one of the presenters on Top Gear. On the Vietnam special episode, they drove motorcycles from South Vietnam to the North and in one of the scenes James May sang the lyrics from this song.
@@GOMUKATAYU2 The iconic bike next to Vespa of Italian Piaggio Group after the movie "Roman Holiday". I still remember browsing my dad's Sears Roebuck Company's mail order catalogue in 1960 which was as thick as a telephone yellow page. The primitive Vaspas of early age with naked T-shape handle bar while having headlight on the front fender like the one in the movie was listed at US$499 on the catalogue, which was not very popular then because American people prefer motorcycles with big wheels to scooters of small wheels.
@@GOMUKATAYU2 Japanese motorcycle makers was not strong enough to occupy a space in worldwide market, especially the north America. British bike brands like Triumph, BSA, Norton, Italian brands like Motor Guzzi were the major players in the bike market while Vespa, Lambretta of Italy were focusing on scooter segment. Fuji Heavy Industry was making "Rabbit" scooters with Lambretta as model.
@@GOMUKATAYU2 There were many German brands then , such as BMW, Sachs(Mr. Sachs married French movie star Brigitte Bardot, "BB" then, thus increased the popularity of Sachs motorcycle), Zundapp, NSU, etc.. Most of these brands were utilizing their experience in making military vehicles in WW II.
I was a kid in the 70s and the Honda shop was at the end of our street. It was a magical place to hang out in. The 80s economy put it out of business. Tough on small independent dealers.. From my local shop I bought a 77 xr75, 79 xl100s, 1985 rebel, 1986 cb450, 1984 cb700s. Good Times.
I grew up next door to a Honda shop back in the '60s and was ushered out of the shop many times as a kid for sitting on the bikes and wishing I had one. I finally bought a new one from them in 1980 and STILL HAVE IT. Still runs great. ;-)
Mike Love is by far the most underappreciated member of this band. Without his voice this band wouldn't have gotten as big people..he sang lead on like 75 percent of their most essential tracks. I'm so sick of the bashing from whiny "fans". Give the man the respect he deserves for making this band the "fun" band you remember. That was his influence on the group
I agree. Mikes voice was an essential piece of the harmony stack, a nice airy bass all the way to that surf rock tone he became so well know for. He is a dick but I love him 😂
I was 14 in 1965 when I bought a S-65 Honda cycle.......must have listened to this song a million times before i was able to get one of my own........ Those "you meet the nicest people on a Honda" ads saved the entire motorcycle industry......motorcycles were getting a really bad reputation until then. It looks funny now to see all those people riding with no helmets, no protective clothing, etc........ I guess that wouldn't fly today. Simpler times....... mostly better times......I miss those days !!
1969 I was thirteen years old and got the mc bug. I grew up on a small alfalfa farm. Irrigated,chopped weeds and hauled the hay out of the field when it was in season. My Dad and my Mom appreciated my hard work and traded 40 bales of hay(80 lb) bales to a cousin of mine for a S-65 Honda for me. I've had the mc bug since then. Now I own a 1999 900cc Triumph Thunderbird, 2005 H-D, 1200cc Sportster Custom and a 2006 Triumph 2300 cc Rocket III. Yeah that song puts the mc bug in you. I've owned many more bikes just many to list.
Not so practical when comparing with current scooters of CVT belt-driving with bucket under seat while having floor space to carry laundry, grocery, luggage, etc., you name it. There are 13 million scooters in Taiwan, most of them have walk-through floor space for practical usage. Local people are using the walk-through floor space for various errands, pick-up and delivery of school kids, carrying weekly groceries, pickup of laundry, delivery of butane cans, actually scooters in Taiwan have been fully utilized as a workhorse.
My grandfather passed away a few years ago and he had this 5 speed Honda Accord. I wanted to learn stick so my dad and I drove it home. I looked in the CD changer in the trunk and found the Beach Boys CD and decided to put it in the player. I was surprised when this came on lol. It's no motorcycle, but I like to shift along with the lyrics haha.
