05-25-2018, 05:12 PM
Next time I visit my family down in West Texas I'm going to see if I can dig up any photos of the Mini-Trail that we used to have. I remember seeing one such photo of my brother riding the bike. I could swear that bike was yellow and white, like the '68 K0 models, but I also recall it having the headlight and taillight of the '69 K1 models. (It also had the round, 'winged' Mini-Trail badge on the tank as opposed to the later oval badge.) This has actually bothered me for years as the '69 K1 Z50's were supposedly yellow and silver.
However, in the book "Honda Mini Trail Enthusiast's Guide" by Jeremy Polson, the author notes that some of earliest K1 models were built with remaining K0 parts, so it seems that it would have been feasible for such a bike to have been sent to a Honda dealer. There's no telling if I'll ever be able to hunt down that photo. But I sure would like to find it as this has pestered me for years now. Only time will tell. Of course, the next time I visit, I'll likely have forgotten all about this — the thought sitting dormant in my mind as with so many other memories (that are occasionally summoned by this forum, lol).
However, in the book "Honda Mini Trail Enthusiast's Guide" by Jeremy Polson, the author notes that some of earliest K1 models were built with remaining K0 parts, so it seems that it would have been feasible for such a bike to have been sent to a Honda dealer. There's no telling if I'll ever be able to hunt down that photo. But I sure would like to find it as this has pestered me for years now. Only time will tell. Of course, the next time I visit, I'll likely have forgotten all about this — the thought sitting dormant in my mind as with so many other memories (that are occasionally summoned by this forum, lol).