Honda's 300 Millionth Bike Couldn't Be More Different From Its First
jalopnik.com | 2014 Nov. 24
See that mechanical beauty above? That's the Dream Type-D, the first mass-produced motorcycle from Honda. It came with a 98cc two-stroke single putting out 3 hp and weighed as much as a malnourished hummingbird.
Sixty-five years later, Honda has sold its 300 millionth motorcycle: a 900-pound, 1,832cc behemoth (gets only 34 MPG | 15.24km/l) with iPod connectivity...more...
She-e-e-it on the Goldwing.
Just give me the first Honda--the “Dream Type-D“--with a modern, robust-but-detuned, 125-to-250cc engine at a super low 1950s price, damn it!
All anyone should want is a Dream Type-D: retro-styled, pinstriped with a slightly more powerful engine, a high-grade but stamped, power-coated steel frame, state-of-art shocks, modern tires, disk brakes and have it last forever (like the Honda Cubs of old).