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==1958-67 C100==
==1958-67 C100==
[[Image:honda_Cub50.jpg|left|thumb|Honda Super Cub]][[Image:1959_honda_C100.jpg|left|thumb|1959 Honda C100]][[Image:1959_honda_C100.gif|left|thumb|1959 Honda C100]]
[[Image:honda_Cub50.jpg|left|thumb|Honda Super Cub]]
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==1960-67 Honda C102==
==1960-67 Honda C102==
[[Image:honda_C102.jpg|left|thumb|Honda C102]][[Image:honda_C102_1.jpg|left|thumb|Honda C102]]
[[Image:honda_C102.jpg|left|thumb|Honda C102]]
[[Image:honda_C102_1.jpg|left|thumb|Honda C102]]
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This was an electric-start version of the C100.
This was an electric-start version of the C100.

Revision as of 20:46, 28 November 2010

Honda C100
Also called Supercub
Engine 49cc OHV single cylinder
Sparkplug NGK C7HSA
Transmission 3-speed with an automatic clutch
Related Honda C70
Competition Suzuki MA
Yamaha MF1
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The Honda C100 is a 50cc, single cylinder, four stroke, street motorcycle manufactured by Honda beginning in 1958 through today and more commonly known as the Honda Supercub.

History

With more than 60 million sold worldwide, it is the best selling powered vehicle of all time and thus the best-selling motorbike of all time. The Honda 50 is still produced today, 50 years after its inception.

In 1964, two larger engined versions were offered, the CM90 (OHV 87cc) and C65 (OHC 63cc) with slight alterations to frame and styling. Around 1967, the whole motorcycle was uprated, the 50cc engine going from pushrod 4.5bhp to SOHC 4.9bhp (a bored-down C65 engine) called the C50, and similarly the 90cc was redesigned with an OHC engine called the C90. Though the basic design of Cub remained unchanged, slightly new styling features and improvements were integrated, most visible being the enclosed front forks. In the 1980s, Honda fitted a new capacitor discharge ignition system (CDI) to replace the earlier contact points ignition, thereby helping to meet increasingly strict emission standards in markets such as the US. However, many experts on the Cub testify to the fact that Honda used the CDI system for better reliability and fuel efficiency, with the emissions improvements being an appealing by-product of these goals.

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1958-67 C100

Honda Super Cub
1959 Honda C100
1959 Honda C100


The C100 was the original Honda Super Cub, launched in 1958 in Japan, then in the USA and Europe.

  • Available originally only in blue with pale blue plastic parts, and later in various other colours for the world's different markets. (brown for japan, green for Britain to name two)

Many small details were changed in the first couple of years of production, but the final visible change was the adoption of a larger tail light in late 1962.

  • The words "Cub" and "Super Cub" logos appear on the front legshield and fuel tank emblem in some countries, others havig 'Honda 50' badges.
  • The tail light was flush mounted
  • Starter: only a kick starter
  • Single or dual seat depending on country of sale.

1962-70 Honda CA100

The CA100 (and CA102 electric start) was the US-specific version of the C100. It was available in a wider range of colurs (white and black were US only) and lacked the direction indicators (turn signals) fitted for all other markets. The CA100 featured the European spec tail-light after 1962 (Japanese bikes had a smaller triangular type) otherwise it was just like a C100 (indeed some frame numbers start C100!) In Japan and Europe the C100 was replaced by the OHC engined C50 in 1966-67, but the CA100 carried on in the US until 1970.


  • Available four colors: Scarlet Red with White; White; Blue with White; and Black with White.
  • Engine: 49cc OHV single cylinder
  • Transmission: 3-speed with an automatic clutch
  • Starter: only by a kick starter
  • The logo on the front cowl and the base of the seat says, "Honda 50"
  • It also has a larger tail light mounting bracket than the early model.
  • Spark Plug: NGK C7HSA

1960-67 Honda C102

Honda C102
Honda C102


This was an electric-start version of the C100.


  • Available in the same colours as the C100, depending on country of sale.
  • Engine: 49cc OHV single cylinder
  • Transmission: 3-speed with an automatic clutch
  • Starter: unlike the similar C100, it had an electric starter.
  • Spark Plug: NGK C7HSA



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