Modern Vespa

A pretty compelling read.

https://www.webbikeworld.com/honda-super-cub-history/?utm_source=Motorcycle+Newsletter&utm_campaign=12cb6783f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_11_07_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b175d17323-12cb6783f5-365972089&mc_cid=12cb6783f5&mc_eid=e6007f7002

Great read. Definitely visionaries who got it right.

This was the first motorcycle I rode. Sometime in 1963 or 64, my buddies and I would rent Honda 50s for $1.00 per hour and just ride the heck out of them. We weren't supposed to take them on dirt fire roads, but we did.

This enabled me to get a job in the fall of 1964 delivering stationary supplies on a Fuji Rabbit 90.

It wasn't until much later that I realized how unusual this was for a kid growing up in Beverly Hills.

My first scooter was a '63 Honda 50 which I bought with the savings from my newspaper route near Portland, OR. I took that bike everywhere and did everything with it. It was all I had, and I really didn't know any better about what I should or shouldn't do with it. I took it on week long rides, camping and fishing as I went. I rode it over the summit of the Cascade Range a couple times. I gave it every kind of workout you could imagine, and it just kept on ticking. It was a heck of a scooter!

Great story and also an appealing scooter to me.

I have both ends of the continuum - 1965 CA102 and a 2019 C125. The real story is that not only have these bikes remained true to their purpose (cheap, reliable, simple, transportation), they truly have improved with each iteration.

Chris from CLE