Tune into the ride.
Funkorama — Kevin MacLeod
Side A · The departure
A little funk for taking the long way. Music starts only when you choose. Mute is always at the top. Sound credits
Sound starts when you choose.
Vintage adverts. Unlikely detours. Very good design.
A little Honda, with a lot between the lines.
THE COVER STORY Noodles, a letter home, and the wonderfully human adverts that sold Japan a little Honda.
A soba-shop worker writes to his mum. A little bike catches a river ferry. Japan’s early Cub adverts found their magic in everyday life.
How a small Honda helped change the picture of who a motorcyclist could be.
How America took a delivery bike fishing—and helped invent the little Honda trail bike.
A tyre that did not exist, a handmade mock-up, and the proportions that made a Cub a Cub.
A different answer to a very ordinary question: how do we get around?
A new factory, a market full of mopeds, and the Cub story that did not go to plan.
The Cub’s international life is a collection of local stories.
An enormous number for a motorcycle that gets on with the small things.
A classic C90 and the modern C125 share a character, not a parts list.
Try a different word or browse the whole collection.
Independent. A bit obsessive. Made by Jb.
