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CB1100R: Ultimate Air-Cooled Four? CB1100R: Ultimate air-cooled four? •Inside: N.C., Canada show reports • Restoring a 305 Dream • The first Japanese wave • Hundreds of classifieds, with color pics Vol. 30, No. 2 April 2009 $5 4 President’s letter Moving the VJMC forward. 5 Letters, notes and miscellany Member pics, help requests and more. 12 Miracle dream Stars align for 305 restoration. 16 Japanese invasion: The first wave Saw my first Honda in 1959. 18 New Year’s show up north Canadian show warms enthusiasts. 20 The best air-cooled four? Chronology of the CB1100R. 26 From boats to bikes Turning stainless parts into jewelry. 33 N.C. show report Third annual show set for May. 34 Classifieds What do you need? On the cover “Dr. CBX” Jan Ringnalda is about more than six-cylinder machines. He details the Honda CB1100R production bikes born from racing. Photo by Doug Mitchel. April 2009 www.vjmc.org 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT VJMC magazine April 2009 Vol. 30, No. 2 President The VJMC board meeting Stuart Covington t has been a long, cold winter. (Hey, Al 978-582-3335 Gore, where is the “global warming” I have [email protected] been hearing about for way too long?) I am Editor I Brendan Dooley ready to ride again! [email protected] I want all of you to know that you have a great bunch of people behind the scenes run- Art Director Rhonda Cousin ning the ship we call the VJMC. We had a face-to-face VJMC board meet- Classified ads Gary Gadd ing on Jan. 31 in Atlanta. All but two of our 817-284-8195 board members made it to the gathering. Bob [email protected] Billa, advertising director, and Brendan Dool- Display Ad Director/ ey, magazine editor, could not make it and we West Coast Rep missed them, but we covered some ground in Bob Billa 949-433-3580 those areas as well. [email protected] We all came to Atlanta because it is the Mountain States Rep most convenient airport in the country from anywhere, U.S.A. Most of us arrived Friday afternoon Hal Johnson and gathered for drinks and food and started getting to know the people we had not met in person. 402-660-6710 Our meeting began Saturday morning and we tackled a lot of issues. We talked about club ral- [email protected] lies, meets, the budget, field reps, the website, the magazine, apparel, and the membership retention, Central States Rep growth and more. It was quite a day. Volunteer Needed Treasurer Bill Granade filled us in on the finances of the club, and we are in good shape. Northeast Rep Our fantastic webmaster, Jon Radermacher, got us up-to-date on what he is doing to improve the George Duffy 805-602-6239 website and experience. We have found a gem in Jon. The club presented him with a trophy for doing [email protected] such a great job. You will be seeing a new website again when it is ready to post. His contribution Southeast Rep has been nothing short of fantastic. Louise McCarthy-Dutton But the biggest question of the day bar none was: What’s for lunch! Just kidding, it was the 954-993-3993 second biggest question. Everyone had something valuable to contribute. We “let” Roger Smith, PR [email protected] director, “volunteer” to become the club’s first event coordinator. Membership Director At the end of the day, Hal Johnson kicked off a strategic planning/brainstorming session. He Bill Granade 813-961-3737 tried to cram a two-day seminar into two hours! We brainstormed what the VJMC might look like in [email protected] five years, what goals to set and how to achieve them. Mission statement: In summation, I want to let you, our members, know that you are in good hands. We all got along The purpose of this organization is to extremely well and had a lot of laughs. There was no screaming and yelling. (I have heard rumors of promote the preservation, restoration and enjoyment of vintage Japanese meetings past that were quite, shall we say, tense.) motorcycles (defined as those 20 years old and older, until 2011. We will We discussed the turnover of board members and officers. We need volunteers to step up to be- embrace 1990 until then). The VJMC coming a board member or officer in the future. Put your name on the list! also will promote the sport of motorcy- cling and camaraderie of motorcyclists Board members and directors present were: Stuart Covington, president; Steve Passwater, everywhere. vice president; Randy Mayes, secretary; Bill Granade, treasurer and membership chairman; Jon © 2008, Vintage Japanese Rademacher, webmaster; Tom Kolenko, regalia chairman; Roger Smith, PR director; Hal Johnson, Motorcycle Club of North America, an IRS-approved Not-for-profit board member; and Jim Townsend, board member. Please be sure to thank them for their tireless 501(c) corporation. All rights re- served. No part of this document may support when you see them. be reproduced or transmitted in any form without permission. — Stuart Covington The VJMC magazine is published six times per year, in February, April, June, August, October and December. The views and opinions expressed in letters or other content are those of the author and do not necessarily represent VJMC policy. The VJMC accepts no liability for any loss, damage or claims occurring as a result of advice given in this publication or for claims made by advertisers of products or services in this publication. 