I know Honda was just a motorbike back then and not a car yet, but this song is probably the best “car song” that The Beach Boys ever did. I love singing it when driving my Accord fast 😎
Excellent work on this putting up all the old Honda ads ... I have collected some of them myself from old magazines at Flea Market sales booths. I have a super fondness for those times ( born 1950 ) and those Honda bikes ( the Vespas were cool too ) ... I started with a Honda CB160 at 14 in 1964 ... but rode the Cub a lot and recall drooling over it when I was around 13 in the early 1960's. The thrill of the freedom of just twisting the throttle and going wherever you desired was simply the best feeling. The ads are wonderful too ... I see how they always brought in a cool life-style to the setting and often times a gal as well. I might find an old Cub / Honda Pass Thru some day and buy it just to experience that feeling again. Plus all those vintage Hondas were works of art. Honda design and execution was simply the best.
Just bought an '81 c70 passport last week. Has me thinkin a lot about this tune. Got a little above 50mph on it this morning. Most fun I've ever had on wheels. Love this little thing.
My eldekr brorther had a Honda 750 in the 70´s. I LOVED it, when he was picking me up, and drove me to school. Ohhh, my God, driving through the busy streets of Copenhagen in the morning, sitting behind him, wrapping my arms around him, feeling our siblingbond!
You really don't have to be ashamed of it. I - born in 1962 - knew the song of course. I am also an avowed Honda fan. Honda sees itself as "unbreakable" engines - provided the maintenance is correct. My first Honda was a PA 50 M ("Camino" here in Germany and Europe / "Hobbit" in the USA). Since then owned 40 different Honda. Last year I was thinking about buying the Super Cub 125 in red / white or the Honda Monkey 125 in red / white as a second bike with my scooter. I then decided to buy the Monkey, on valentines day here in germany.. On BB "Little Honda" I came across You Tube by accident yesterday.
@@Mi62Ni I bought the Monkey and then the Super Cub and just 2 weeks ago the Trail 125. The retro of the CT70 will be next if they bring it out in the USA..
Great visuals to go with the super song .... man those old Honda bikes still get me going ... the styling was perfection ... and the advertising too was perfection. Makes me think of going out and buying another vintage Honda to ride a piece of history ... I already have most of the ads you have here. We must be on the same wave-length. I am a child of the sixties ... because those were my teen years. Good post !
wow, I'm in my 20s and I didn't know this existed. I've been calling my 04 Civic "Little Honda" for a while b/c it is so light that I can drift around with it. I love how light it is. Who'd of thunk?
Honda had to fight the image of "motorcycle gangs" and this slogan was an attempt in that direction. See "Marlon Brando's "The Wild One: from '53 as a depiction of motorcycle gangs in the '50's. My mom didn't like motorcycles. Gang image was one reason. Riding is dangerous was the other. But I have had a couple of motorcycles. Mom was right about riding being dangerous. Even more so today. The picture of the Super 90 brings back memories!
@@garyquail2347 My parents did not like motorcycles. I was about 10 when the "Meet the nicest people on a Honda" add came out. At 12 I didn't get a Honda but I did get a Montgomery Ward Riverside 125. Loved it for 4 years.
Song was released between my Jr. & Sr. year of HS and I remember about a half dozen friends has Honda 225's ... that was one great summer, to bad we couldn't see the future and what Vietnam would do to my classmates 64,65,66,67, and 68 took the brunt and our small town in MN had 17 dead before it was all over. I spent 390 days with an M16 looking for Chuck in the jungle off the Cambodian border
That " Little Honda" shown in the first still photo happens to be a 305 Scrambler!! It was the original sport bike. I rode the 305 Super Hawk in the 1960s and it was a great motorcycle.
Now if you were living in the sixties let's say and reading through some magazine you will see an advertisement for the Honda motorcycle and it goes like this you'll meet the nicest people on a Honda.
0:16 I had a 66 Honda CL160 Scrambler exactly like that one in High school in the late 80's. Bought it from an Aunt. Great little bike. Very quick little bike. Never had one problem with it.
@@SuperRat420 Despite California having a plethora of of socalist programs. Makes perfect sense! Capitalism is NOT corporate fascism. Very big difference. When Walmart lobbies the government to have a leg up on smaller business, that is not capitalism.
Amazing song-crafting. I'm not generally much of a nostalgic, but listening to this song and watching these photos, it becomes painfully obvious that there were much better times just a few decades ago. We fucked it up, and it didn't need to happen.
