Above is the front cover of the 1984 HONDA ELITE brochure (United States market edition).
I'm not really a fan of motorcycles, but I do love scooters.
My favorite scooters are from HONDA, not VESPA. I love the ELITE. The version with the pop-up headlight is my favorite.
I'm surprised no model kit maker has ever reproduced the ELITE in kit form, especially as a tie-in to the TERMINATOR movie from 1984. Linda Hamilton drove one in the film.
Above is a screenshot of Linda Hamilton on a HONDA ELITE in the original TERMINATOR movie from 1984.
If anyone reading this ever owned one of these, please tell me what the vehicle was like. Was it reliable? What kind of mileage did you get?
