Talk:Honda Super Cub

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This page needs some serious editing to remove all the redundant statements. Also, it needs to be linked or merged with Honda Cub C100 entry.

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[edit] Reference?

  1. It can run on burnt food oil, while loaded with 10 times its own weight and after a fall from 10 feet.

Is there a reference for this? I can't find any mention of this elsewhere and I thought only diesel engines could run on "burnt food oil", which I assume means WVO.

One story about Mr Honda is that his first engines ran on tree-root juice, being all that was available in post-war Japan.
But all such "alternative" fuels are alternatives for petrol, not for diesel (I'm pretty sure about that - think of alcohol-based fuels).
Tomrawlinson 22:30, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

hehe, well it's got some similarities to the famous well-worn 20 year old toyota pickup, seen battling its way through all kinds of inhospitable environments with minimal maintenance (and notably un-killable by the best efforts of a certain british motoring tv programme). made out of diamonds and granite, it wouldn't surprise me if it can run on old cooking oil; the motorcycle fuel available in many of the countries where it is sold is incredibly poor (octane rating probably somewhere in the 70s) and the frame design is one of sturdiness and easy repair. plus they do, of course, frequently end up towing more freight than the average westerner would dare put into their car.

Faecetiousness aside, i do wish to make one small point of note: If it's "also known as the Honda C100", shouldn't the spec list include a 100cc (ok, 99cc) engine, not a 49? The Cub range are subtitled according to their engine capacity, hence the C50, C70, world-conquering C90, C100 and in a few areas the C110.. It's not a range crossing designation and doesn't match that of the specified C50.

Also, does any mention need to be made of the cycle's many official/unofficial clones?

The original Honda 50 was the ohv version, with narrow leg-shields and tiny square indicators. This was the C100. The electric start model may have been the C110 or something similar was the C102.
I don't know, but I presume that "clones" of this model are all licensed by Honda, but built somewhere else in Asia.
Tomrawlinson 22:30, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Honda also had the Honda 55 Trail cycle that has two sprockets on the back tire and a chain you could enlarge with an extra segment. See [1]. BlankVerse 08:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] page needs references

There are many uncited and biased statements in this article.

[edit] I don't ever remember knowing this motorcycle as "Cub"

I think this article has been hi-jacked by people from one particular market, where this motorcycle was presumably known as the "Cub" or "SuperCub". I only remember it as the Honda 50 or step-thru. I remember them from their first arrival in the west, and have ridden and owned both ohv C100 and ohc C50 models.

Tomrawlinson 22:30, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Compiling the Honda Cub photos in a single gallery

I would like to thank you all for uploading those nice and worderful Honda Cub photos. By the way, I would like to suggest gathering all those photos in a single gallery section. It would be nicer to the eyes of the readers. How's that sound? Hezery99 04:20, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Supercubbook.jpg

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BetacommandBot 21:56, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reads like an advertisement

In Japan, where some of the world's most discerning and demanding customers reside, the Super Cub is stronger than ever. Sales of Honda Super Cubs are thriving and continue to grow with the 50 cc models leading the way, promising a long future for the versatile and timeless motorbike. The introduction of more options on existing bikes, more accessories available, and a new model, the Super Cub "Street" testify to the staying power of the Cub and ongoing love affair the Japanese have with their home-grown design.--Where's the citation? The whole article reads like a Honda press release. Oswald Glinkmeyer (talk) 13:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


I concur. I'm a Honda man, myself: My dad sold the things when my parents met, (his shop sold her her bike). I favor Honda bikes over the other brands. Even so, this looks more like the copy out of a Honda brochure than an encyclopedia article. If I, someone who is biased in this regard, see this, I can scarcely imagine how it must look to the unbiased reader. Sean.Roach (talk) 04:32, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MPG?

340 MPG sounds very optimistic, even for a 50cc which at best will only get 100 MPG with careful and economic driving. 87.3.221.249 (talk) 08:14, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure that this is wrong - I know that they used to be plugged in the UK for doing about 180 MPG, but that was a UK gallon which is substantially more than a US gallon. I know that Chinese 125cc "clones" have been credited with 150MPG (UK). The downside used to be, of course, that the bike had a ludicrously low fuel capacity, something like 0.2 gallon, which made them difficult to refuel at petrol stations where the minimum fuel delivery was 0.5 gallons... Paul-b4 (talk) 14:31, 20 February 2008 (UTC)