27 Apr
2018
27 Apr
'18
11:42 a.m.
On 4/26/18 11:52 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 at 00:48, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
The Z600 was sold on the Continent. Per Wikipedia, about a thousand were
sold.
The Honda 600 was NOT a bike. Well, mostly not.
After demise of the mid
1960s Honda S600/S800 ("poor-man's-Ferrari" design exercise that got out
of hand and went into production), Honda engineers took a 360CC parallel
twin, detuned it and upped it to 600cc, added a differential, and a
reverse (tacked on to the outside of the case), and put it in a car body
that resembled the Mini. AN600 was the first Hondas officially imported
into USA (1970). A later Z600 had a "sportier" body, and one was cut in
half in the down-under movie "Malcolm"
Never heard of any of them. I
guess they were not sold outside North
America and Japan.
Kei cars are extremely rare in Europe as there is no financial advantage or
incentive to own them, and without that, they're cramped and overpowered.
That mostly sums it up, but there are some kei cars that interest
enthusiasts, such as the Honda Beat and certain versions of the Suzuki
Alto. A local shop here has three Mazda/Autozam AZ-1s and I am very
tempted to get one.
Oddly, the 600cc "supersport" motorcycle category is huge, in contract,
because insurance is much cheaper for machines of 600cc or less.
But I know little of cars. Evil tin boxes, to me as a bicyclist and
motorcyclist, generally driven by homicidal morons.
Given the other people on the roads around here, I will take the
additional protection provided by my evil tin box. I won't ride my
motorcycle in the city unless it is to the dealer for service. Too many
very close calls. Then again, I saw a motorcyclist almost take out a
pedestrian (in a crosswalk, with the light) yesterday.
alan
P.S. To get this kinda back on topic, yesterday I managed to take the
two SPARCstation 20s that I got from Pete's and make one working
dual-processor SS20. I also passed on one of the SS5s to its new owner.
The person who originally spoke up for the SS20 has not responded to
subsequent e-mail, so it may be available. I will also have a SS1 and
SS2 available, but I need to order more IDPROMs before I can finish
refurb'ing them.