Honda motorcycles

After World War II, Japan was a devastated country with a compelling need to possess means for basic transportation. Inspired by this idea, Soichiro Honda gathered with a team of people who shared his same ideas and, in September of 1948, created the Honda Motor Company.

One year after, the first Honda motorcycle was launched into the market. The D Dream type, a two-stroke bike. Already, in 1954, Honda penetrated the world of Scooters with its model "Juno Scooter." It is also in this year, in 1954, that Honda debuted in its first international competitions, participating in the Tourist Trophy.

In 1959, the mythic C100 Super club was introduced into the international market. It was a great success for the Japanese company and they sold more than 30 million units throughout the world.

This bike was not only a technological revolution, but also a social one, as it seduced even reticent people into the two-wheel world.

The first great victory Honda achieved in competition came in the year 1961, in the hands of driver Mike Hailwood. The victory was won on the Isle of Man.

That same year, Honda returned to start trends and to stand out from its competitors with the market exposition of the Z50RA, a bike that arose to tempt the baby-boomer generation.

The decade of the 70s was a revolutionary period for the Honda racing team thanks to the appearance of all-terrain bikes on the market. Two mythic models came out, the "Elsnore CR250M" and the "XR75," which were based on the MotoCross world and had an excellent reception among consumers.

In 1975, the "Gold Wing" model marked a new era in the motorcycle world. The highway or tourist bike. Honda's technological advancement in respect to its competitors was proven once more with the CB75A Hondamatic, which was the first motorcycle with a gear shift.

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