Wonderful World of Scooters
Honda Super Cub
4Jan2009 Filed under: Honda Author: Simon
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SUVs had their moment in the sun, but believe it or not, the Honda Super Cub scooter is the best selling motorized vehicle of all time. With 60 million sold worldwide since it first went into production in 1958, the Honda Super Cub pretty much leaves all other vehicles, four wheeled, two wheeled, or one wheeled, in the dust. Owners of the earliest Super Cub, first produced as the Honda C100 and later as the Honda 50, know the loyalty the bike inspires. Super Cub owners are like Apple computer fans: having experienced the best of the best, nothing else will ever do.
Also known as the Honda Cub, the Super Cub is still produced today and still remains the best seller in the Asian market, though American fans are clamoring for a re-release of the 49cc original here. Rumor has it that they may get their wish soon in a scooter nicknamed the SYM, for Simba, as in the Lion King, the cub, the Super Cub. No details are available yet, but if the rumor is true, show up early if you want one.
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Ryan Carden
January 4th, 2009 at 10:36 am
The cub clone is actually called the SYM Symba and is on track to be in the states in the spring time. For more info check out scooter-news.com
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will
May 21st, 2009 at 11:06 am
The SYM Symba has arrived. They’re made in Taiwan under liscence from Honda. It’s stylistically similar to the original cub, same colors leg shields etc. Its slightly larger, and has a 110 cc engine rather than the original 50cc on the cub or the 70cc on the later passport (not the SUV). It’s got a few other modernizations, some rounding off around the edges, 4 speed instead of 3 but it does maintain the original “semi-automatic” clutchless manual toe-shifter. They’re pretty neat though, dang sexy, but a hefty 2500 tag.
I actually passed on the other day while riding my original ‘68 cub and though DANG! and had to turn around and check it out. In passing they look identical (except obviously cleaner being that they’ve been around 30-40 years shorter).