Sold for £375
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: WDA 370M
Frame No: PC502073164
MOT: Exempt
In setting up his Honda Technical Institute in a small wooden shed in Hamamatsu in October 1946, the great Soichiro Honda founded what was to become the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer. The initial aim of Honda, who had built and raced cars in the 1930s, was to provide affordable transport for a home market on its uppers following Japan’s defeat in the Second World War. The first Hondas consisted of army-surplus engines attached to bicycles, although, only a year later, Honda had designed and was constructing his own 50cc two-stroke motor. By 1949, and already with 20 employees on the payroll, Honda was producing his first complete bike, the 98cc two-stroke Model D or ‘Dream’. The Honda PC50 met the needs of those seeking a simple machine for local transport and was one of the few machines produced at that time by Honda to employ a two-stroke engine.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217
Auction: National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands, 3rd Jul, 2024
An auction of classic motorcycles & vintage scooters taking place at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, West Midlands.
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