What did you do on or to your CB 1100 today

[Gone in 60]

Hey Gone, My son lives in Rancho Park off West Pico.  I can literally walk to Apple Pan from his place. In fact I did that the last time I was staying there.  Quite dangerous when trying to eat healthy.  Pretty cool to be invited to the focus groups at the Honda HQ.  You'll enjoy the Collection hall.  There's a good mix of bikes, cars, outboard motors, mowers and generators!  They even have the replica pick truck with bikes in the truck bed when Honda was setting up dealers way back when. I also met Luis Zavala , a docent in the vault when I was at Petersen. A nice guy and car enthusiast.  I Suggest going as early as you can since there is a line of cars waiting to park at the Honda campus. They had music going outdoors and of course you can buy Honda merch at the store inside.  I found a "You meet the nicest people on a Honda " shirt! Ha!  My 305 Scrambler was my first bike and I just rode it this morning. I've ridden this bike down Highway 1 from the Cliff House in San Francisco Through Monterey, Big Sur and down PCH to Chula Vista. Fun Times! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87lRxhnil0c

Honda's just have great engineering.  Enjoy the story. (not my channel and not self promoting).

Cool video! You're reminding me to get off my butt and finish editing my DGR video... You met Luis at the museum - he's a very good resource of information! I haven't been to the Honda campus since that last focus group, and thanks for the heads-up on arriving early. I'm going to scope out the area on the way home from my runs today and see where we might be able to park and walk in. I'm sure I'll buy some merch. But, we found out about the Honda Cars and Coffee events from a guy from the Heritage Center at the last Radwood event in L.A., and he took a shine to Mrs. G, particularly when she said "I've always driven Hondas". He loaded her up with a thermos, stickers, magnets, a shirt and a bunch of other stuff... I got squat. 

I saw that replica Honda delivery pickup a few years ago at the L.A. Auto Show when Honda was doing somewhat of a nostalgia kick. Funny thing, my fellow Petersen docent who built his own "replica truck" used a Ford... I mentioned that Honda's actual truck was a Chevy, and he replied "Yeah, but other dealers might have used Fords, and besides, vintage Ford trucks are cheaper now than Chevys."

Wow, you rode that 305 from San Fran to San Diego? That's awesome! I've never made that trip on anything less than a 750.