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Following Japanese Kustoms

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Images of Austin, Texas come to mind when I think about the words “Hot Rods” and “Customs”. The 9th Annual “Lonestar Rod and Kustom Round Up” is a huge convergence of classic Americana parading up and down Congress Street… The only rules? No imports and nothing newer than 1963. I can’t say those rules apply […]

Easy Rider as played by a Trail 70

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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I was just doing a little research on the old Honda Trail 70 (Dax everywhere else) and found this sexy specimen. That’s it… just wanted to share. I found it over on the Dax-Net site in Japan. I was impressed! But, my jaw hit the floor when I saw THIS custom Dax.And let me tell […]

Motocompos in their natural habitat

Monday, October 5, 2009

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For an eye-full of compo-pr0n (like you see above) go to Honda’s fan site HERE.

An old icon meets a new movement – The Honda EV-Cub

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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To go with our deep-fried Snickers donut and triple shot of organic wheatgrass this morning our friend Akisan gives us this to munch on… the Honda announcement of their plans for the 41st Annual Tokyo Motor show (Oct 24 – Nov 4). There’s the normal amount of car and motorcycle stuff, but buried in that […]

A new Honda 125cc that gets 117 mpg! (gets worse mpg in USA)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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Honda is gonna be gracing us with a new 125cc scooter (the PCX 125) in 2010! WOOHOO! Do you believe it? Looks really nice; almost like a tidied up Gilera Runner. This baby has SOOOO much going for her, I hope they don’t screw it up… wait, what’s that? They are introducing it with a […]

Honda Cub to go automatic for 2010!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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Honda’s gone and done it! Adding an automatic transmission to the Cub has been on Honda’s upgrade short list for some time now, and just two days ago Akisan sent us the scoop on Honda’s new CV-Matic engine for Cubs (all underbone type Hondas). Here’s a snippet from the press release: TOKYO, Japan, September 8, […]