"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2009-05-02, Leonard Blaisdell > wrote:
>
>> I had four bikes. A HD Topper, a Honda 90 (90 cc), a Yamaha DT-1B
>> (250cc) and a Yamaha RT-1 (360cc). I still have the DT-1B that I took my
>> DW on her first motorcycle ride thirty nine years ago. Sniffle.
>> I remember The Allstates and Puchs which were pronounced Pukes.
>> I don't believe puke was a widely accepted word in the late sixties, but
>> I'm too lazy to look it up.
>
> Great bikes, all. I'd kill for an HD Topper. Rare as hen's teeth. Honda
> 90s were the biggest selling bike, worldwide, in the history of
> motorcycles.
> They still command high resale prices, specially during these high gas
> price
> times. Yamaha was the epitome of good Japanese 2-strokes. Kawy's were
> faster, Suzy's scarier, but Yammys were just simply better.
>
> nb

There was an interesting design function - The Yamme's were designed for the
American height where as the early Hondas were designed for the Japanese
height - The tell there was the position of the toes for the rider with
his/her feet on the pegs.

Dimitri