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With the passing of the round-case 750 SS, Ducati needed a new motorcycle to lead its sporting lineup, and in 1975 it released the 900 Super Sport, with an engine based on the square-case 860 GT. With desmodromic cylinder heads, 40 mm Dell’Orto carburetors, and an intoxicating sound from its Conti mufflers, the 900 SS evolved into one of the gre..

By 1971, the CB450 had cemented itself as Honda’s middleweight performance bike. The CB450 offered most of the style of the mighty CB750, but with a more approachable and modest 45 hp twin-cylinder engine. The CB line became a ubiquitous sight across America, where their popularity made them the best-selling bikes in their segment. 

Honda’s CB series was introduced in 1962 with the 125 cc CB92, which foreshadowed an era of performance models of increasing displacement. In 1965 the CB450 was introduced, gracing the cover of Cycle World magazine. Inside, the factory advertisement for the CB450 touted “43 BHP from 444cc.” That initial CB450 had an internal designation..

Honda’s entry into the US market was well calculated, and two models were introduced for the 1959 model year – the 50 cc step-through Cub and the 124 cc Benly CA92. With the name loosely translating to “handy” in Japanese, this Benly model was meant to show the company’s durable and utilitarian designs as well as their ability to provide reliabl..

While Honda had done its best to offer the motorcycle world models of ever-increasing size and performance, by the late 1960s it had yet to offer a bona fide alternative to the larger offerings from Triumph, Norton, and Harley-Davidson. This would all change with the introduction of the CB750 at the 1968 Tokyo show. Introducing a new, classic de..

The 1970s brought an ever-larger lineup from Honda, which was taking advantage of America’s enthusiasm for motorcycling. Honda had yet to offer a bike for long-distance touring and when the time came, the company made sure – as it had throughout its history – that it advanced two-wheel technology with a revolutionary new model, the GL1000 Gold W..

Soichiro Honda sought to give the Japanese people options for inexpensive, efficient transportation following WWII, and started offering Honda motorcycles in 1949. While their initial offerings were powered by two-stroke engines, four-strokes soon became the norm, and in 1953 Honda began production of the Benly, the first model that they also us..

Following the company’s successful 1959 entry into the US market with the CA92 and CA95, Honda looked to demonstrate their performance and competition potential and introduced the CB92 Super Sport for the 1962 model year. This model is widely regarded as Honda’s first sport bike, and despite the CB92’s modest 124 cc displacement, it was festoone..

Honda’s first Scrambler-style bike was the CL72 from 1962, which featured a 250 cc single-cylinder engine and was fitted with a high exhaust on the left side of the bike, higher handlebars, and a skid plate. This formula would be retained by Honda for a number of bikes that followed, with a highlight being the CL450 such as the example offered h..

The CB400F was introduced in late 1974 as a replacement for the technically interesting, but underwhelming CB350F. It is often referred to as being among the finest designs of its era, highlighted by a swooping four-into-one exhaust system and classically handsome styling. The 408 cc inline-four engine featured a 4 mm bore increase over the CB35..