Honda Mopeds & Scooters
With todays record-high gas prices, riding a Honda moped or scooter is one of the smartest moves you could ever make. After have a look at the sleek and stylish Honda Silver Wing moped, Honda Metropolitan scooter and Honda Ruckus, you will see it is one of the most stylish moves, too.
The Honda current line of scooter models includes the Honda Silver Wing, Honda Silver Wing ABS, Honda Reflex ABS, Honda Reflex Sport ABS, Honda Helix, Honda Elite 80, Honda Metropolitan, and Honda Ruckus.
Honda mopeds are powered with upwards of 500cc liquid-cooled twin engines. They also have Honda V-matic transmissions, with enough room for two people to ride, with room to spare for storage.
Prices of Honda scooters range from $2000 to $8000 brand new. Here you will find a wide selection of new and used vehicles, which will significantly lower your costs. Everyone knows that Honda makes reliable automobiles, so as long as the mileage on your new scooter is not incredibly high, you should be good to go for a long time to come.
1982 HONDA EXPRESS II SEAT |
$29.99 | |
honda eilte scooter 2001 |
$650.00 | |
2006 HONDA 250 BIG RUCKUS |
$3,000.00 | |
1986 Honda : Helix CN250 |
$1,400.00 | |
2004 honda Reflex 250 ns250s abs |
$1,230.00 | |
Honda Aero 125 Scooter used |
$51.00 | |
2007 HONDA SILVERWING 600 SILVER WING! SAVE ON GAS!!! |
$3,050.00 |
Mopeds were popular in Europe, but hasnt transitioned to the U.S. yet. The moped was a half bike / half motorcycle. Serge Seguin of France can be credited with bringing the moped to the U.S. as in 1972, he write his Masters thesis on the European moped. A company called Motobecane gave Seguin 2 mopeds and a small sum of money, then he traveled to the US promoting the vehicle.
Seguin was able to get more than 30 states to devise a specific vehicle classification for the bikes. The mopeds were slow, but they could go very far on a single tank of gas. Because of this latter fact, they became popular, with over a quarter of a million people in the United States owning one.
History of Honda
Having a purpose of giving his countrymen an affordable means of mobilization in the aftermath of World War II, Soichiro Honda of Japan founded Honda in 1964.
Even as a kid, Soichiro has already invented and manufactured motor parts which he aims to market one day to automobile giant Toyota. After finishing his engineering studies, his diligence and perseverance caused Toyota to hire him. After his stint with Toyota, he then started establishing the Honda factory.
But initially, luck was not on his side. A devastating earthquake and a couple of bombings devastated the plant. Through Soichiro’s determination, he was able to acquire financial help from five thousand local motorcycle stores. The company was revived due to this and he embarked on manufacturing his very own small engines again.
The concept of building small engines was brought about by the post World War II fuel crisis. As we all know, less gas is consumed by these small engines. During that time, Soichiro installed a small engine on his push bike. This is the birth of the first Honda bike.
The Honda Cub was the first bike conceived by Soichiro’s company. Luck and fortune seemed to smile at Soichiro this time because after introducing the bike to the market, sales went off the roof. In fact, Honda became the global leader in motorcycle manufacturing by 1964.
In his most famous quote, Soichiro states that, “Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure”. This quote proved undeniably true considering the many hardships and disappointments he endured during the initial stages of his career and the way he bounced back to become the ultra successful man that he presently is.
Currently, Honda is still one of the big dogs in the industry. In fact, in Japan and USA alone, the company has more than 100,000 employees. Ultimate success has already been attained and will continue to be achieved by this company. Their never-ending quest for the advancement of their craft guarantees this.