Honda Motorbikes

Honda are one of the top three producers of Motorbikes today. They have been making Motorbikes since 1955 and it has become the largest motorbike manufacturer since 1959. At Hondas peek in 1982 Honda manufactured over 3 million motorbikes a year, but by 2006 it had dropped by 550,000 but still beating it's other 3 main competitors.

Honda was founded by Soichiro Honda, a mechanic. At first he tried to sell the design to Toyota but they declined, which determined him to start his own company. So, ten years later, in 1948 Honda Motor was officially founded. In their early days, Honda produced scooters and motorcycles and their first model was the A-Type, in 1947. Some don't believe it's a motorbike because the company was not founded yet. 

To make everybody happy, the first bike under the Honda brand was released in 1949 and was called Dream D-Type. It produced 3 horse and had a full 98cc engine. After this came their first big seller, the 146cc, OHV, four-stroke E-Type Dream which reached a production of 130 units per day by October 1951. One year later, they made the F-Type, which had a 50cc two-stroke engine.

The three most popular Honda Models are the:

Honda CBR
It produces 83bhp weighs 397lbs and is 600cc

Honda Gold Wing
It weighs 635lbs (fully fuelled) it's is 80 horse powered

Honda Shadow
It weighs 573lbs and 50bhp