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H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
3rd July, 2024 13:00
1973 Honda PC50
No Reserve
Registration No: WDA 370M
Frame No: PCthe details below
MOT: Exempt
Just two owners from new
Just over 4, 000 miles
Complete and turns over
Old style V5C on file
In setting up his Honda Technical Institute in a small wooden shed in Hamamatsu in October 1946, the great Soichiro Honda had actually founded what was to become the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer. The initial aim of Honda, who had built and raced cars in the 1930s, was to provide affordable transport for a Japanese home market on its uppers following WW2 defeat. The first Hondas consisted of army-surplus engines attached to bicycles, although only a year later, Honda had designed and was constructing his own 50cc two-stroke motor. By 1949, and already with twenty employees on the payroll, Honda was producing his first complete bike - the 98cc two-stroke Model D or ‘Dream’. The Honda PC50 met the needs of those seeking a simple machine for local transport and was one of the few machines produced at that time by Honda, to employ a two-stroke engine.
On offer is a 1973 Honda PC50, first registered in 1973, with just two owners from new and with just over some 4, 000 miles from new. Not used for some time, it will need recommissioning before placing back on the road. It is being offered with an old style V5 document.