4 www.vjmc.org April 2009 LETTERS , NEWS AND MISCE ll ANY Loves scramblers, wants And, of course, that means the same for We had Vespas, Cushmans, Triumphs, enduro coverage all you other niche enthusiasts out there. BMWs, Hondas Kawasakis, Suzukis and Having just received the February 2009 This magazine is yours. Send me what you Yamahas, to name a few. Overall, a total of VJMC magazine, and noting all the articles want to see covered, whether it is water- 40-plus bikes, plus ride-in lookers, helped to about scramblers, I wanted you to know how cooled two-strokes, converted cafe racers, make for a greatday. A special thanks to the enjoyable that was. I have read the entire is- ‘80s screamers or anything else. —Ed. Vespa club for their support and help in pro- sue about four times already. moting this exhibit. I really like scramblers, and have several Mr. Fox showed about eight of his vin- in my collection. In my mind, I also heap the tage motocross bikes, and also agreed that early “enduro” units in with “scramblers,” it’s time to join the VJMC. He also supplied because they were really “scramblers” with food and drink as a thank you to all who at- a single-cylinder engine. Pavement or light- tended. The VJMC thanks him for all his ef- duty off-highway roads were OK, but it takes fort as well. a lightweight powerful unit, like an ISDE Bob Brandner bike, to be officially recognized as a real en- South Florida VJMC rep duro model. Way back when I really enjoyed opening my mail and see- New show May 16 in I find the best Columbus, Ohio venues for a scram- ing my first bike, an orange CL360 on the cov- The inaugural Columbus Vintage Japa- bler are the back er! Yes, I really had one! This is me, in 1976. nese Motorcycle Club Show is set for May roads and secondary Rob Valdez 16, from noon to 5 p.m. This brand new highways that don’t event could be a great one this year and have much traffic, even bigger next year if we can get good out in the country- participation by VJMC members. I have side and around been working for years to try to convince small towns. I ride that stuff all the time. a dealership in Columbus to co-sponsor They are all over North America. an event for us. ASK has agreed to let us Best regards, and let’s see that “enduro Fox show a success use their parking lot and facilities at 4075 issue” soon. A hearty thanks to all that participated Hoover Road, Grove City, OH 43123. Ben Schenk in our show. Judging by the variety of mo- This event is co–sponsored by VJMC torcycles that attended, it was obvious that and ASK Powersports. There will be free Thanks, Ben. I’d love to put out an en- all vintage bike owners love to show off their admission to the public for the show. I am duro issue. That depends on club members, iron. Mr. Fox, owner of Fox Kawasaki Mo- putting together a committee to help plan, though. If our other enduro enthusiasts sub- torsports, was very pleased with the turnout, and welcome ideas and help from all club mit some stories and pics, I’ll be happy to get and said that he would love to have everyone members. Please email me with your inten- that issue out. back again. VINTAGE JAPANESE MOTORCYC L E CL UB BOARD MEMBERS President: Commercial Ads Director: Magazine Editor: Stuart Covington Bob Billa Brendan Dooley 55 Howard St. 949-433-3580 [email protected] Lunenburg, MA 01462 [email protected] 978-582-3335 Webmaster: [email protected] Classified Ads Director: Jon Radermacher Gary Gadd [email protected] Vice President: 3721 Holland St Steve Passwater North Richland Hills, TX 76180 891 Hickory Drive 817-284-8195 Board members at large: Anderson, IN 46011 [email protected] 765-649-5755 Hal Johnson [email protected] PR Director: Roger Smith 402-660-6710 4525 Hillview Shores Drive [email protected] Treasurer: Clarkston, MI 48348 Bill Granade 248-628-6262 Jim Townsend 13309 Moran Drive [email protected] [email protected] Tampa, FL 33618 813-961-3737 Secretary: Randy Mayes Tom Kolenko [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 6 www.vjmc.org April 2009 LETTERS , NEWS AND MISCE ll ANY tions to help plan, enter a bike in the show ship or had at least inquired about member- A person does not need to be a member of or even just attend to support VJMC.
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