Go! I'm gonna wake you up early cause I'm gonna take a ride with you. We're goin' down to the Honda shop, I'll tell you what we're gonna do. Put on a ragged sweatshirt, I'll take you anywhere you want me to. First gear, it's all right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Second gear, I'll lean right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Third gear, hang on tight (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Faster, it's all right. It's not a big motorcycle, Just a groovy little motorbike. It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys, That two-wheeled bike. We'll ride on out of the town To anyplace I know you like. First gear, it's all right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Second gear, I'll lean right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Third gear, hang on tight (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Faster, it's all right. It climbs the hills like a Matchless, Cause my Honda' built really light. When I go in to the turns Better hang on tight. I'd better turn on the lights So we can ride my Honda tonight. First gear, it's all right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Second gear, I'll lean right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Third gear, hang on tight (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster) Faster, it's all right.
You beat me to it in the comment section! I graduated h.s. in 1970, so you might say I was right in the middle of it all, only a minor, however. We did have a good deal of fun. I had a Honda "sport" 50, which was one step up from the little "cub" 50 I suspect the BB's were singing about. Had the side pipe up the side of the bike with a heat shield. Anyone remember those?
The Honda Headquarters should honor and honor the that sang the Little Honda, which is a commercial song of the Honda Super Cub, because the name of the Honda Super Cub in North America has been greatly increased.
As a lifelong Honda addict, I was shocked when I saw that the "all-American" Beach Boys had FINALLY paid tribute to my favorite car brand, but then I heard the song & said "Oh..........Honda BIKE/MOTORCYCLE............DUH!!!!!!!!!!!" STILL an awesome song, though.
back in the '60's, the britts ruled with their m/c's. triumph, bsa, nortons, etc, we all rode em, chopped em. why? b/c we couldn't afford Harleys!---LOL!!!! this song put Honda's on the map without question.. the Honda 750 came out in '69 or '70 & they never looked back since.
Didn't hurt that the Brit bikes were faster, handled better, and had brakes that worked .......in comparison. Joe Lucas was still the prince of darkness though.
Commuted to work in the 60s on a Honda 90. No good for highways, so in the 70s got a Kawasaki 250 SS. Those could do 100 mph from stock and still had good mileage.
*My first ride of any kind was a '68 Honda 90 'Super Cub' for my 14th. B-day* ( *You could get a license for a smal M/C in Nev. at 14 then* ) *I beat hell out of that machine for 3yrs and as long as it had fuel...it would run!* *I sold it for $200...it was $300 'out-the-door' new w/tax & license from 'Scootersville Honda' in Las Vegas, so not much loss on it!* _____________ *I have an '08 Honda 'Metropolitan' I bought 6yrs. ago 'gently used' and it's the most dependable vehicle of any kind I've ever owned and it 'goes w/the house' when I'm gone because I'll never let it go...and right now I think that won;t be long in coming* ( *I'm in constant, unrelenting pain from a 'Deep Vein Thrombosis' since Sept. and despite successful surgery and 'stents' in the thigh & calf it's agony for me to walk any length of time and I need 'Kahlua & aspirin' just to try and sleep at night before the pain wakes me* *I will NOT allow this to continue indefinitely, so there's a 'bullet w/my name on it' in the near future if it doesn't improve* ) ____________ *It's odd but if the weather isn't too cold or wet I have no problems at all riding my little '50' since the huge saddle and floor-boads don't hurt my foot or leg at all!* In fact it would be harder to drive since my right-ft. can't be depended on* ( *I keep an adjustable cane over the handlebar and it never moves unless I move it* )
Among several road bikes, Harleys to Kawas, I bought a new 250CR Honda, and that thing would kick ass on any dirt track in the country. Unfortunately, it also kicked mine, tore me up good, ended my career. I still daydream, though. the Radman
Fact: The Honda N600 was not launched in America until five years after this song was released. In fact at the time of recording Honda only has the S500 and the S600, neither of which were officially imported in America
Thanks James May for singing this song
It's Mike. I'd know that nasal twang anywhere.
He's referring to James May singing it in the Top Gear Vietnam special
one of the presenters on Top Gear. On the Vietnam special episode, they drove motorcycles from South Vietnam to the North and in one of the scenes James May sang the lyrics from this song.
@Ttrucker It's Mike singing on the record. As far as Top Gear goes I wouldn't know since I don't watch it.
@George Bobb he is a mc of top gears
Absolutely love this song. Thank you James May for signing this song
yeah i just rewatching the vietnam special and come here
Jeremy Clarkson:
"I HATE YOU!"
