... in 1980 chose their first bike, it was more often than not Honda’s sensible and impressive looking CB250N. John Nutting rode the bike ... Honda’s CB250N twin, the Super Dream, was a remarkable motorcycle. Sold in ...

... second fiddle to its CBX1000 big brother. But this was Honda’s production racer for the biking masses and has got to be the biggest ... ever a bike has lived in the shadow of another it’s the Honda CB900F. When the CB900 was launched in 1979 the press, and public alike, ...

... many, and derided by others as the ‘plastic maggot’, Honda’s CX500 was pretty radical stuff. Still is. Steve Cooper explains ... Say what you like about Honda , but it does things its own way and generally gets the end result ...

... years and yet there’s never been a better time to buy a Honda RC30 or Yamaha OW01. Steve Rose explains why... ... even now, 23 years after we first set eyes on it, Honda ’s race bike for the road is still capable of holding its own on a ...

... Honda’s 400cc and 500cc V-four sport bikes that appeared in 1983 were exotic ... to the pocket-sized bike mags moan about 25-year-old Honda fours as if they’re singing from the same hymn sheet: flaky ignition, ...

... Yamaha or Foggy’s Ducati. This almost standard-looking Honda XL250 cost just £100 and is the most successful race bike in the history ... belongs to Neil Tuxworth, the man who runs the HM Plant Honda Racing team, which used to be Castrol Honda and has a few race ...

Honda’s CB750F was a desperate attempt to keep its ageing SOHC 750 in the ... for more information and online search options concerning Honda motorcycles, or speak to our archivist Jane Skayman on 01507 529423 with ...

... Honda's six cylinder 24-valve CBX was ground breaking when launched. And even ... failure.To understand the CBX you have to go back to the Honda range of the mid-Seventies. Honda had a range of stodgy twins from 175 to ...

... Before supplies dry up splash some cash and buy a Honda CB450. No, not the later uber-Dream from Brazil but the bike that scared ... Originally nicknamed The Black Bomber, the Honda CB450 stood convention on its head, gave it a slap and made it wake up ...

... Honda’s twin was the learner-legal start for many who couldn’t bring ... By 1967 Honda’s, by now almost legendary, CB72 could trace its ancestry back a ...