Juliana wrote on 01/22/20 at 22:31:45:
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My first street bike was a 73 Titan I "stole" from my old man.  Didn't appreciate it as much as I would now.  I let my buddy take it to collage and he abandoned it when he couldn't get it running.  

Kick starter on the left was never a picnic either.  I see them come up for sale every so often, but the more practical side of me points out that having two bikes isn't what I really want.  That said, I still love old 2-strokes.  Such simple machines.

I had the 350cc version. a very good motorcycle especially if you compared it with the mess that also came on the market at that time.
In the first and 2nd gear, guaranteed a weely.

It accelerated faster than the kawasaki mach 500 3 cylinder.
Which I also had, and also his bigger brother the 750cc 2 stroke.

Beautiful machine, s

Believe it or not but my first motorcycle was the kawazaki 500 I was totally in love. The sound was incredible.

It was fast. But it also vibrated terribly.
At 90 miles the steering bars felt twice as thick.
The frame was not solid at all, I eventually put it away because of the speed wobbles.

I now regret it terribly :'(

I don't think Honda ever made a large displacement two-stroke street bike.  I think they made one or two for racing purposes last century and I think they have a new patent on a fuel-injected two-stroke engine, but I think Honda skipped that mid 60's to late 70s two-stroke street bike phase.

But they weren't sitting doing nothing -- they came out with the 1969 CB750, a revolution in  motorcycle engines.  A design that is still used today by the big four and BMW (K1200S and S1000R).  The engine we call a UJM today.