70代のおばあです。
16歳でリアルタイムで聞いてからビーチボーイズのファンでした。
2020年まだ聞いてます。
この曲聞くたびにホンダカブのアメリカの人気が凄かったんだなと誇らしいです。
だって、歌になっちゃうんですよ（笑）
2020年でも東南アジアで大人気！
世界のホンダすごいな！
この曲が生まれたきっかけは、本田技研のアメリカでの一大広告キャンペーンです。
当時日本でオートバイが「カミナリ族」と呼ばれる荒くれものの乗り物というイメージがあったように、
アメリカでも「ブラックジャケット」と呼ばれる荒くれものの乗り物というイメージがあったのです。
そこでホンダは
「You meet nicest people on a Honda」
というキャッチコピーの広告を大規模展開して、
低排気量のオートバイを手軽な移動手段としてアピールしたのです。
アカデミー賞の授賞式の中継でもCMを流したのですから、
アップルがマッキントッシュの発売の際に、
「スーパーボウル」のハーフタイムでCMを流したくらい大がかりだったのです。
それにしても、「リトル・ホンダ」という曲は知っていたのですが、
「サーフィンUSAが非常に有名な、ザ・ビーチ・ボーイズ」の曲だとは知りませんでした。
@@GOMUKATAYU2
The iconic bike next to Vespa of Italian Piaggio Group after the movie "Roman Holiday".
I still remember browsing my dad's Sears Roebuck Company's mail order catalogue in 1960 which was as thick as a telephone yellow page. The primitive Vaspas of early age with naked T-shape handle bar while having headlight on the front fender like the one in the movie was listed at US$499 on the catalogue, which was not very popular then because American people prefer motorcycles with big wheels to scooters of small wheels.
@@GOMUKATAYU2
Japanese motorcycle makers was not strong enough to occupy a space in worldwide market, especially the north America. British bike brands like Triumph, BSA, Norton, Italian brands like Motor Guzzi were the major players in the bike market while Vespa, Lambretta of Italy were focusing on scooter segment. Fuji Heavy Industry was making "Rabbit" scooters with Lambretta as model.
@@GOMUKATAYU2
There were many German brands then , such as BMW, Sachs(Mr. Sachs married French movie star Brigitte Bardot, "BB" then, thus increased the popularity of Sachs motorcycle), Zundapp, NSU, etc.. Most of these brands were utilizing their experience in making military vehicles in WW II.
I was a kid in the 70s and the Honda shop was at the end of our street. It was a magical place to hang out in. The 80s economy put it out of business. Tough on small independent dealers.. From my local shop I bought a 77 xr75, 79 xl100s, 1985 rebel, 1986 cb450, 1984 cb700s. Good Times.
'78 xr75 here
I grew up next door to a Honda shop back in the '60s and was ushered out of the shop many times as a kid for sitting on the bikes and wishing I had one. I finally bought a new one from them in 1980 and STILL HAVE IT. Still runs great. ;-)
Thanks, Captain Slow i'm here now
Saw the Beach Boys in concert in April, they played this song and it is FANTASTIC guitar mastery.
Have been a Beach Boy fan for 50yrs! and owned a Honda C90, now own a Honda type R!!😅
This song alone sparked more Honda sales than actual Honda commercials
And now Honda of Japan is using this in their new Honda N-One commercial
60s songs never get old
Never ever
Well..... they are about 60 years old.... 😉
Except they did.
top gear always got good tastes of music
Mike Love is by far the most underappreciated member of this band. Without his voice this band wouldn't have gotten as big people..he sang lead on like 75 percent of their most essential tracks. I'm so sick of the bashing from whiny "fans". Give the man the respect he deserves for making this band the "fun" band you remember. That was his influence on the group
@@Cj-sg8vs naw, just someone who has balls and isn't an emotional infant like most Beach Boys fans
I agree. Mikes voice was an essential piece of the harmony stack, a nice airy bass all the way to that surf rock tone he became so well know for. He is a dick but I love him 😂
He's a great singer
Mike Love is way underrated. His vocals carried many of these hit songs to be as big as they were and still are today.
