Built with care.
Made possible by others.

Funkorama — Kevin MacLeod

“Funkorama” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

The recording is hosted here, with loudness adjustment and short edge fades for playback. The composition, arrangement and tempo are unchanged. No endorsement by the composer is implied.

Bike brake #4 — Joseph SARDIN

Bike brake #4from BigSoundBank, released under CC0. Trimmed, filtered and softened with short fades for the Cub’s brake control.

Switches, creaks and a little applause.

These Freesound recordings are released under CC0. They are trimmed, filtered and balanced for the ride.

• Light Switch (on / off) — Breviceps. One switch stroke follows each headlamp flash and release.
• Spinning - Long — NearTheAtmosphere. Short movements from a rotating swivel mechanism are softened and quietly balanced to follow the handlebars.
• Kickstand.wav — RoofDog. Separate down and up movements from a bicycle stand accompany the Cub’s centre stand.
• Crowd Cheer.wav — deleted_user_2104797. A quiet, crossfaded crowd celebrates the 100 million milestone.
• Chrysler LHS tire squeal 02 — audible-edge. A short tyre-only excerpt accompanies the illustrated skid; it is not a C90 engine recording.

Honda Super cub

Created by Aleksandr Sagidullin (jintrim3). Used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

The supplied OBJ and texture files were converted to glTF/GLB for the web. Geometry was indexed, quantised and compressed with Meshopt; textures were resized, repacked and converted to WebP. Studio lighting and the scrolling camera journey were added for this site. The wheels, steering assembly and centre stand were separated for animation while preserving the original triangles and textures. The brake cable’s middle was rerouted to clear the front cover; its attachments and texture coordinates are unchanged. Fine ink outlines, light blooms, indicators and decorative exhaust were added. The paint and saddle colours change at the comic panel edges, with a celebratory gold treatment at the production milestone. Colour references come from Honda’s Collection Hall archive; the model geometry remains a C90. Local engine and muffler vibration were added. The 404 page reuses this model in an upside-down comic scene with decorative smoke. No endorsement by the original creator is implied.

Stylized Little Japanese Town Street

Created by Michał Solarek, used under CC BY 4.0.

The supplied COLLADA model was converted to GLB, scaled for the Cub, and compressed with Meshopt. Albedo and ambient-occlusion textures were resized and converted to WebP. The site adds a road extension, trees, distant hills, clouds, sunset lighting and the Cub’s departure animation.

Through other people’s lenses.

Each gallery and archive image remains under its stated licence. Resizing, WebP conversion, presentation crops and monochrome styling are the changes made here. Adapted CC BY-SA images are shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Honda Super Cub C100 at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show.

Loadbeta

CC0 1.0 · Original source

A Honda C90 at sunset in Horsforth, Leeds, photographed in September 2013.

Marc Blackburn-Wilson

CC BY 2.0 · Original source

The modern Honda Super Cub C125, photographed in November 2018.

Tokumeigakarinoaoshima

CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source

A Honda Super Cub C125 parked in Palembang, Indonesia, in January 2022.

Firzafp

CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source

A basket of green bananas on a Cub. Contemporary photograph by binh dang nam.

binh dang nam

Unsplash License · Original source

A yellow-and-white Cub parked among plants. Contemporary photograph by Hakan Nural.

Hakan Nural

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A small motorcycle outside a lantern-lit restaurant. Contemporary photograph by Huỳnh Tấn Hậu.

Huỳnh Tấn Hậu

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A round Cub headlamp, orange indicators and a yellow helmet. Contemporary photograph by Tuan P.

Tuan P.

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A Cub with a generous front basket. Contemporary photograph by Kumiko SHIMIZU.

Kumiko SHIMIZU

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A green-and-white Cub in profile. Contemporary photograph by t Penguin.

t Penguin

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A modern Honda Cross Cub 50. Photograph by MAK; the trail-family detail shown here is a later descendant.

MAK

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A red Cub against a weathered wall. Contemporary photograph by Alex Marc Wagner.

Alex Marc Wagner

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An old motorcycle against a mossy wall. Contemporary photograph by Quang Tran.

Quang Tran

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A Cub and a bicycle parked together. Contemporary photograph by Brooklen Ashleigh.

Brooklen Ashleigh

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The Honda racing jacket photograph was supplied by Jb for this site. It is a personal reference and is not included in the Creative Commons gallery collection. No generated motorcycle photographs are used.

The story, from the source.

Historical copy on this site is an independently written summary based on Honda’s public archive. Official manuals are linked at the publisher; they are not relicensed or redistributed by this site.

• Honda Collection Hall — Japanese Domestic Models, 1958–1971
• Honda Global — Cub History
• Honda Global — Cub Stories
• Honda Newsroom — 100 Million-Unit Global Production Milestone, 19 October 2017
• Hiroshi Nakabe / Honda — The 100 Million Unit Production Milestone
• Honda — 2019 Super Cub C125A Owner’s Manual
• Honda UK — Motorcycle Owner Resources
• Honda Powersports — Owner’s Manual Library
• Honda UK — Super Cub C125
• Honda UK — C125 Specifications

Sources reviewed September 2026. The 100-million production figure refers specifically to Honda’s October 2017 announcement.

A little atmosphere.

A jazz-fusion soundtrack accompanies the ride, with engine recordings, small mechanical cues and changing scene atmosphere.

Music and effects are optional, with separate controls and a quiet starting volume.

Forged by Leviathan.

A passion project by Jb, part of jbtoner.com. Built with Astro and Three.js, with scrolling animation by GSAP. Model optimisation uses glTF Transform and Meshoptimizer.

Typography: Anton and Permanent Marker (via Fontsource), alongside Londrina Solid by Marcelo Magalhães and DM Sans by Colophon Foundry, distributed under the SIL Open Font License and self-hosted through Fontsource.

Interface icons by Streamline, Freehand collection, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Adapted for our colours and arrow directions, with an arrowhead used for chevrons.

The original Leviathan Forge Badge is included in the footer.

A fan’s point of view.

The Cub Club is an independent enthusiast website. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda, Super Cub and associated marks belong to their respective owners. References to models and marks identify the subject being discussed.