Honda: The Early Classic Motorcycles : All the Singles, Twins and Fours, Including Production Racers and Gold Wing-1947 to 1977 [Hardcover]

Roy Bacon (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855790289
• ISBN-13: 978-1855790285
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,762,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just a great read, but also a valuable reference!, November 23, 2003

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Michael W. Vachon (Rochester, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honda: The Early Classic Motorcycles (Hardcover)

This book covers Honda from inception right up to the Gold Wing introduction. The book has a wealth of information with background stories on many key models, including a warts-and-all review of these bikes. There is also a chapter on Honda's racing efforts. Although I never had much interest in this specific subject, the book provides another insight on development that also had an impact on production models. At the back end of the book there is an appendix that has tables on bike specifications, model recognition and production years ['47 to '80]. This part alone has been an invaluable resource for me.
A must have for anyone seriously into vintage Hondas!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honda:The Early Classic Motorcycles:All the Singles,Twins and Fours,Including Production Racers and Gold Wing 1947-1977, December 20, 2010

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Jose Lopez "Jose Lopez" (Miami,Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honda: The Early Classic Motorcycles : All the Singles, Twins and Fours, Including Production Racers and Gold Wing-1947 to 1977 (Hardcover)

Honda:The Early Classic Motorcycles:All the Singles,Twins and Fours,Including Production Racers and Gold Wing 1947-1977,Small Hardcover Book,1990 2nd edition,originally published 1984.


Me Personally I love Motorcycles,But I'm not Big On Hondas Except the CBR Sportbikes,I am A Kawasaki Ninja/GPZ,Yamaha R1,Suzuki GSXR and Harley and Indian Guy. This book although all BLACK And White Pictures is a great source of information regardless for Honda Enthusiasts and Bike Enthusiasts from Mr.Sochiro Honda's Humble Beginnings with the Honda Institute in a small Place to His Motor clip-on to Bicycles and First Dream Bikes and Benlys,And The Big Bruisers until The Z1 Came! this book is great check and see if the library has a copy That's what I did.