Mike Love was the Beach Boys
I was 14 in 1965 when I bought a S-65 Honda cycle.......must have listened to this song a million times before i was able to get one of my own........ Those "you meet the nicest people on a Honda" ads saved the entire motorcycle industry......motorcycles were getting a really bad reputation until then. It looks funny now to see all those people riding with no helmets, no protective clothing, etc........ I guess that wouldn't fly today. Simpler times....... mostly better times......I miss those days !!
1969 I was thirteen years old and got the mc bug. I grew up on a small alfalfa farm. Irrigated,chopped weeds and hauled the hay out of the field when it was in season. My Dad and my Mom appreciated my hard work and traded 40 bales of hay(80 lb) bales to a cousin of mine for a S-65 Honda for me. I've had the mc bug since then. Now I own a 1999 900cc Triumph Thunderbird, 2005 H-D, 1200cc Sportster Custom and a 2006 Triumph 2300 cc Rocket III. Yeah that song puts the mc bug in you. I've owned many more bikes just many to list.
Official anthem of all Honda owners, motorcycle or car!
Or even an airplane... (yes they do have one...HondaJet)
@@kaitospence18 side by side
They were referring to Honda motorcycles acctrully
@@rossdavidson7575 Wow, really? No way, never noticed...Seriously, I even pointed it out.
@@gergoantal1066 don’t mention car then lol you should know in that time it was motorcycles/honda
I'm proud to be born in Japan.
Honda Super Cub is gem of Japan...but gem of the world.
Because everybody loves it and enjoy it.
Jesus loves you.
@@herbosmoker848
Thanks!! God bless you too.
@@herbosmoker848he has a funny way of showing it
Not so practical when comparing with current scooters of CVT belt-driving with bucket under seat while having floor space to carry laundry, grocery, luggage, etc., you name it.
There are 13 million scooters in Taiwan, most of them have walk-through floor space for practical usage. Local people are using the walk-through floor space for various errands, pick-up and delivery of school kids, carrying weekly groceries, pickup of laundry, delivery of butane cans, actually scooters in Taiwan have been fully utilized as a workhorse.
The Old Top Gear James May Vietnam Trip brought me here
Nick Franklin yup
Me to🤣🤣
Same bro
Me too
same
I was in high school when this came out, the Honda shop was a magical place in a magical time...The '60s, possibly the "greatest decade"...
If the 60s were so great, then why didn't your teachers teach you how to use punctuation?
@@juliebraden6911Don’t be a dick…
“NAME ONE UPSIDE, JAMES!!!”
Well you’re not hot anymore, are you?
My grandfather passed away a few years ago and he had this 5 speed Honda Accord. I wanted to learn stick so my dad and I drove it home. I looked in the CD changer in the trunk and found the Beach Boys CD and decided to put it in the player. I was surprised when this came on lol. It's no motorcycle, but I like to shift along with the lyrics haha.
I have a C90 in 2021 in perfect condition and working, Thanks for the song
I had a Honda 90 in 1965 I was 16 🇺🇸 💙
I know Honda was just a motorbike back then and not a car yet, but this song is probably the best “car song” that The Beach Boys ever did. I love singing it when driving my Accord fast 😎
They were making cars but they hadn't long stared though.
@@singlecell2498 1969 was the first year Honda sold cars in the u s ..this song came out in 64
@davediamond9436 OK but they still made cars
I sing it on my Navi.
@@davediamond9436
The first Honda car model sold in U.S. was N600 of 600 c.c. engine.
One of the best and memorable Top Gear episodes they've done.
It inspired me to went to Vietnam and had the time of my life there, awesome country!
Clearly not during the war, I hope.
Best days ever!!!❤😊 miss so much!!❤
Excellent work on this putting up all the old Honda ads ... I have collected some of them myself from old magazines at Flea Market sales booths. I have a super fondness for those times ( born 1950 ) and those Honda bikes ( the Vespas were cool too ) ... I started with a Honda CB160 at 14 in 1964 ... but rode the Cub a lot and recall drooling over it when I was around 13 in the early 1960's. The thrill of the freedom of just twisting the throttle and going wherever you desired was simply the best feeling. The ads are wonderful too ... I see how they always brought in a cool life-style to the setting and often times a gal as well. I might find an old Cub / Honda Pass Thru some day and buy it just to experience that feeling again. Plus all those vintage Hondas were works of art. Honda design and execution was simply the best.
great story sir!
I love this song! Play it again Beach Boy!
BACK TO THE BEACH is our
Beach Boys trib Band ...
