The David Silver Honda Collection - Honda Motorcycles - NB: Kids free - OAP’s £5 S0 Dave, you’re ok
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- Having lived in Suffolk for 25 years I had no idea that not far from me was a marvellous museum of Honda Motorcycles. The David Silver Honda Collection is a Honda motorcycle museum with over 200 classic Honda motorcycles dating from 1947 through to 1992. The collection is based at David Silver Honda spares in a purpose built showroom over 2 floors. As well as the bikes there is a reading room with stacks of information about Honda motorcycles and a quite place to read and research your classic Honda. Very grateful to David for allowing us in to film and view this marvellous collection of bikes and provoke so many memories.
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Wow what a treat that was & Thank You Mr Silver for letting the cameras in,Great to see you in front of the lens for a change Mr TAYM & Brilliant camera work from Mrs T.
Thanks JD 😁 hope to be back there soon 😁
So much positive energy from these videos. If I'm really fed up, it's a dog video or one of these👍
Thanks Loki 😁 so very kind 😁
What a treat! A personal (virtual guided tour) by TAYM himself. A stunning collection. I’ve owned 4 Hondas over the years and loved all of em. I know exactly what triggered my interest in Motorbikes, it was a teacher at our school (Mr Savage) who had a yellow Honda CB750 and I was smitten with it, what’s incredible is he had it stolen and whilst I was walking home with my mom, I’d have been about 12 at the time, I saw someone riding his bike (I knew the reg number). When I went to school the next day I told him where I’d seen it and he went out on his lunch break and found it in the area where I’d told him I’d seen it the night before Ironically he later gave me the cane for throwing stones at greenhouses in the houses behind our school. Wonderful 😁
Thanks MM 😁 yes a wonderful place 😁
What a fantastic collection of bikes. It was like watching a kid in a candy shop 😁😂🤣😅. Just brilliant. Thanks for showing us around m8
Thanks IT 😊 I felt like one for sure 😂😂😂
Awesome , the best mutter ever ! The museum is on my to do list 😀
Thanks TH 😁 yes you really should visit 😊
The man, the myth, actually captured on camera. Good to see you sir. Looks like a great museum 👌🏻
Thanks Matt 😁 yes amazing place with some amazing bikes 😁
What a fantastic collection.
Isn’t it just 😁 thanks BH 😊
What a truly magnificent collection of bike's, it must be one of the greatest collections of the same brand in Europe if not the world amazing 🏍🙂👍
I would imagine you are right 😁 thanks KH 😁
We have a place like that about an hour and a half away called Dale's Wheels Through Time. Great place to spend a day. Great place to ride in the mountains of NC.
Good job.
Good camera work by Junior 😊.
Thanks JT 😁
Wow! What a amazing collection, all in fantastic condition. Thanks for sharing this Mr T. Definitely a place for a visit!
I know, amazing place 😁 thanks RB 😁
Thoroughly enjoyed Mr.TAYM!
Excellent, thanks BR 😁
Blimey TAYM great tour of that collection you know them all without looking at the info ℹ️ blimey you certainly know your Hondas
Amazing museum
Great watch 😊😊😊
😂😂😂😂😂 again, someone else just said the opposite 😂😂 I just know nothing about anything 😁😂😂😂 thanks Phil
The other way round to me TAYM
Just walking round talking off the cuff like that then that’s not easy
Great job😊😊
@@-old-school-motorcyclesltd thanks Phil 😊
That was fantastic, I have owned 10 Hondas and loved every one, still got a 1974 CB750. I ought to have shares in David Silvers Spares, so glad they are there for my bits and pieces. Thank you so much for sharing this video. I will send you some photos if I can. 🙃
Thanks John 😁 yes please 😁
Great video thankyou. A real trip down memory lane and some I'd never seen before and all in pristine condition! Oh to own just one of those now! Thanks for the memories!
Thanks SW 😊 I know, incredible 😊
Speaking as a Leiston slack jawed yokel, I live literally 2 mins from this place and have never visited!!!. Thanks for the tour. Lots of game changing bikes to see
Thanks CC 😁 you should go have a look 😁 some marvellous innovative motorcycles 😁
That first CB450, the black and silver one, was known as the black bomber, very sought after here in the US.
