Cub Series Motorcycles Reaches 60 Million Units (60 millionth Honda Super Cub built last month)

www.totalmotorcycle.com ^ | May 22, 2008 | No Byline

[angkor]

In Asia the Super Cub isn't just your average weekend put-put scooter. It's a day-after-day family car, pickup truck, farming vehicle, taxicab, and just about anything else you might think of.

Also Asia has a totally different perception of motorcycles than we have in the US. It's almost as if we have a literal cognitive blindspot for motorcycles, which makes them far more dangerous here than elsewhere.

[Liberty Valance]

Here's Honda's new Obamacycle

[Liberty Valance]

The Cub series

[snoringbear]

“It's almost as if we have a literal cognitive blindspot for motorcycles, which makes them far more dangerous here than elsewhere.”

Well, not to be argumentative, but having traveled extensively in Asia and having just finished a two year tour in China during which I rode a scooter almost daily in Shanghai traffic, I can tell you that there are plenty of scooter/bicycle vs car/truck accidents. The difference in Asia is that if one is involved in such an accident, folks just keep going and drive around the pile, leaving those injured to their own devices and perhaps the police to help if they should ever show up. Naturally, pedestrians love to collect around the victims and speculate and perhaps lay down a bet or two on their odds of living...

[martin_fierro]

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[martin_fierro]

Was in South America recently and saw a woman riding one of these on the highway, in a rainstorm.

The poor thing had one hand up to cover one eye so that she could still see and ride.

[nralife]

I'm hoping for scooter/motorcycle only lanes if the price of gas continues to go up. Probably won't happen, but it would be nice... lol

[To Hell With Poverty]

Oooooooooooh that’s purr-tay!

(I’m a scooter girl)

[To Hell With Poverty]

OH man, that would rock wouldn’t it? We’ve got HOV lanes here in Atlanta that allow motorcycles, but they’re on the far left lane and there’s no way in heck I’d be able to keep up without getting creamed.

[To Hell With Poverty]

From a Newsweak article I read while in a Dr's office...I tore the page out!

[Liberty Valance]

Very cool photo. ;o)

[chrisser]

I'm hoping for scooter/motorcycle only lanes if the price of gas continues to go up.

Be careful what you wish for.

Those same people currently driving cars who are so incompetent, would then be on a motorcycle/scooter.

Analagous to bike paths many cities have - the "professional" bicyclists avoid them and stay on the roads. They'd presumably rather take their chances with car traffic than inexperienced bikers.

[VeniVidiVici]

I saw some numnut here in Florida the other day riding his motorcycle without a helmet.... while yakking on his cellphone.

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[GATOR NAVY]

I hated these little bastards when I lived in Japan. They think they are entitled to be in any space on the road they can fit but if I was to hit one no matter what the circumstances it would be my fault. I learned very quickly that if you wanted to make a left turn you pulled in as tight to the curb as possible beforehand so the a-holes couldn’t get inside you and into your blindspot.

[wardaddy]

Handsome devil he was...

[wardaddy]

These were the cats pajamas in the late 60s and very early 70s when I came of age. You could do a wheelie on a Cub50 or Cub90 and ride it down the street forever with feet dragging like an upright wheelie mobile.

Then the Mini-trail 50s and 70s came out and stole some of the thunder from the Cubs and the mini-bikes like Fox and Yazoo.

Honda’s first bigger bike was the Dream305.

My first bike was a 75 H2 Kawasaki 750 2stroke....a demon in it’s day and still almost competitive speed wise today but not handling wise.

Kids today have some mighty fast nimble bikes right out of the box

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

A knew a guy who had one (called Honda 50 in the US) in the 1960s, and he used it until it was worn out. He said that if he had purchased two, and kept the other one in careful storage, if he sold it today, he could probably buy a nice car.

But, he said, he wouldn’t sell it.

[Myrddin]

That looks like a variation of the popular "Trail 90". The "trail" version brings the exhaust pipe up to mid-frame for better ground clearance and dispenses with the "leg shield".

[Myrddin]

My first bike was the Honda CB175. It was a street bike, but plenty nimble enough to play in the dirt. My 2nd bike was a BSA 500 Single. Great hill climber and exceptionally good in the dirt. I sold it when I got married. All the great places I rode it in high school/college are covered with houses today.

I took my driving test on the CB175. The examiner was taken aback to see that I could ride inside the circles either direction at minimum speed. That was a consequence of playing with folks riding fancy trials bikes and showing that even a street bike could do many of those tricks.