 featuresinclude directional signals and extra-large tailand stop light. Top speed is 80 mph. Andyou’ve got the choice of custom candy colors abike like this deserves.HONDANOVEMBER 1968r 1Grand Touring! It’s another kind of machine altogether, this HondaTouring 175. A winner of international design awards. If your kind of ridingreally covering ground, leaving mile after mile of pavement behind you all day longthis is your Honda. In the long runs the OHC twin engineand touring suspension give you comfort, smoothperformance and long range dependability. The restof the time you’ve got low-cost everyday transpor-tation. Rally rider or long-distance loner, taketo the highway on the Honda Touring 175. It’sthe kind of machine that only Honda engineeringmakes possible. The engineering that’s won Hondamore international GP championships than any othermake. It stands out on all 23 models in the Honda Line.See your Honda dealer for a color brochure, safety pamphlet and \"Invisible Circle\" film; or write: American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Dept. RR. Box 50, Gardena, California 90247 ©1968 AHM.CYCLELETTERS ContinuedSHADOW MYSTERYA friend and 1 were discussing thehistory and accomplishments of the Vin-cent Black Shadow. He said that astock Shadow from the factory couldhave done 180 mph. I told him thathe was wrong and that the top endcould only have been 140 mph, atthe most. Would you please fill usin as to this bike’s performance?Peter SarveMalverne, N. Y.A box-stock Black Shadow could attaina maximum speed in the neighborhoodof 140 mph, Peter, provided the riderwas brave enough. Incidentally, MartyDickerson holds the Bonneville NationalRecord for stock-frame, stock-enginemachines of lOOOcc displacement ona Vincent, attaining a two-way averagespeed of 147.58 mph. His bike, however,was hardly \"box-stock:\'—ed.HOW SWEET IT WAS\"One may return to the place of hisbirth . He cannot go back to his youth.\"Ah, but how nice it is to try! Thosenostalgic articles of yours, publish more.The Whizzer \"letter\" toppled wallshiding a distant time, and I was onceagain ring-a-dinging down the streetof a warm summer afternoon, tossingnewspapers with gay abandon ontowater-sprinkled lawns. And. while theHarley article bespoke a much earlierepoch, it too evoked a somehow sweeterpast.Yes, how sweet it was: more, more.Jon AltVisalia, Calif.RECIPROCATIONI am discontinuing my subscription.If you will allow me a little criticismI feel that there is something missingfrom your staff. It regards the heaviermachines. BMW and so on, and thelong distance tourer. Touring articlesare either non-existent or too infrequent.Secondly, machines used for suchpurposes are treated unenthusiasticallyor too shallow. For instance, whoevertested the new MV four was definitelyill-chosen for such a magnificent pieceof machinery. I have never actuallyseen one and it may well be a bruteand horribly executed. But to referto it repeatedly as a \"collectors’ item”implies that it doesn\'t really fit orthat it belongs elsewhere. Such pre-con-ceived notions leave the long-distanceenthusiast wanting.Regarding the test of the BMW R69 US, again I detected an unawareness.For instance, the tester thought it“absurd” to consider the machine forthe \"by-ways” as stated in the advertise-ment. Of course it is not a tote-gote. But,unfortunately, most of the world\'s roadsare unpaved whereupon the heavier.Earle’s forks are treacherous. I do notbelieve it would be an overstatementthat every BMW rider in Californiarides off-pavement quite often.There was another oversight regardingthe public statement by Herr Dr.Bonsch of BMW that they would producea 750cc machine next spring, withan opposed configuration, yet differentfrom existing models.Since my type of motorcyclist hasevidently been abandoned by cyclemagazine, I see no alternative butto reciprocate. R. L. PriceWest GermanyINDIAN-NO-PLACEBeing in West Lafayette, Indiana withmy dad this summer, I became cycle-sick(home-sick for my cycle). I decidedto go to see the road race at Indianapolisbut was unable to find the cost ofadmission. My mom wrote a letterto the raceway and received back arace bulletin and a personal letter fromFloyd Clymer sent special delivery.On Sunday when we got to theraceway the ticket man told us itwould cost $5 apiece to get in.Mr. Clymer\'s letter stated that it was$5 for adults and SI for children8-15.We showed him the letter and aftera few minutes discussion with theother ticket man he decided to letus in for the price that the letterhad quoted.He took us down the road a ways(away from everyone) and sold usthe SI tickets.In the grandstands we overheardquite a few people complaining aboutthe high price of the tickets.Now somehow, this just doesn\'t seemto sound quite right, to me. and. ifit is right, it shouldn\'t be. Motorcycleraces have a hard enough time attractinglarge crowds, without discouragingthose that do come, by charging veryhigh prices, especially when lower pricesare advertised ahead of time.We did see very good racing though,and really enjoyed ourselves, despitethe trouble at the gate. Stephen CraigWheatland. Calif.HELLO OUT THERE1 would like to thank the two motor-cyclists who. on the Sunrise Highway,slopped to help me when the battery\'on my motorcycle failed. Also thanksfor the tip of push-starting it in secondgear and then popping the clutch as1 was breaking my back doing it infirst. 1 circled the block to say thanksbut when 1 got back 1 saw yourtaillights disappearing heading westdown the Sunrise. I didn\'t get yournames. All I know is you had blackand orange striped helmets and I thinkone of you was tooling a Suzuki.Thanks again. Dennis E. DevineBrooklyn, N. Y.13
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