Should we add this song to our list?
Just bought an '81 c70 passport last week. Has me thinkin a lot about this tune. Got a little above 50mph on it this morning. Most fun I've ever had on wheels. Love this little thing.
I owned a Honda CB750 back in the 70s. It is my favorite bike I ever had. Go Honda!!
My eldekr brorther had a Honda 750 in the 70´s. I LOVED it, when he was picking me up, and drove me to school. Ohhh, my God, driving through the busy streets of Copenhagen in the morning, sitting behind him, wrapping my arms around him, feeling our siblingbond!
The best product placement I ever knew and thank you for this fine video with the very nice adphotos.
As a former pro photographer, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the awesome pictures in this video - love the song too.
I went back and looked at the pictures you're so so so right brilliant
This song and the pictures all played through my head when the”Mad Men” Honda add campaign show aired
This Song underrated!!
I don't know what i would do without the beach boys. Beach Boys=Love I hope you beautiful people read this and have a good day.
I was so lucky to live this era as a kid in the 60's with Dad as a Suzuki dealer.
This is one of The Beach Boys best songs!!!
So cool! I have a 1963 Honda cub 50. In love with the thing lol
I’m ashamed to call myself a Honda enthusiast. I literally just found out about this song and it’s fire 🔥
You really don't have to be ashamed of it. I - born in 1962 - knew the song of course.
I am also an avowed Honda fan.
Honda sees itself as "unbreakable" engines - provided the maintenance is correct.
My first Honda was a PA 50 M ("Camino" here in Germany and Europe / "Hobbit" in the USA).
Since then owned 40 different Honda. Last year I was thinking about buying the Super Cub 125 in red / white or the Honda Monkey 125 in red / white as a second bike with my scooter.
I then decided to buy the Monkey, on valentines day here in germany..
On BB "Little Honda" I came across You Tube by accident yesterday.
Curb your tongue, knave! I had a Honda 350 back in the 70s and I LOVED IT! And I'm not ashamed. So there!
Try the alleged worst Honda Civic ever, the 2001 ES2. I love it enough to officially commission it into my fleet as Mikasa,
@@Mi62Ni I bought the Monkey and then the Super Cub and just 2 weeks ago the Trail 125. The retro of the CT70 will be next if they bring it out in the USA..
SAME!
Great visuals to go with the super song ....
man those old Honda bikes still get me going ...
the styling was perfection ... and the advertising too was perfection.
Makes me think of going out and buying another vintage Honda to ride a piece of history ... I already have most of the ads you have here. We must be on the same wave-length. I am a child of the sixties ... because those were my teen years.
Good post !
Favorite song as a kid. I had a brand new 1982 z50R . Musta put a million hours on it.
wow, I'm in my 20s and I didn't know this existed. I've been calling my 04 Civic "Little Honda" for a while b/c it is so light that I can drift around with it. I love how light it is. Who'd of thunk?
Thanks for the wonderful vintage Honda advertisements!
幸せが伝わってくる！バイクのある生活っていいね！
Happiness comes down! I hope you have a life with a bike!
you meet the nicest people on Honda's
😉
Honda had to fight the image of "motorcycle gangs" and this slogan was an attempt in that direction. See "Marlon Brando's "The Wild One: from '53 as a depiction of motorcycle gangs in the '50's. My mom didn't like motorcycles. Gang image was one reason. Riding is dangerous was the other. But I have had a couple of motorcycles. Mom was right about riding being dangerous. Even more so today.
The picture of the Super 90 brings back memories!
You do meet the nicest people on Hondas even Sally Fields Road 1 during the intro of a TV show called The Flying Nun.
@@garyquail2347 My parents did not like motorcycles.
I was about 10 when the "Meet the nicest people on a Honda" add came out.
At 12 I didn't get a Honda but I did get a Montgomery Ward Riverside 125. Loved it for 4 years.
Song was released between my Jr. & Sr. year of HS and I remember about a half dozen friends has Honda 225's ... that was one great summer, to bad we couldn't see the future and what Vietnam would do to my classmates 64,65,66,67, and 68 took the brunt and our small town in MN had 17 dead before it was all over. I spent 390 days with an M16 looking for Chuck in the jungle off the Cambodian border
Great song and love the old commercial ads posted with it! ;-)
Has been a favourite of mind for years.
The best "era" of music.
