So why has it been so successful? Well, it’s always been cheap and it’s always been practical; seriously, when it was being developed in the 1950s, Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa from the company made a request that whatever was designed should be able to be ridden one-handed so that noodle delivery couriers could carry the takeaway items in the other.
And now it’s back.
Hitting European shores in 2018, the redesigned 50cc and 110cc models of the bike are now potentially even better, with sexy LCD dashboard, LED lights aplenty, fuel-injection, ABS as standard and clutchless, semi-automatic gearing. And relatively cheap too - with the price coming in at £3399,
Will a practical, workhorse style of scooter be the thing that gets everyone back onto two-wheels? Or are we living in an age of glitz and glamour that the Super Cub is simply too old for? Time will tell… But we here at RideTo reckon that a 100 million riders can’t be wrong, and that the new Honda Super Cub really will be the bike that’s perfect for everyone.
Model year reviewed: 2019
