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The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration The little brother to the CA160 in our family of Hondas |
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Old CA-95 Ad >>>
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Very cool!
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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 ?
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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.
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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"......... |
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Couple of more old ads:
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Lol Smithers, when it comes to the 60's she's pretty tame 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?
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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?!)
Last edited by ByTheLake; 07-03-2012 at 01:20 AM. |
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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.
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This web site has tons of ads and specs from nearly every old Honda: http://www.vf750fd.com/vf750f/vintagehonda.html
Enjoy! |
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Here's another classic ... a picture of Smithers on his Benly:
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Ha, ha...very cool!
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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.
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What would be awesome is if his fedora had a chin strap! lol Happy fourth everyone!
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