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Title: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: twowings on January 20, 2018, 08:23:32 PM

I know I can't ride a 1200 forever...but it looks like a windshield and heated grips may be tough to source... :grin:

(https://i2.wp.com/www.bike-urious.com/wp-content/uploads/Honda-Z50-30th-Anniversary-Right-Side.jpg?fit=881%2C564)

(https://i0.wp.com/www.bike-urious.com/wp-content/uploads/Honda-Z50M-Right-Side.jpg?resize=1133%2C784)

(https://i0.wp.com/www.bike-urious.com/wp-content/uploads/Honda-Z50-Chrome-Edition-Right-Side.jpg?resize=1134%2C723)

http://www.bike-urious.com/3-rare-honda-z50s/ (http://www.bike-urious.com/3-rare-honda-z50s/)

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: Huzo on January 20, 2018, 10:22:26 PM

I forgot how fantastic they were.
I started on an SL70. That is a great example, is it yours ?
Over here they were called a QA 50 if memory serves.. :thumb:

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: Tom H on January 21, 2018, 01:28:56 AM

Plan on joining a circus anytime soon?? :boozing:

Tom

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: ITSec on January 21, 2018, 02:14:02 AM

I'm never gonna do it without the fez on...

 :tongue:

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: jas67 on January 21, 2018, 02:22:27 AM

Quote from: Huzo on January 20, 2018, 10:22:26 PM

I forgot how fantastic they were.
I started on an SL70. That is a great example, is it yours ?
Over here they were called a QA 50 if memory serves.. :thumb:

QA50 was another, but, different, 50cc model with a pushrod motor, vs. the OHC motor on the Z50, also smaller diameter, but  fatter wheels/tires, and completely different bodywork.   The frame, if not the same as, is similar to the earliest, hardtail Z50's.

(http://www.cyclechaos.com/images/8/87/1970-Honda-QA50-Green-0.jpg)

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: Gliderjohn on January 21, 2018, 06:55:29 AM

Love that seat!
GliderJohn

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: chuck peterson on January 21, 2018, 07:44:18 AM

Need saddlebags, fairings, tank bags, gps, and coffee holders...then they'd be good to go... :popcorn:

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: jbell on January 21, 2018, 12:46:30 PM

Who could resist a plaid seat? 

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: Darren Williams on January 21, 2018, 07:53:19 PM

Just go Grom!

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: Huzo on January 21, 2018, 08:51:06 PM

Quote from: jas67 on January 21, 2018, 02:22:27 AM

QA50 was another, but, different, 50cc model with a pushrod motor, vs. the OHC motor on the Z50, also smaller diameter, but  fatter wheels/tires, and completely different bodywork.   The frame, if not the same as, is similar to the earliest, hardtail Z50's.

(http://www.cyclechaos.com/images/8/87/1970-Honda-QA50-Green-0.jpg)

Thanks Jas, I had them confused.

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on January 21, 2018, 09:25:58 PM

 In the late sixties, three of us that worked in the local Honda shop took the first three of those down to a railroad.
By lowering the air pressure in the tires we could ride the rails easily.

Title: Re: Trying to Downsize...
Post by: fossil on January 21, 2018, 09:54:04 PM

Ah, so nice!

For about 45 years now I own a Honda ST70, the model known as "DAX" here in Europe and in Japan. For most of the time it stood neglected in my garden shed. Now I have begun to bring it back on the road.