I have bought a lot of parts for my CB350 from David Silver Spares, they have a warehouse here in the US but unfortunately no museum.
Great Video!!
Thanks 2WV 😁 thought you might have heard of them 😁
I remember the 450 Honda TAYM, known as 'The Black Bomber', and very successful too. The CB 500T was Honda's attempt at reinventing it's former market leader, which plainly didn't happen! A great visit to the museum though TAYM, much appreciated bud. Cheers. 👍😎
Thanks Martin 😊 no, my 500 T was not a roaring success with me either 😂😂 but I would have one now to play with 😊😂😂
Wow TAYM - marvellous piece to camera. Mrs TAYM as camera man Brilliant! What a fantastic collection too ❤️.
My journey in motorcycling also started with a Honda C50 field bike. Aged 15, I learned so much about how to handle a bike on one of those. I also learned how painful a front wheel landing is 😂
An SS50 followed that of course - and the journey continued 😊
My Suzuki AP50 was a significant "upgrade" though and did about 50mph
😂😂 thanks PGB 😁 it was TAYM junior the elder on the camera 😁 she’s a wiz with this social media stuff 😁 great place isn’t it 😁
Great tour TAYM! Back in the early 2000’s, when I lived in Cambridgeshire, I did a complete nut and bolt restoration of a CX500B and used David Silver Spares for all my replacement parts. They were excellent and held a huge stick of spares, but I never realised that museum existed. Next time I take the trip down to see the kids I’ll gave to pop over to have a visit!
Funny isn’t it😁 I can’t believe it’s not more famous😂😂😁
What a splendid video.
Thank you SU 😊
It is funny that we live so close to things for so long and don't know about them. How does this happen? Then you go in and see the most amazing things. Just glad you found it and was able to enjoy it. And thank you for sharing the experience. Great find!
Thanks LoY 😊 it is strange 😁
Morning taym 😃 i think watching your video's has enabled me to read your mind 😅. On Monday I was eating my dinner reading the old bike guide newspaper when I saw a map of motorcycle museum's. On the map I saw the Dave silver museum and thought, especially as it was in your area it would make a good video for you to make! And I'd suggest it too you next time I commented on something. Just got bored watching the news so turned on CZcams and what did I see 😅taym visit's dave silver!!! You'd of been impressed if I'd mentioned it to you after I thought it on Monday!!!! Going to watch it now 😃
😂😂😂😂 very spooky 😂😂😂
Thank you for sharing..... Great video, brilliant place,. My brother and I will defo go and visit!!!
Thanks DD 😁 definitely worth a visit 😁
Instant like and comment.
Thank you 😁
I remember Purdey (Joanna Lumley) in The New Avengers, riding an XL125 😁
That’s right, she did 😂😂😂 well remembered 😁 Thanks SBK 😊
My first bike was a Honda Super Slow 50 with pedals :) Nice to see the progression through the age's
Thanks WM 😁
Thanks i enjoyed that!
Your welcome LJ 😊 sorry it’s not more informative but it was never meant to be. It was only meant to draw attention to its existence and the shear volume of bikes they are there😁
I was laughing during the beginning, I was thinking oil change day must be crazy! And think of all those bikes need MOTs on the same months!.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 never thought of that 😂😂😂😂 expensive day 😂😂😂
Just found this one. Lots of familiar bikes there from my youth!
Incredible isn’t it 😁 a wonderful place to visit 😁 thanks Tim 😁
Is there anyone who has not owned a Honda at some time in their life? Two for me a Honda Ag90 (Ag in Aus Trail elsewhere) dual range gearbox, would climb a brick wall in low range; and a Honda Lead scooter. Both, like all Hondas, unkillable. That is one terrific museum, thanks for showing it.
Thanks Colin 😊 I doubt it, especially if you include outboards and the like 😁
What a great video thanks!!!
Thanks HS 😁
Marvelous mutterings TAYM, brought lots of great memories from my misspent youth.....
