Honda's Motorcycle Timeline - Check it out!


Foundation
 
'47 Honda’s first product, the A-type bicycle engine, produced (a year before the establishment of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.).
'49 Production of the Dream D (2-stroke, 98cc), Honda’s first production motorcycle, begins.
'52 Honda motorcycle exports begin.
'55 Honda becomes No. 1 producer of motorcycles in Japan.
'58 Long-selling Super Cub first introduced.
'63 Motorcycle production in Belgium begins (Honda’s first overseas production).
'68 Total motorcycle production reaches 10 million units.
'69 Dream CB750 Four, with a 4-cylinder engine, released; export of the bike to the U.S. and Canada begins.
'70 Total motorcycle exportation reaches 5 million units.
'71 Total motorcycle production reaches 15 million units.
'73 Total motorcycle production reaches 20 million units
'74 Gold Wing GL1000 released in the U.S.
'78 Total motorcycle production reaches 30 million units.




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