That " Little Honda" shown in the first still photo happens to be a 305 Scrambler!! It was the original sport bike. I rode the 305 Super Hawk in the 1960s and it was a great motorcycle.
One of my favorite bb tunes.
Another one I love, Sloop John B. and this - such classy and uplifting songs. Not like the rubbish today. This was pure love.
Now if you were living in the sixties let's say and reading through some magazine you will see an advertisement for the Honda motorcycle and it goes like this you'll meet the nicest people on a Honda.
Fasterrrrr.....it's Mr May!!!!
I'm 16 and have an Honda p50 and I like it its so fun to ride.
Still have it?
0:16 I had a 66 Honda CL160 Scrambler exactly like that one in High school in the late 80's. Bought it from an Aunt. Great little bike. Very quick little bike. Never had one problem with it.
Used to sing this on the school bus with my friends!
I bought a 1969 Honda Super 90 that year. Later, I bought A CL 350 Scrambler 1 down and 5 up.
I had a 450 Scrambler more fun than a barrel of monkeys hill climbing you name it
One of my classmates in 1964 raced a little Honda 50cc motorbike, and he was champion in that category, I wonder if he still lives, and how he is now.
Back when the California dream was real.
Or before it turned into a nightmare.
Capitalism nd a weakening of labor rights stole this from you
Yessss
@@SuperRat420 Despite California having a plethora of of socalist programs. Makes perfect sense! Capitalism is NOT corporate fascism. Very big difference. When Walmart lobbies the government to have a leg up on smaller business, that is not capitalism.
@@SuperRat420BINGO!
Hi from Malaysia
HONDA is a best choice's ✌🤓
R-o-c-k-s...always loved this!
Amazing song-crafting. I'm not generally much of a nostalgic, but listening to this song and watching these photos, it becomes painfully obvious that there were much better times just a few decades ago. We fucked it up, and it didn't need to happen.
Go!
I'm gonna wake you up early cause I'm gonna take a ride with you.
We're goin' down to the Honda shop, I'll tell you what we're gonna do.
Put on a ragged sweatshirt, I'll take you anywhere you want me to.
First gear, it's all right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Second gear, I'll lean right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Third gear, hang on tight (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Faster, it's all right.
It's not a big motorcycle,
Just a groovy little motorbike.
It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys,
That two-wheeled bike.
We'll ride on out of the town
To anyplace I know you like.
First gear, it's all right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Second gear, I'll lean right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Third gear, hang on tight (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Faster, it's all right.
It climbs the hills like a Matchless,
Cause my Honda' built really light.
When I go in to the turns
Better hang on tight.
I'd better turn on the lights
So we can ride my Honda tonight.
First gear, it's all right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Second gear, I'll lean right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Third gear, hang on tight (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)
Faster, it's all right.
Climbs the hills like a Matchless.....love that line. Somebody knew their bikes when they wrote this.
Brian Wilson is a total gearhead. Of course he knew. This is the guy who wrote 409, shut down, and little deuce coupe then put them on the same album.
My gramp owned a 1968 cb 160 in the earlry 70s , my dad owned a ct90 now I want both
You meet the nicest people on a Honda was their catchphrase, if I remember. the good ole' days.
Vietnam special brought me here xD
474th 1/FA C Batt Just saying
This captures the feeling of cruisin in my old Civic to a T
This is Still fucking awesome to this day
dem good ole days....i still remember this from 30 Years ago...first bike.
The sixties were cool....
You beat me to it in the comment section! I graduated h.s. in 1970, so you might say I was right in the middle of it all, only a minor, however. We did have a good deal of fun. I had a Honda "sport" 50, which was one step up from the little "cub" 50 I suspect the BB's were singing about. Had the side pipe up the side of the bike with a heat shield. Anyone remember those?
@@daleandrews367 Goodness yes.
A friend had a 125 Yamaha Scrambler. The twin model.
I always wanted the Honda 305 Scrambler.
Absolutely great pictures !!
The Honda Headquarters should honor and honor the that sang the Little Honda, which is a commercial song of the Honda Super Cub, because the name of the Honda Super Cub in North America has been greatly increased.
As a lifelong Honda addict, I was shocked when I saw that the "all-American" Beach Boys had FINALLY paid tribute to my favorite car brand, but then I heard the song & said "Oh..........Honda BIKE/MOTORCYCLE............DUH!!!!!!!!!!!" STILL an awesome song, though.