😂😂 I bet it did 😂😂😂 thanks H 😁
What a nostalgia fest, good to see some of the Japanese market oddities. I recon you could ride two of those monkey bikes, standing up, one on each foot. One of your best 🏍
😂😂😂😂 thanks Bill 😊 Thursday forecast is improving all the time 😁
@@TAYM I hope so, I hate getting wet, I shrink 🤪
@@billellis6538 😂😂😂😂
Great mutter TAYM and well done the camera person. The first 400 four and those curvy down pipes they were just WOW. Did you say you'd never heard of the Honda 450? A.K.A. 'The Black Bomber' At the time 1965 it was the largest capacity bike that Honda brought into the UK. Torsion bar valve springs I believe. It sounded the death knell of the UK industry a good bit before the arrival of the 750 fours. Looks like David Silver's is well worth a visit.
Thanks DT 😊 nope never knew anything about it, before my time 😂😂😂😂 definitely worth a visit 😁
@@TAYM Oh! yeah ... Damn... I AM old.
@@brockett 😂😂😂
Wow what a fantastic museum,great video TAYM.
Thanks BM 😁
Thanks for the tour round the museum. Had the Honda 250n in red cost me £1000 on hp brand new .back in 1980. Lovely bike. Think ill pop down to the museum. Not that far away. Thanks again for the memories 😊
Thanks KM😊 yes, always worth a good look round 😊
Really enjoyed this one Taym wow! It was just marvellous and I will have to visit this place of delights. Being a 60's biker, I remember having a Honda 50 and at that time the Honda CB125 Benly Sport was one of my favourites which you showed on this vlog. My other favourite was the Honda 250 CB72 which came along side me at the traffic lights as sat on my Velocette Viper and on green, it left me for dead! I have a Honda CB250rsa 1982 which love and ride more than my T100 and BMW G310r, Marvellous.😊👍🏍
Thanks John, marvellous memories 😁 I really like the RS too. Handled so well and were much quicker than everyone thought 😊 excellent 😁
Hi Mr. TAYM,
What a fabulous collection. This video provokes so many memories of the bikes I wanted as young lad and teenager.
My favourites among these are the Dreams and Super Dreams, the Benlys and SS50. Ok Fizzie's and AP50's where more popular but this little 4 stroke always looked more robust to me, but the XL400 / 500's interested me the most, with that big lazy, thumping single. But, to be fair, the 500cc and less bikes just have more about them. So much character across one manufacturer. All the bikes are so easily identifiable as you demonstrated. I'm hoping to visit this collection in September.
Thanks once again for this video and your regular mutters.
Glyn M
Thanks Glyn 😁 wonderful place to visit 😁 so many memories unlocked 😁
My first bike was a Honda CB125 Twin, 43 years ago. 16.5bhp at 12,000 rpm! Wish I still had it. Great memories.
Thanks TN 😁 marvellous bike, wish Honda would make their current bike look similar 😁
My dad used to take me to swimming lessons on his CG125. He made me wear a helmet to go with the Speedos, bathing robes and flip flops...
😂😂😂 king of the commuters, the NC of the 70’s 😊 thanks Noob 😊
Surprised not to see a VFR V-tech, certainly one of the best all rounder bikes made by any manufacturer. I’ve got a 2002 in silver, only 21k miles….fantastic handling, comfortable, fast (enough for me at over 80), stunning looker…….
Thanks Neil 😁 I am sure there are a few others missing too 😁
What a marvellous museum ( well it is a place for an excellent muse 😁) great to see all those blasts from the past so well presented by yourself with excellent videography from TAYM Junior. This brought back many memories only I didn't spot my own old favourites the CB250K4 and G5 ( mine was a café racer built from both) although I did see someone mention the K3 so I'll have to have another look 🙄. It'll be great to get Dave Silvers commentary on this Splendiferous collection 👍😁😀
Thanks GW 😊 so much to see so little time 😊😂😂
Fantastic, splendiferous !! A natural in front of the camera Mr. Taym. Nice to see my first proper bike 🏍️ the CM200, I’ll send some pics !
