Japanese company Honda started manufacturing motorcycles in 1949, their very first machine being the D-Type (Dream) 98cc 2-stroke. From humble beginnings Honda now makes up over 20% of all registered motorcycles in the UK, that’s 50% more than Yamaha, its closest rival. Honda motorcycles are the watchword for reliability and innovation and Honda has a history of producing iconic and ground breaking machines like the 4-stroke Honda Super-Cub step through which offered a reliable, frugal, practical and foolproof workhorse for the populace. But Honda didn’t only make small displacement nippy little motorcycles, out of the same stable came some revolutionary and glamorous motorcycles like the: RC30, RC45, Fireblade to name but a very few.
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