<P> Author Aaron Frank called it, "the first modern Japanese motorcycle...that established the motorcycle that we still operate under now, more than forty years later ." </P> <P> Honda also produced a lower - powered 247 cc (15.1 cu in) version called the CB72 Hawk, which otherwise had the same specifications . In 1962, Honda introduced an off - road bike, the CL72 250 Scrambler, with the same engine as the Hawk but with a different, full - cradle frame with a skid plate and other adjustments for off - road use . In 1965, the CL77 305 Scrambler appeared, with the bigger engine of the Super Hawk but otherwise similar to the CL72 . Elvis rode a CB77 in the 1964 movie Roustabout . </P> <P> Robert M. Pirsig rode a CB77 Super Hawk on the trip he made with his son and their friends in 1968 on a two - month round trip from their home in St. Paul, Minnesota to Petaluma, California, which became the basis for the novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values . The novel never mentions the make or model of Pirsig's motorcycle, but does discuss their companions', John and Sylvia Sutherland's, new BMW, an R60 / 2 . The R60 / 2, prized for its place in motorcycle literature, has changed hands and is still regularly ridden, while Pirsig was, as of 2007, still the owner of his CB77 Super Hawk . </P>

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