Just bought a '84 Honda Hobbit/Camino... everybody owns scooters at work and I'm there with my little Honda. It's alriiiight
back in the '60's, the britts ruled with their m/c's. triumph, bsa, nortons, etc, we all rode em, chopped em. why? b/c we couldn't afford Harleys!---LOL!!!! this song put Honda's on the map without question.. the Honda 750 came out in '69 or '70 & they never looked back since.
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yes it is. I was with VA-216, aboard the USS saratoga back around '67...
Didn't hurt that the Brit bikes were faster, handled better, and had brakes that worked .......in comparison.
Joe Lucas was still the prince of darkness though.
terry wheatley Cheer up, there's KTM.
terry wheatley
What's the only difference between a Harley-Davidson and a Hoover vacuum? The position of the dirt bag.
“You’ll meet the nicest people on a Honda.”
Top Gear bring me here
Dymas Aditiya "This is a massive 'Oh cock'."
missing oh cock
+Dymas Aditiya So I did! Thank you James!
+Dymas Aditiya The Vietnam special!
+Dymas Aditiya James May !!
My favorite band , and the best motor company in the world
Commuted to work in the 60s on a Honda 90. No good for highways, so in the 70s got a Kawasaki 250 SS. Those could do 100 mph from stock and still had good mileage.
Real music from the greatest band in American history.
i still remember this tune from when i was 11 on my radio
Forgot about that song. Honda is a dependable bike. Love that Gold Wing.
The era when men and women dressed well.
I still have a 1969 Honda trail. 90 , Lol
What a great songs love it.
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I think that "Cub" is one of the best bikes.
I think that the beach boys are also one of the best bands.
First time to listen to this song and I like it But didn’t know Honda’s small bikes were popular in the US back then.
Honda Cub top selling machine of all time. Still making them!
love this Honda catalog !
Super 90, chrome, white, 1 down - 3 up !!!!! I loved it !!!! $327.00 cash from paper routes !!!!!
How many great songs can one man write?
Vietnam special brought me here xD
i think that those genius surfers belonged to one big family
*My first ride of any kind was a '68 Honda 90 'Super Cub' for my 14th. B-day*
( *You could get a license for a smal M/C in Nev. at 14 then* )
*I beat hell out of that machine for 3yrs and as long as it had fuel...it would run!*
*I sold it for $200...it was $300 'out-the-door' new w/tax & license from 'Scootersville Honda' in Las Vegas, so not much loss on it!*
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*I have an '08 Honda 'Metropolitan' I bought 6yrs. ago 'gently used' and it's the most dependable vehicle of any kind I've ever owned and it 'goes w/the house' when I'm gone because I'll never let it go...and right now I think that won;t be long in coming*
( *I'm in constant, unrelenting pain from a 'Deep Vein Thrombosis' since Sept. and despite successful surgery and 'stents' in the thigh & calf it's agony for me to walk any length of time and I need 'Kahlua & aspirin' just to try and sleep at night before the pain wakes me*
*I will NOT allow this to continue indefinitely, so there's a 'bullet w/my name on it' in the near future if it doesn't improve* )
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*It's odd but if the weather isn't too cold or wet I have no problems at all riding my little '50'
since the huge saddle and floor-boads don't hurt my foot or leg at all!*
In fact it would be harder to drive since my right-ft. can't be depended on*
( *I keep an adjustable cane over the handlebar and it never moves unless I move it* )
I love this song such amazing singer I love beach boys music
I got a couple vintage early cb's gonna be fun restoring them
Among several road bikes, Harleys to Kawas, I bought a new 250CR Honda, and that thing would kick ass on any dirt track in the country. Unfortunately, it also kicked mine, tore me up good, ended my career. I still daydream, though. the Radman
Honda introduced a lot of people to motorcycling . To see the scene in those days , look at the movie " On any Sunday "
one of the best motorcycle movies EVER!
love this
I found this song on UA-cam's ad of Honda in Japan. This song is used for ad even 2021.
commercial name ?
Fact: The Honda N600 was not launched in America until five years after this song was released. In fact at the time of recording Honda only has the S500 and the S600, neither of which were officially imported in America
My 1962 CB72 brought me here....real quick too
Love the beach boys👍❤️❤️💋💋