By the 1960s , G.N.Gonzales was a Honda distributor with a territory that covered the South East and the middle third of the United States. GN Gonzales grew through the '70s and '80s to become a premiere Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki dealership with the largest motorcycle showroom in the world.
In 1969 word got around town that GN had (2) 4 cylinder Hondas on the show room floor. This attracted lots of rider into the dealership to see these machines.
This bike is one of these original bikes. Mr. Green worked for the USPS and bought this bike in 1969. He was the kind of guy who bought all the "First" items sold. The "cutting edge of technology"guy. Mr. Green dided in 1972 leaving this bike to his brother.
I had heard about this bike being under Mr. Green's brothers carport about 5 years ago, but there was two friends of mine who had dibbs on it before I could buy it. The first guy in line died, and the second guy decided he did not want it. So one Saturday morning looking thru my emails, I came across the phone number, made the call an arranged a viewing that morning. By noon, it was on the trailer and headed to my house.
I've been building and restoring bikes for the last 40 years and just did not want to do anymore. I listed it here that Sat afternoon, and sold it Sunday morning to the proud new owner.
Now I'm hunting for the other one.