CLASSIC MORRIS

CLASSIC MORRIS

This entry is part 6 of 26 in the series Australian Motorcyclist Issue #27

HELLO, HONDA! PART 1
THE JAPANESE ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA, AND WHO SHOULD BE THERE TO GREET THEM BUT OUR LESTER WORDS LESTER MORRIS

The C100 Super Cub, Honda’s world-beater.

One balmy day way back in 1958 I was lurking behind the spare parts counter of Ryde Motorcycles, the suburban motorcycle store in which I spent several happy years, idly re-adjusting a balled-up sock which had been sucked under my foot by an ill-fitting wool-lined `flying’ boot. I straightened up to behold a black Ford Mercury pulling into the gutter outside the front door. This seemed strangely ominous, and in fact was to be the portent of monumental things to come.

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