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About Vintage Honda Motorcycles

Soichiro Honda started the Honda Technical Research Institute in 1946, to experiment with machinery and find more efficient travel methods for ravaged postwar Japan. That same year, he marketed a small engine that could be attached to a bicycle. The next year, Honda released a half horsepower motorbike, the 'A-Type,' and then in 1948 a 90cc version called the 'B-Type.'

Honda kept pushing for more powerful engines, an...

Over the next 10 years, Honda's bikes got bigger and bigger, culminating in the 4-cylinder CB 750, which could easily reach 120 mph. Honda entered off-roading in 1973, and has dominated the sport ever since. Another 1970s Honda innovation was the Gold Wing, a touring bike that launched an entirely new style of riding.

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HONDA NIGHTHAWK 750 1984 VINTAGE HONDA MOTORCYCLE Recently restoring this 1974 Honda XR 75.  Pictures taken 8/1/2010 1984 HONDA CB700 NIGHTHAWK S. 1984 virago NC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM

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