So..I bought a vintage Honda today...

[VTR1000F_imp]

..and I´m going to pick it up in München, Germany next week. It is 400 km one way trip.

I hope for a cheap fun with this little bike, made in 1979. Also it will be a good company to my CB1100.

Did you get these in your country? Did you have one back then?

[Rocky_imp]

Congratulations on a great find
Here in Canada we got the CX500 and 650, and there are still quite a few around.

[Gustav_imp]

Very nice !

Here in Germany this model is called "Güllepumpe" (pump for liquid manure) . Based on a comic strip about the famous "Werner"- stories.


regards
Gustav

[Razor]

We had the 500 & 650 also. If I remember right; there were three models. The standard, Silver Wing and Turbo. Nice bikes.

[The Spaceman_imp]

A guy at work had one of those. It looked like it spent a year at the bottom of a lake, but the damn thing got him to work every day. At least it did until he low-sided it, courtesy of dry-rotted tires, rain, and the white paint they put at intersections. After that the glamour of riding a motorcycle was lost for the guy.

[redbirds_imp]

Great find VTR. Properly cared for, these Hondas were nearly bullet proof.

[furious_blue_imp]

nice !
I had a 1982 CX500 'Custom'. Sometimes I wish I still had it...
Have fun with it !

[NightRider_imp]

..and I´m going to pick it up in München, Germany next week. It is 400 km one way trip.

I hope for a cheap fun with this little bike, made in 1979. Also it will be a good company to my CB1100.

Did you get these in your country? Did you have one back then?

We did. Some were very nice looking with two tone paint in metallic. The Silverwing was very good I understand. I also understand these were one of Honda's early attempts at V engines to counter the Harley sales surge. Took Honda a little while to get the V thing down...but they always like to do things their way which in the long run works best, I think.

[Siggy Javotnik_imp]

Great all-around bike, a little gutless for my taste. I'd heard it was Honda's swipe at a Guzzi. Weak point is the stator -- when it fails, it's an engine-out-of-bike job. But they've got to be tough -- dispatch riders put 100's of 1000's of miles on them!

[VTR1000F_imp]

I´m aware of the bike´s german nickname Gustav :-) I´m really looking forward to the trip. Pictures and report will follow.