Thanks Stuart 😁😂😂😂 I had. A soft spot for the CM200, can you tell 😊
Hello it's a wonderful place you show us there! I saw Hondas there that I did not know....I'm probably too young😁
But am happy to have seen my Honda transalp of 87 😀👍✌️🇨🇵
😂😂😂😂 definitely too young Alain 😂😂
great vid, seems familiar 🤔😁 - very well done mate, a pleasure to watch
Thanks Ice 😊
Thats a place that's will worth a look around. I am a monkey bike fan as well, good ready fun.
Dave sounds like hes a tiny little 2 foot bloke. 😂
Great place that 😊
It is a marvellous place but just too much to see to do in one video. 😊 Will be going back to pull out some key bikes etc 😊 I see you know Dave then 😁😂😂😂
Dave is 5ft 5 and a half, so an inch and a half taller than me. And he has special boots😊
@@lilynorthover8378 😂😁😁
@@lilynorthover8378 Cor Lilly, you get around......I mean you watch lots of channels!😯 I could do with those special boots with some of the higher bikes I ride!
@@exeterrider 😂👠👠 You were the second British Channel I subscribed to. I've watched TAYM since he had about 332 subscribers, so about 2 months ago 🤭
Looks like I'll have to pay a visit to this museum.
Yes GT 😁 you should go take a look. Just too many for a video 😁 thanks 😊
Fantastic collection of Honda's. Many models i owned or remember from my early biking days. Owned CX500, the CB750F and 900F. In the early 80's i also had a 79 CB650Z, but i didn't spot one of those there.
Marvellous.
Thanks JS 😁 some marvellous bikes you’ve had 😊 could well have missed a 650, there were so many I just skipped over 🤔😁😂😂
Thanks for the tour and trip back in time to my naughty youth😂 Definitely recognised some of my old bikes there, especially the Super Dream 250 and the Honda Four Four, in Red with a four into one exhaust…. Oh to be young again… TG
Thanks TG 😁 yes it really brought back memories for me 😊
Trip down memory lane. I've had a few of them. Started in 1974 on a PC50 then a CB125, XL250, CB360, CX500, CG125, DN-01. There's an RE Interceptor in there somewhere. My last Honda was a NC750X. Recently traded it for my T100.
Thanks SB 😁 yes a trip for me too. The final trade is a marvellous 😁
Don’t forget junior kick start 👍
😂😂😂 that’s right, I had forgotten it 😂😂😂 thanks AR 😊
My goodness, what a collection! I reckon I'm about your vintage so it also brought back memories for me. I also had both a CB250RS and a CX500, both bikes I remember very fondly.
Thanks TP 😁 two marvellous bikes that would easily stack up against modern equivalents, even better them 😊
Nice vid , Was cleaning my honda cm125 before watching this did'nt see one on your film but they are fairly rare as they were expensive when new . Cheers mate
Interesting 🤔 now you mention it I don’t recall seeing one there 😊 maybe not many were sold, possibly due to the price. I do like the 200 though😊 thanks N&G 😊
Been riding 50 years, had many Hondas, dont recognise a lot of them, probably non UK market. Didnt see a CBX 750 F, great bike but the 400/4 is something else, they should remake that one.
Thanks MH 😊 yes, some must be imports but the 400/4 reborn would be great. Maybe they will now Kawasaki have one 😊
Marvellous Mr TAYM; I use David Silver for my Honda VF1000F spares, never been, fantastic to see it, I must have a ride down. Ride safe and take care.
Thanks TG 😊 yes you ought to, there’s just too much to go into on a video 😁
Thanks for that, I’ve lived in Suffolk all my life and I didn’t know of this place either. Looks great, I’ll make a point of visiting shortly... 🙂
Thanks Stuart 😊 I know, weird isn’t it. I reckon it was the Honda boys keeping it to themselves 😊
Hey. Mr TAYM. Now I know what ya look like. Loved Hondas. Had a 400/4 in yellow. Loved it and used Dave silver spares many times
Marvellous 😁 snap, me too 😁 Never even knew it existed until recently 😊 Thanks TL 😁
A great place. I bet you were like a kid before Christmas morning the night before you went. :D I love those 50's Hondas in black and silver.
