On the Road: Riding with Dad on a Honda CB750

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Bill Keena's dad and his 1969 Honda CB750.
Bill Keena's dad and his 1969 Honda CB750.
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Bill Keena and his son astride Bill's CB750 shortly after he got it. Not ready to ride just yet.
Bill Keena and his son astride Bill's CB750 shortly after he got it. Not ready to ride just yet.
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Bill Keena's fully restored Honda CB750.
Bill Keena's fully restored Honda CB750.
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Bill Keena's dad on his 1971 Honda CB750 K1
Bill Keena's dad on his 1971 Honda CB750 K1
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Bill Keena's dad on his Honda CB450
Bill Keena's dad on his Honda CB450 "Black Bomber."
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Bill Keena's fully restored Honda CB750.
Bill Keena's fully restored Honda CB750.
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Editor’s note: The following story, submitted by Bill Keena, is the latest installment of a new feature called “On the Road.” Plain and simple, “On the Road” is an opportunity for motorcycle riders to become motorcycle writers, and share the stories and photos from their favorite motorcycle road trips. If you’d like to submit a story and photos for consideration, just e-mail MC Associate Editor Landon Hall with the subject line “On the Road.” 

He was loud – his hearing was screwed up from all those shells that went off near his ear while loading an anti aircraft gun on a battleship in WWII.

He was gruff – maybe because he lost his youth at 17 when he went to the Pacific to fight in WWII.

But he was never happier or more relaxed than when riding motorcycles.

And of all the motorcycles he ever had, from sputtering, clapped out Indians as a kid through his last one a few years before he died, there was one that stood above all others: his Honda CB750. That’s why I had to have one.

  • Published on May 20, 2011
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