The photo above holds a lot of memories for me.  See that building in the center with the sign?  When I was a kid, that was Charleston's first Honda motorcycle shop.  It was owned by Les Parker and I visited almost every day to drool over this new Japanese bike called the "Honda Dream".  To me, there was nothing more beautiful in the world!  I went to bed every night dreaming of the Dream.....

The white Honda Dream was SO different than any other motorcycle of it's day.  To begin with, it was WHITE!  A most unusual color for a motorcycle. It had squared-off fenders and tank and headlight.  It was shaped different than every other motorcycle, and the size was perfect for young people like me to dream about.  ( unlike the big noisy, oily, LOUD Harley's of the day ). I never did own a Dream.  To begin with, I was much too poor to actually buy one.  Plus, I was also around 14.  By the time I was old enough to own one, it was long gone.  Today a nice Honda Dream costs more than a new one did back then.  To me, the Honda Dream is the 57 Chevy of it's day.  That is to say, it is an icon... THE icon in the world of motorcycles.