1958
JAPAN · C100
01The beginning of something big.
Production of the first Super Cub C100 began in August 1958. A small four-stroke motorcycle put accessible, everyday transport at the centre of its design.
Read this chapterSmall beginnings.
Extraordinary reach.
Some motorcycles change the way we ride.
This one changed who could.
IT STARTED WITH A SIMPLE QUESTIONWhat if a motorcycle
What if a motorcycle
was for everyone?
Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa saw an opportunity beyond the established world of motorcycling: useful, approachable transport for everyday people.
The Cub’s low step-through frame, small four-stroke engine and protective leg shield made an unusual combination. It was a machine shaped around the routines of life.
Read the origin storyMILESTONES / A SELECTED HISTORY
The road so far.
A few moments in a much bigger story.
1959
LOS ANGELES · AMERICAN HONDA
02A new road opens.
American Honda was established in Los Angeles. The Super Cub would help introduce a different kind of rider to motorcycling in the United States.
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TAIWAN · OVERSEAS PRODUCTION
03An idea travels.
Super Cub production began in Taiwan, the first production outside Japan. Local manufacture became part of the story as the Cub reached new communities.
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JAPAN · C50
04The family grows.
The C50 arrived with an overhead-cam engine. The familiar silhouette carried on as the engineering evolved and the Cub family expanded.
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WORLDWIDE · 100 MILLION
05One hundred million stories.
Honda announced that cumulative worldwide Super Cub series production had reached 100 million units. A landmark in the life of a motorcycle built for ordinary journeys.
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THE NEXT CHAPTER · C125
06Still unmistakably a Cub.
The C125 brings fuel injection, LED lighting and a front disc brake with ABS to the classic step-through idea. The character remains wonderfully familiar.
Read this chapterMORE THAN A PRODUCTION NUMBERA hundred million bikes.
The story behind a hundred million
A hundred million bikes.
An immeasurable difference.
A trip to work. A delivery. A visit to family. The Cub’s significance lies in the way small, affordable vehicles expand the radius of ordinary life.
The 100-million figure is a milestone Honda announced in 2017, not a claim about today’s production total. Behind it are generations of machines adapted to different roads, markets and riders.