The Hagibis signed a total of five rookies, Oliveros Dalman, Monico Martinez and Roberto Poblete were all teammates at Imperial Textile Mills in the MICAA, along with Frederick Adams and Redentor Vicente.
Honda were reinforced by Byron "Snake" Jones, who was on his third PBA team after playing for Toyota and U-Tex, and Charles "Buster" Matheney.
Honda won their first three outings and raced to a 4-1 won-loss slate in the All-Filipino Conference.
The Motorbike Makers lost their last four assignments in the elimination phase and were forced into a playoff against U-Tex for the sixth and last qualifying berth in the round of six.
Honda lost to U-Tex in a knockout game on November 13.