Thanks BG 😁 yes wonderful aren’t they. Loved it 😁
morning,really enjoyed the tour,i had the 250N Super Dream Delux, excellent video.
Excellent 😁 what was the difference with the delux? Was it the paint 🤔 did it have a slight flare to the tail cover? 🤔😁 thanks KG 😁
@@TAYM Hi, yes the seat end was different, I think it looked better. Don't think there was any other difference, might be wrong.
@@KevinGoodley yes that’s what I thought 😁
Excellent! I've added this to my "want to go" list. Loved the phone call interruption! 😂
😂😂😂 thanks Noob 😁
Poor Dave. He's a legend 👍. Great video TAYM. My neighbour had a green CB200 when i was a kid, think that propelled me into motorcycles.
Don’t start feeling sorry for him, he’d only like it😂😂😂 such great times 😊 thanks Bandit 😊
Most enjoyable video so far, from a not particularly moto-orientated person.
Marvellous video,Marvellous Bikes,Marvellous museum 👌
Absolutely 😊 thanks Willie 😊
Ubiquitous step trus I bet heaps in the back of sheds and probably most still start. Had a cb 350 4 to ride to work loved it. Mate had a yoshimura cb 750 as a first bike...mad.Thanks mate.
Thanks Dain 😊 I reckon there’s not many older than 40 that hasn’t had at least one of those bikes 😊
That was incredible!
My Dad owned a 1977 Honda 750 Four Super Sport. I really wish that I had that bike. It went so fast that it scared him one day and he never rode it again. we did pick two guys up one night when I was young and one of them had hit a guardrail at 80 mph. He was a mess. That cemented my Dad's fears I guess. He sold the 750 with something like 500 miles on it. wouldn't let me have it. and then I went on to ride for decades. Sometimes you gotta rebel. lol
I'll be looking forward to your look at the CL!
TAYM Jr, excellent job with camera again! It's like you have telepathy with your Dad and the flow with his conversation is synchronized perfectly.
Thanks PW 😁 they were certainly times of discovery 😁
What a fab museum, got quite emotional seeing my first and second bikes together cb250 k3 and right behind her a red cb400/4. Honda's and Kawasaki's have made up the bulk of my motorcycle history, thanks for the great video 👍
Thanks MP 😊 I would love a cb250 now just for Sundays and sunny days 😊
@@TAYM That would be lovely
Excellent 👍👍👍
Thanks NC 😁
Excellent video, many great bikes. 👍, Chris,
Thanks CY 😊 Simply too much to show in a single video really. Hope to go back and pick out some key bikes and a bit of history. 😊
Next to the CB250RS was my 2nd bike. That blue CB 125T . Got it after I passed my test. Only when I got it home, I found it was the pre 12hp unrestricted screamer
Marvellous surprise 😁 a naughty boy 125 😁 I bet you were chuffed 😁 thanks Nigel 😊
Well, so much good news today, I am in heaven😀 So many Honda's in one place, true nirvana 😁 and some little headlines coming out of Scotland. Does it get any better 👍 A terrific tour and probably one of the longest videos you have every put out.
😂😂😂 excellent 😁 exciting 😊 yes, sorry about that 😁😂😂😂 thanks BV 😊
@@TAYM a thirty minute video works for me, very entertaining👍
@@blearyview2254 😂😂😂
Wow! That museum was quite a find. 👍. It is wonderful to see such a collection of old bikes. I have gone south to Koh Samed island, off Rayong, for a few days of clean air.
Thanks GBD 😁 is it that bad at the moment 😷
@The All Year Motorcyclist AQI 59 on the island and that is the best ai have seen for a month or so..AQI 125 when I left Bangkok.
@@GapBahnDirk 0 here today 😁
@@TAYM I am jealous of the air quality there 👍👍
@@GapBahnDirk I am jealous of you marvellous country roads 😁 so I would say you are still ahead 😂😂😂
Great collection of bikes there TAYM really enjoyed the tour. Didn’t notice any of my VT750 Shadow Spirit though. Must have been on another floor. Looking forward to the next episode. 👍
Thanks Foxy 😊 there are so many to see I could not get round all of them but think they stop about 92 😊
@@TAYM I’ve just heard that the Honda Shadow is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year (1983 - 2023) I had no idea they went back that far..!
