CLASSIC MORRIS

Australian Motorcyclist Issue #28

• MOTOmania
• FROM THE CAVE
• BORIS
• NEW BIKE PRICES
• WHAT SAY YOU?
• CLASSIC MORRIS
• TEAR-OUT MAP #13
• NEW IN THE SHOPS
• USED & REVIEWED
• TOP TOURS & TRAVEL
• LONG TERMERS
• TECHNICAL
• DESTINATION
• READER’S TRAVELS
• PUB OF THE MONTH
• INDUSTRY
• MOTORCYCLIST TOURS
• TOUR TEST
• TEAR OUT MAP #28
• HOGS, HORSES & A GOLDEN GUITAR
• TRAVEL GADGETS
• EVENT
• MOTORCYCLIST TOURS
• TRAVEL
• YAMAHA MT-09 SPORT TRACKER
• MAINTENANCE Special Feature
• GRIZZLING
• BIKE TEST
• NEWS There’s a lot of it this month

HONDA COMES TO AUSTRALIA, PART 2 WAS LESTER THE FIRST TO SELL A HONDA OUTSIDE JAPAN? WORDS LESTER MORRIS

Honda arrived in Australia very quietly in very, very small numbers, to be followed almost at once by that bunch of quiet but determined Japanese who – I was later to learn – visited every suburban motorcycle shop in Sydney to deliver their pile of colour brochures and thus create interest before we were finally advised of the marque’s quiet arrival in Sydney.