The
Cub in all its different forms went on to sell over 50 million units and is
still in production today. It’s not only the most successful motorcycle in
history but it is also the highest selling motor vehicle in history, financing
Honda’s global domination of motor bikes for over half a century and making them
the biggest engine producer in the world.
Motorising the population of Asia and selling millions of
cheap and reliable hacks to America and Europe bankrolled Honda’s racing
successes, from Phil Read on the Island to fast Freddie Spencer on the world
stage. It financed innovative research and design which was to produce some of
the aforementioned iconic bikes of the century.
The C90 Super Cub was to go on being
produced, almost unchanged for 34 years, finally bowing out in 2002, although of
course still produced by other Far Eastern manufacturers as long as there is
demand, mostly, these days in Third World economies as general ‘Beast of
Burden’!