Wow! Thanks for that info Mike. How cool to have been on the inside for something like that!!
So what are you riding these days? Paul On May 8, 11:54 am, Double G <gary_galle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Paul, Just visited the new web site. Cudos. > As a former District Manager for the Honda motorcycle division I'd > like to add some little known info on the birth of the Nighthawk S. > One of our east coast Area Managers was Mike Kehne. (Hope I spelled > that right) Prior to his joining Honda he worked at a shop in Maryland > I think it was....He and fellow sales folk were adding the bits such > as bikini fairing to std 750s and having good sales numbers with them. > As luck would have it, Japanese engineers were traveling the area and > visited the shop. They liked what they saw and consulted w/ Mike over > the next few months to come up with a new bike. The Nighthawk S. So > the "S" was Born in the USA!. Mike is no longer with us, but his > inovation and vision helped create on of the all time greats. He too > was an all time great. > Hope I did justice to this Mike. Double G -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
