Met up with Jeff (so-cal-sdr200) on Saturday morning and winded our way through south bay LA traffic to the American Honda headquarters for their "Cars, Bikes & Coffee" event, which happens every other month. It's a "Cars & Coffee" type event at the company campus and they open the collection hall museum to the public. I had been wanting to see what they had inside for years!
We were both representing on vintage 80s Honda classics and looking forward to the event. Jeff had his XL350R-SM out, and I trucked my little MB5 up to the LA area for the day. 36 miles on the old Japanese smoker, and got to hang out with my good friend. :thumbs: It was a really fun day!
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I was a little disappointed by the meet and the museum after hearing so much about it. I thought there would be more classic cars, hot rods, and supercars but not many showed up, There were a lot of older Hondas, but mostly just ordinary 80s/90s/00s cars. The bike section was super weak.
The Collection has a few pretty cool prototypes
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1984 Honda HP-X Pininfarina Concept
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Mostly Hondas in the lot but a few nice vintage cars...
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This engine was so tiny. I wish I had put something in the shot for perspective. It was small! (like hand sized!)
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They even had a MB5 on display! Although mine is faster because it's red! :vroom: :celebrate:
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Similar to my very first ride. I had an Express-II in the 1980s which looked a lot like this, but had the fuel tank under the seat instead of in the rear rack.
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RC30
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NR750 oval-piston exotic
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Nice. Thanks for sharing the photos!!!