The Honda Z50 might be the greatest motorcycle of all time
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2022
- In this video we take a look at the history of Honda's iconic little Z50 or Mini Trail as many know it by. What makes a motorcycle great? Sometimes it isn't all about size and speed and technology. Size isn't everything...
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One Saturday morning in the spring of 1971 when I was 12, my dad took me shopping for a mini bike. For several years I had wanted one more than anything, and would have been happy with a simple lawnmower engine style bike, but I guess he wanted me to have something a little better. After looking at several of the cycle shops near where we lived, I settled on the Z50, a brand new blue one. I remember my dad paid $295 for it, and later that day I was the happiest kid on the planet. It was my first motorcycle and I'm still riding 50 years later. Thanks, Dad.
I used a Z50 as a commuter in Tokyo in the early 80's. It was small enough to fit in the elevator at our office building, and I parked it next to my desk every day. Not a single drop of oil ever leaked on the floor. Great bike for its size!
I will never forget Christmas morning in 1970 when my dad had 2 Honda Z50 mini trails under the Christmas tree for my brother and I. We spent hours on those motorcycles and the memories will never be forgotten.
had one in 75 my dad told me come outside theres garbage out on the lawn and there she was burnt orange z 50 miss you dad! and the z 50
My fondest childhood memories are getting up on cold winter mornings and riding ours up and down the farm driveway and around the property. Minibikes were the best gift we recieved from our parents and will still own it to this day, I'm 51.
I'm probably your Dad's age! I was 12 years old in 1970. Everyone in my neighborhood were purchasing little motorbikes. In 1971, my Dad purchased my first motorcycle. The Honda CL 100 in burnt orange. It was bigger and faster than the little 50's the kids down the street had. My good friend's Dad purchased the Mini Trail 70 for him. I would ride up and down my street all the time. Avoiding the cops of course. We had a number of trails to ride. It was a fun time in my life. Today at 64 years old, I ride a Yamaha FJR putting out 143 HP! I still reminisce about that 100 I had as a kid.
All my friends were getting around ... almost everywhere ... on Harley 125s ... and i finally bought mine in 1954. Rode it to every thing i did .. school, jobs, girlfriends. Only got to use the family car on dates. I worked all that first summer in a service station, and paid for my bike, myself. Years late, Dad said the worst mistake he ever made was in allowing me to buy that bike!! I lost two friends, and nearly lost my best friend riding these small bikes ... and that worried him constantly. Wasn't a car, but was all mine, and got me where I needed to go. Almost everywhere!!
Now, unfortunately, there’s too many nosy people and you would get in trouble riding this anywhere and they’d call the police on you and put your video on social media. Not back in the day when people actually had freedom to do things.
When we were young my friends dad bought them a Honda SR 75. We had a blast on it, but never got to ride it by ourselves. We were poor, and the only thing we got to play with was ourselves! Our dad was in Vietnam, and didn't send much money home to our mom. He spent it drinking, and probably cheating on our mom!
An excellent tribute. My best buddy got a brand new '69 for Christmas and my eyeballs sproingged out. It took months before he'd let me ride it.. and I was thrilled. Since then I have owned 27 motorcycles, ridden across the US (four times), 13 countries, done trackdays and covered MotoGP races for magazines. Yep.. this is where it started.
The brand new, blue Mini-Trail my parents brought home for me (because my friend had a yellow one and I badgered them unmercifully) to me, meant freedom. The joy of riding in its purest form..
Z50 was my first bike. Endless happiness for 11 year old kid driving that minibike around local forest trails.
My first bike...the blue Honda Z50 back in the 70's...loved it!
The Z50a was the first motorized bike I ever rode. It was in the 80's, I was around 8 yo and it was already an old machine. I spent about 10 hours just riding around a family friend's farm, through fields and some easy trails. I remember it like it was yesterday. It's one of my favorite childhood memories.
I had Z50A when I was 12 back in 1972 . My mom brought it for me used . I had a blast on that bike , Hours of entertainment . Wish I still had it .
I still have my 1970 Z50A mini trail , it is in factory mint condition and one of my prized possessions.
Having grown up in the mid 70's, surrounded by almost every make of enduro's and full size dirt bikes, the day one of our neighbors got a mini trail 50 it had all of us fighting for the chance to ride it! And it was a blast!!! you could push this little thing to it's limits and never be in any real danger, compared to our 2 and 4 stroke full size bikes. And man were they tough. That bike was probably laid down more than any other bike in our group, and just kept going! I have so many good memories from riding one of these!!!!
I loved my 1969 Mini Trail and rode the wheels off it. I broke the foot pegs and forks going off jumps and learned to drift on an asphalt tennis court. That bike gave me the most thrilling experiences a teenager could have with a machine. Video games don't come close.
I’m proud to say that my first motorcycle was a ‘75 Z-50. Been in love with motorcycles ever since. 😎👍🏻
My dad bought me a Cherry red 1975 Z50 in 7th grade, used, through the "want ad". It changed my life, sparking the adventure craving in my young mind as I rode endless forested trails in the northeast constantly fascinated by what was around the next corner. 3 years ago, after not riding motorbikes for decades, I bought another Honda, the crf300L, having been influenced by that z50's demonstration of how rugged honda's can be. Sadly, the 300L wasn't good enough in hard dirt so I got a KTM500, and wow I feel happiness riding just like I did when I was young with my Z50. I loved that Z50, it really was a great thing for my young brain. Now I love my KTM 500, what a machine, holy crap!