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[[Image:Soichiro Honda.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[Soichiro Honda]]]] | |||
[[Soichiro Honda]]'s meteoric rise from postwar bicycle-maker to world leader in [[motorcycle]] innovation and production is one of the most inspirational stories of our century: In the '50s, the company began building small motorcycles; by the end of the '60s, [[Honda]]® had unleashed the mighty [[Honda CB750K|CB750 Four]], arguably the most important new motorcycle of the postwar era; the '70s saw Honda set all-time sales records with the CB350 and then hit the afterburner with the audacious [[Honda CBX|CBX]] and [[liquid-cooled]] [[:Category:Honda GL series|Gold Wing®]]. | [[Soichiro Honda]]'s meteoric rise from postwar bicycle-maker to world leader in [[motorcycle]] innovation and production is one of the most inspirational stories of our century: In the '50s, the company began building small motorcycles; by the end of the '60s, [[Honda]]® had unleashed the mighty [[Honda CB750K|CB750 Four]], arguably the most important new motorcycle of the postwar era; the '70s saw Honda set all-time sales records with the CB350 and then hit the afterburner with the audacious [[Honda CBX|CBX]] and [[liquid-cooled]] [[:Category:Honda GL series|Gold Wing®]]. | ||