@@thesilverfoxtravels6653 that’s incredible, I had no idea either😂😂😂
What a wonderful trip down memory lane! I’ve relied on David Silver’s Spares here in the US to help finish projects and I have nothing but great things to say about them. I did have a chance to test ride a Hondamatic 750 back in the day and i actually don’t remember any issues except the price was very high. I don’t think they sold very many. My brother had a Hondamatic 400 that I maintained. it was a semi-automatic where you could shift as normal or let it do it’s thing . It was actually quite peppy. Thanks for showing us the collection it was great.
Thanks JW 😁 interesting 🤔 I wondered what would happen if you had a sticky carb 😁 things like that 😊 now you mention the 400 I remember that😁 it sounds like a sort of primitive quick shifter. Brilliant 😊
C100 is the OHV (push rod) 50CC scrunchie, early to mid 60's
Thanks RT 😁
excellent video . one of those places i have always wanted to go to but never made it . ill have to make the effort this year !!
Thanks B1 😁 well worth the visit 😊
Great little museum. Never had a Honda, rode a 1977 Suzuki GT500 two stroke twin, wonderful machine. Don't forget, get yourself down to Harley for a mutter on a proper bike!
Thanks Mark 😊 Do you think they will seriously let me out on one? 😂😂😂 I don’t take rejection well 😂😂😂
@@TAYM I am sure they will, especially if you are giving them some free advertising. Research a few models before you go. You being a tall guy a touring model, or feet forward Softail model. 👍
@@markhenry192 Thanks MH 😁
Good one TAYM what a place I have bought spares from there and probably will need more but I never knew it was a museum as well , really interesting and very enjoyable I notice there wasn't a K4 250 if there was then I missed it. God those bubble tank dreams were slow but I think the G5 was a nice looking bike and they did a 360 too I believe .great to see luvd it , proper memory lane stuff there 👌👍
Thanks Crumb 😁 there may well be one, I just could not get in or mention all the bikes 😁 yes so many memories 😁
Great clips of era`s of motorbiking that we`ll never see again in this country. Brought back some fantastic memories of days out at Mallory or Oulton, Trans-Atlantic trophies, and of course Mick Grant, Barry Sheen and the rest. Those bikes were just in fantastic condition, proper bikes, I would have loved a "go" on quite a few I`d owned over the years. My absolute favourite was a 750cc k6, at the middle of the seventies, those 4into4 pipes, bloody marvellous, saw 120 on the clock (not my bike officer) so about right, good in a straight line, needed stronger brakes, though. Interesting content Mr.Taym, looking forward to more of these, good little series you could have here, I`m hooked, well done you and Taym junior, good job!
Thanks MY 😊 yes, lots of memories 😁 as you say, a very interesting period 😁
Morning Mr TAYM, brilliant walk round a brilliant place. I had a few of those bikes in the past. I would love another VF400FD, a very underrated bike, which was sadly replaced by the sportier VF500. Could talk all day about Honda’s. Thanks for taking us with you on this visit.
Thanks Ian 😁
I had a VF400FD Ian, I loved it. A red one- metallic paint was gorgeous.
My dad brought me it in 1994 to stop me buying a ropey 350ypvs - I’m still not sure whether to be happy or disappointed about that.
@@RichardBaker625 mine was also red metallic with silver frame. Superb bike, and better (in my opinion) than YPVS. Handled brilliantly, I have some great memories of mine, even though I only had it for 3 months before it was written off by a SMIDSY 😢
@@RichardBaker625 😂😂😂😂 tough one that 🤔 Honda was probably the safest bet 😂😂
FT 500 and VT 500 Ascot were sold in the US also. The VT was a shaft drive, v-twin. (I owned one)
Thanks KT 😊 it seems Honda used to be so inventive, not so much these days😁
Great tour .the bikes had so much character.
I think you should borrow a monkey bike for a Monday Mutter. 😂
😂😂😂 Thanks AB 😊 I can fold myself up on just about any sports bike of any size but I just cant work out how the hell I would get on a monkey bike 😂😂😂
I had the blue wet dream 400. Lovely little bike but as you say everyone was on the superdream. I also had a yellow CJ250T that used to be called the banana wagon.
