Honda Super Cub
The Honda Super Cub (or Honda Cub) is a Honda underbone motorcycle with a four-stroke single-cylinder engine ranging in displacement from 49 to 124 cc (3.0 to 7.6 cu in).
Honda Super Cub in the Honda Collection Hall in Japan | |
| Also called | Cub, C50, C65, C70, CM90, CM91, C100, C102, Passport, EX5, Dream 100, EX5 Dream, C100EX, Super Cub 50, Super Cub 110, Press Cub. |
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| Production | 1958–present |
| Assembly | 15 countries worldwide |
| Class | Underbone |
| Engine | Horizontal 49–124 cc (3.0–7.6 cu in) 4-stroke air-cooled single |
| Transmission | 3- or 4-speed semi-automatic transmission with wet multi-plate centrifugal clutch |
| Frame type | Step through pressed steel monocoque underbone |
| Suspension | Front: Leading link (early), telescopic fork (late) Rear: Swingarm |
| Brakes | Front: drum Rear: drum |
| Weight | 55–90 kg (121–198 lb) (dry) |
| Related | Honda Wave (Southeast Asia) Honda Biz |
In continuous manufacture since 1958 with production surpassing 60 million in 2008, 87 million in 2014, and 100 million in 2017, the Super Cub is the most produced motor vehicle* in history. Variants include the C50, C65, C70 (including the Passport), C90, C100 (including the EX) and it used essentially the same engine as the Sports Cub C110, C111, C114 and C115 and the Honda Trail series.
The Super Cub's US advertising campaign, You meet the nicest people on a Honda, had a lasting impact on Honda's image and on American attitudes to motorcycling, and is often used as a marketing case study.