Since our last episode, Garrett has a new son in the nursery and a new Nighthawk 650 beater in the garage. The latter prompts us to enthuse for Honda’s 1980s Nighthawk range. Turning to new bikes, we discuss the proposed U.S. tariff on European small displacement bikes. I recall my encounter with a tiny, very fake Italian “classic,” which leads the three of us to all get excited about building 60cc roadrace bikes in the classic Italian tiddler style.
The Italian small-bore website I mention can be found at piccolibastardi.it
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False Neutral – Nighthawks & Small Treasures
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False Neutral #44: Nighthawks & Small Treasures
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7 responses to “False Neutral #44: Nighthawks & Small Treasures”
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My latest discovery in the Honda / Small bike realm is the Honda FatCat. Even Wikipedia has very little to say about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_TR200
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c104/torbreck2/1446-03.jpg
Called the TR200, it popped up in a search for TW200 (Yamaha). Another of Honda’s 2-year only bikes. I’m guessing the tires are hard to find, and are probably not DOT compliant. 8-inch rims front and back! It’s a motorized wheelbarrow.
Here’s a period comparison between the Yamaha BW200 (later the TW200) and the Honda TR200.
http://yamaha.itgo.com/BW200review/1.htm-
The Fat Cat was off-road only, like the Yamaha Big Wheel.
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the Honda Fat Cat is on my short list of motorcycles to own at some point. I love them!
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Pete would the MB5 qualify in the 50cc 2 stroke series? http://kansascity.craigslist.org/mcy/5949722392.html
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Sure, Mitch, I’ve had two MB5s and loved both of them! But the MB5 doesn’t quite have that cool vintage racer look. Also, a 60cc MX motor makes close to twice the horsepower. (6-1/2 HP factory rating for the U.S. MB5, 11-1/2 for the CR60 — more for a KX60 of the same year, even higher for a liquid-cooled engine.)
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