@@albarclay4882 😂😂😂😁 was it yellow by any chance 😁
Of all the bikes I have had, the CJ250 was the one I enjoyed least. It seemed to be out of proportion and too long?
@@albarclay4882 🤔😂😂
What an amazing place !
Great video TAYM, and marvellous to hear your wealth of Honda knowledge. Gotta love the Goldwing mate, I’d love to see you to review that, and also the Monkey 😁. I’ve got an ST100 (rozzer bike 😂) and also C125 Super Cub myself, love them both. And the next time I put my hand in my pocket it will likely be for a Monkey. As i’m perfectly suited for one at 6ft 1 and 20 stone. 🤦🏻♂️😂👍
😂😂😂😂 funny you say that, I’ve just had the opposite said by someone else (re Honda knowledge) 😂😂 as I said elsewhere, I can fold myself up on most sports bikes but just can’t work out how to get on 😂😂😂
What a great vid. Have cx500 for 23 years, so know of DavidSilver & have spent a few bob with them over the years. Knew about the museum too & really must get down to visit. I had a yellow 400/4f2, identical to theirs, late 70’s/ early 80’s. Loved it.
I believe a number of the bikes you couldn’t recall were not UK models. Some of the others like the Hondamatics were very short lived models around the 78/79 years. 👍
Thanks MJ 😁 that explains it 😁 was there a different nighthawk too, I seem to recall it looking different, more sort of custom 🤔
Yea there were some very different looking Nighthawk models as you assume.
@@martinowl thanks MJ 😁
I had a cbr 1000f hyper sport in the same colours as that one. Great reliable fast bike even now and wouldn’t mind another. The bike is the only one I ever become completely one with. Only downfall was it ate chain and sprockets but I was an angry youngster with a death wish. How I got to 58 I don’t know! Wouldn’t. Change a thing Mr T🏴
Thanks PO 😁 yep in that respect I think most of us are kindred spirits 😁 we must have been born the same year 😊
@@TAYM I was born on winter solstice 196? In a 2 up 2 down with no lock on the front door😂🤣
@@pauloakes5718 😂😂😂
650 hawk chain version of ntv of which I have had 3, brilliant bikes use mine every day. Nighthawk 450 also had one of them too,(got totalled by car) again great good looking machine. 1st time seeing you on video! Shocked you are old! By your voice I thought you were in 30s or 40s!! 😅
😂😂😂😂 thanks PD 😊 I am sure the Nighthawk I remember looked different 🤔 but then I am so very very very old 😂😂😂😂😂
@@TAYM ha prob not as old as me, 64 65 in August 😭
@@patrickdoake6022 I am also an August baby 😁
@@TAYM 30th for me, you?
@@patrickdoake6022 Mrs TAYM is 28th I am 29th 😂😂 and one TAYM jnr is 27th 😂😂😂
Regarding nighthawk the 650 one i had was single cam.. adjustable hight handlebars in a splendif blue met ..with chrome stripes four cone exhausts small rear wheel oh why do we never keep these forever bikes😂😂 my fave hondas were xl250r and cbx750f even if it had to many engine chains😫😉 cracking vid...👏
Thanks C&D 😁 yes, cam chains , they were an issue but not as bigger issue than the Yamaha XSs 😁😂😂😂
Great video Mr TAYM. I've been there before but not for some time. Must go again. To answer one of your questions, the original Honda 50 was known as the C100 on the engine number but I have no idea as to why. They had pushrod engines but after a few years they got OHC and were known as C50s. As for the latest Honda Monkey, of course you should test one and a Dax and a Grom. I'm sure that Lings could sort you one. Stonham tomorrow.
