Old CA-95 Ad >>>
 

Very cool!:)

It's interesting that the bike is shown with blackwall tires . This ad has a Sept. 1960 date on it . I have a half a dozen ads starting from 1963 to 1966 that show the bikes with whitewalls . Does anyone know if the earlier bikes we're originally sold with blackwall tires ? If so , when did Honda start using ww tires on the CA95's ?

Boy they sure poured that girl all over that bike for that ad! That's scandalous. I bet the dealership put the extra shine on those wheels hubs and engine side covers for that photo.

I'll bet she is only 22 years older than the Dream, which puts it about 60 and her at 72!
Kinda makes you want to "Dream".........

Couple of more old ads:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...ndaBenlyad.jpg

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...ertisement.jpg

Lol Smithers, when it comes to the 60's she's pretty tame :p Heck stuff now is pretty tame compared to that decade; XXX movies were at drive in theaters etc. I am not sure what happened to swing everything back towards the 50's after that...McCarthyism style propaganda?

From what I've read the 'early' CA95 had black wall tires right from the factory. The white walls came with the 'late' CA95, starting with frame number CA95-3106641 in 1963.

That same woman shows up at the bottom of the Honda brochure from the same period. Not exactly a Norton Girl, but she'll do. The CA95 Benly is at the top, listed at $460. (A CB92-R racer is listed at $520 ... where do I send my check?!)

http://www.forths.com/blog/wp-conten.../hon-broc3.jpg

Yeah you're right JetBlack. But for Honda that was more than I expected is all. I'm sure there were way crazier ads with loose women back then. I love these old ads. At the last bike show I went to I bought an old Cycle mag from a couple that had an old misplaced shipping container full of original old magazines. The one I bought has a couple Hondas on the front and it is from 1965. I'll scan some of it in sometime here soon.

This web site has tons of ads and specs from nearly every old Honda: http://www.vf750fd.com/vf750f/vintagehonda.html

Enjoy!

Here's another classic ... a picture of Smithers on his Benly:

http://www.forths.com/blog/wp-conten...convenient.jpg

Ha, ha...very cool! :D

Who rides like this?
 

Nah, Smithers has way more sense than to ride with his feet off the pegs; all hover style like that guy. ;)

What would be awesome is if his fedora had a chin strap! lol Happy fourth everyone!