This 50cc Japanese Icon About to Go Extinct
bloomberg.com |2017-07-30
...Honda, Yamaha Motor Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp. are retiring a host of 50cc models this year and warning they may phase them out altogether as the spiraling costs of compliance make them an unprofitable part of Japan’s estimated $1.5 billion motorcycle market...
..."100cc or 50cc bikes are probably going to disappear," Osamu Suzuki, the company’s 87-year-old chairman, said during the May earnings presentation. "125cc or 150cc will probably become the lower limit for small vehicles."
The 50cc motorbike is an icon in Japanese motorcycle manufacturing. Honda was founded in 1948 on the success of the two-stroke, 50cc ...more...
Now, what the hell will the Post Office, cops, deliveries, and banks ride when making their rounds?
Certainly they can't expect electric scooters (the battery charge never last a 12-hour workday and the charge whimps out in cold weather) be as tough as a Super Cub dropped 6 stories and still runs???