Thanks JD 😁 I don’t know how to even get on one 😂😂😂 I will of course try 😊 Stonham, rain or shine 😁
What a place Mr Taym, had a few Hondas over the years the first was the CB250 Dream loved the looks thought it was better looking than the next Super Dream version but it wasn’t the best riding bike, moved on to the 400 super dream after passing my test. Scariest Honda was a CX500 Turbo, loved that but realised after it was just because of the kudos of the turbo. Best bike was an RVF 400 not particularly fast but could ride it fast because of the handling, superb on tight country roads. My brother had an SS50 at 16 but was knocked off by a truck and pretty seriously injured, unfortunately even though my dad was a big biker all his life couldn’t mention bikes after that when mum was around, and had to visit them in the car and hide the bikes away if she came to visit.
Yes, as I say I always had a hankering for a dream but just could for the ribbing I would have got from my blue smoking mates😂😂😂😂 still, I would have one now😊 unfortunately I did have a few mates that had bad ones and others who never made it 😔 both cars and bikes were getting quicker but brakes and handling wasn’t. Even worse, hgvs were getting bigger. Dangerous times. Thanks SW 😊
@@TAYM totally unrelated and sure you’ve got better things to do than read my ramblings but bit like the dream sold my RD for this pretty heavy slow bike because of the looks really but did the same with helmets. Had a Bell helmet but saw the Griffin advertised in all the mags and just wanted one thought it’d make my life complete. Couldn’t afford one but my older brother helped out, unfortunately although it was better didn’t quite fulfil its promise to change my life, oh to be young again.
@@SouthWest-jj8yu 😂😂😂😂 marvellous 😂😂😂 I saved up for an Achilles which ended up blowing clean off my head in the middle of a race down the A64, me on a GS550 and my mate on his new Honda 400 super dream 😂😂
We had the MB 5 here in the US. They were not restricted here, and would do over 50 mph.
Thanks KT 😊 I think lots tried to unrestrict them here with varying success 😁😂😂
Bertie's son was amongst them.
😂😂😂
The one on 3:13 looks very similar to the old MZ Trophy 175/250..
The NR 750 at the start is with oval pistons, injected V4 and 8 valves per cylinder and gear driven cam shafts. There is nothing like it .. Later VFRs retain the gear driven cam shafts.
Thanks Stefan 😊
Honda cub's..
More than 100 million sold.
😂😂😂😂 unbelievable 😁 that must be the most sales of any bike 😁 thanks AE 😁
Did you get to see the Suzuki slabside 400?
🤔 possibly 🤔 is that the bike I wasn’t sure about🤔 thanks TG😊
Extended intro music ....must be a special video, and it was !...you really showed the evolution of the Hondas - the new David Attenborough of motorcycles... why have they become so boring in recent years ? there were some really stylish examples in the past
You read my mind Tom 😊 looking at these old Hondas you can see how they earned their reputation for building solid and inventive motorcycles but todays offerings, well, as you say 😁
@@TAYM Keep up the good videos !
@@tomstockell9481 thanks Tom 😊
You did not mention anything about the Honda CB350s with front disk brake. I had a 1973.
Sorry S 😊 I thought I did mention it😁 there were just too many to talk about in a 30 minute video 😁
Don’t know Dave, but I hear he can flat foot a monkey bike…just.😂😂😂 Always nice to see a CX500 in good nick.👍
😂😂😂 only with his special boots on 😁 lovely bike the CX 😊 ahead of there time really 😊
Oh dear... He doesn't seem to know very much about Honda's... had to turn off after a few minutes, I'll go and have a look for myself.
I know nothing about Honda and yes, you should go and look for yourself, that’s the point 😁
I suspect he doesn’t know much about bikes at all!
5th
I can't believe it I had my phone in my hand but it sad you had 4 views already.Must be people in the
Northern Hemisphere getting it quicker & this time.Geeze I was quick & was 5th?
First to comment though 😂🤣.
You were first 😁 the others were Guinea pigs 😁 I promise I will send you a link to the next review early 😁
@@TAYM Had phone 📱 on my hand & it said 4 views I was like I got ripped off 😂🤣
@@ruahinesrider 😂😂😂
Imo Honda have lost the plot on build quality. Such a shame. My VFR 21 yrs old was as new when sold. My nc750 corroded everywhere in a year despite acf50 3:06
Thanks V😊 that’s very interesting and one thing I noticed about all the bikes there was how solid and well made they are. 😊