The 405 Aired Mar 2nd, 2026

I 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

Motor 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

Downtown 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

Also 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

Now 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

It 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

And 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

Come 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