The 405 Aired Mar 2nd, 2026

0:00I want to get in welcome out of the 405 coffee break in a good mood today. I hope so get you cup coffee glass iced tea bottle of water Let's see what's happening. It's a new week spring wait up a bit $5.65 cents a bushel mech. I checked it out myself And I'm not gonna report a five hundred and fifty pounds stir-calf But I will report a five hundred and thirty three pounds stir-calf four ahead of them Sold on Wednesday it pays five dollars and twenty cents a pound. I hope to shout But you're hogging Iowa 63 cents a pound and a hundred pound fat lamb in billings looked it up myself They sold Wednesday as well Two dollars and seventy five cents a pound but guys there's more much more. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. You know what I'm gonna say Welcome to Jay and Joe's Motor Monday The day we look at horsepower one Monday at a time Now if in your pen attention

1:02Motor Monday has been going on for some time now Well To be honest, this is the 21st episode of Jan Joe's Motor Monday. But who's counting right Yes, sir. It began on October 13th, 2025 And has happened each Monday following we covered Bill France and junior Johnson We hit upon the 1957 Chrysler Norseman I know I covered the 1953 roadmaster as well as the flathead Ford V8 And you're probably thinking this boy is gonna run out of topic for motor Monday if he keeps going like this But guys here's the deal There's always something else to talk about and today Well, it's very special because I heard from a listener and Well, you know as it often happens. It was while I was downtown

2:03Downtown Multimontana where all the goodness happens Like I've been known to say in Malta we don't always have our friends over for a barbecue But we meet at the post office or Albertsons or Is this one happened in the GN coffee shop Yep, it surely did Rick Meckleson walk by and said hey Orvin I heard your motor Monday and I was wondering if you'd ever consider the song hey little Honda By the Hondaels I said wreck thanks for bringing it up. I'll check it out And I did check it out Listen Third gear hang on tight Honda Honda go faster faster. It's not a big motorcycle just a groovy little motor bike That's a gem. Oh Rick. It's a great topic for motor Monday It's highlighting the Honda 50

3:04Also known as the Honda supercub 50 cc's of raw horsepower And for you muscle car fans that converts to 3.05 cubic inches of raw power. So remember on the 405 we highlighted a 305 cubic inch Honda 50 So if the Buick 455 converts to a stallion in the Bible well The Honda 50 might well convert to a full like it says in Matthew 215 See your king comes to you gentle and riding on a donkey on a cult the full of a donkey Yep end the quote, you know since Jesus taught us to serve by his own example him serving others I can just picture our humble savior riding a Honda 50 Yes, I can I can see Jesus riding a Honda supercub

4:10Now Honda introduced the original 50 cc motorcycle in 1958 in Japan And it was later introduced in the US market in 1959 the air Theo was born The model became globally famous for its reliability and the iconic Yamit the nicest people on a Honda Huh, that's just great and in visiting with Rick he believes his father Clarence Mick Mikkelson began selling on his in Malta in the year 1964 Yes, sir right here in good old Multimontana and quite interestingly The Beach Boys recorded that song in 1964 on their album all summer long So now I can't verify this but mech Could have heard the song on the radio and that might have given him the idea to open a Honda shop in Malta

5:14It could have happened You got to remember mech's Honda shop cruising the drag will meet you over at mech Now if you're paying attention you'll remember when Rick mentioned the song to me and the giant coffee shop He said it was sung by the Honda else Well, that is correct as well. Listen the Hondaels 1964 hit little Honda was a strategic cover orchestrated by producer Gary Usher Who was close with the Beach Boys after the Beach Boys included the song and they're all summer long album Usher aiming to capitalize on the motorcycle craze Had studio musicians record the song to release it as a faster mainstream single Enter the Hondaels It's not a big motorcycle just a groovy little motorbike That's delightful and Rick added The when his father opened mech's Honda they could only sell 90 cc bikes or lower

6:21And it took till 1969 until mech got the bigger franchise and sold the big bikes When the 750 four cylinder Honda came out and that's when he became a hot shoe So he had to understand mech was on the cutting edge of motorcycle history because listen the Honda CB 750 Which was introduced in 1969 What year did mech go into the bigger franchise 1969 Which was introduced in 1969 was the world's first mass-produced motor cycle To feature a transverse 750 cc four stroke inline four cylinder engine what about that then And what do you think? You want to go run the bridges huh With your 1970 Buick GS 455 with a stage one against the Honda 750

7:24Come on Are you a chicken? Buick quarter mile time 13.38 seconds, but the Honda 750 at a scorching 12.6 The Buick could get 105 In the quarter mile, but the Honda could reach 125 miles an hour in a quarter mile 125 miles an hour that's smoking Just saying so until next time as you go out there remember now Don't be bitter