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[[File:Honda-Logo.png|right|thumb|Honda Logo]] | |||
[[Image:Japan.jpg|70px|right]] | [[Image:Japan.jpg|70px|right]] | ||
Even though there have been some 160 different makes of Japanese [[motorcycles]], the history of the [[Category:Japanese motorcycles|Japanese motorcycle industry]] didn't really get under way until after World War II. The rise of the industry was led by [[Soichiro Honda]], an inventor-engineer who began in 1946 by converting government surplus | Even though there have been some 160 different makes of Japanese [[motorcycles]], the history of the [[Category:Japanese motorcycles|Japanese motorcycle industry]] didn't really get under way until after World War II. The rise of the industry was led by [[Soichiro Honda]], an inventor-engineer who began in 1946 by converting government surplus | ||
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==An Exporting Phenomenon== | ==An Exporting Phenomenon== | ||
[[Image:Honda's First US Headquarters.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Honda's First US Headquarters]] | |||
The Honda motorcycle quickly established its own identity, with advanced features like overhead camshaft in 1955 and an electric started 125cc in 1958. In 1955, the maker opened an overseas branch in the United States. Honda offered world markets a new type of sporty, well-equipped two-wheeler. By 1960,Honda was building half of Japan's 1.8 million motorcycles and exporting 45,000. That was already more than the British were exporting, and the figure would multiply sixfold in two years. | The Honda motorcycle quickly established its own identity, with advanced features like overhead camshaft in 1955 and an electric started 125cc in 1958. In 1955, the maker opened an overseas branch in the United States. Honda offered world markets a new type of sporty, well-equipped two-wheeler. By 1960,Honda was building half of Japan's 1.8 million motorcycles and exporting 45,000. That was already more than the British were exporting, and the figure would multiply sixfold in two years. | ||
{{see|Honda's First Dreams}} | {{see|Honda's First Dreams}} | ||
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{{see|Why We Race (Honda)}} | {{see|Why We Race (Honda)}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Honda | *[[List of Honda motorcycles]] | ||
*[[Honda motorcycle US trademarks]] | *[[Honda motorcycle US trademarks]] | ||
*[[:Category:Honda concept motorcycles]] | |||
[[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers]] | [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers]] | ||
[[Category:Honda]] | |||
[[Category:Japanese motorcycles]] | [[Category:Japanese motorcycles]] | ||