Description
8th Dec, 2024 10:00
The December 2024 Auction
1985 Honda QR50
Part of an extensive private collection
Estimate
£1, 000 - £1, 500
Buyer's premium: 15. 00%
Lot details
Registration: N/ A
Frame: N/ A
Odometer: N/ A
MOT: N/ A
Full rebuild
No expense spared
Superb example
Part of a much loved collection
Fantastic example
In 1971, Honda created the QA50, which was 50 inches long and weighed 115 lb. Over the years, this model evolved and eventually gave way in 1982 to the lighter and more compact Type QR, which only weighed 77 lb. In 1984, the French highway safety authority, Prevention Routière, the National Gendarmerie and Honda-France decided to create a nationwide training scheme for children of four to eight years of age riding QR50s. The scheme proved so successful that the three partners developed six regional tracks in 1987, a figure that rose to nine in 1992. In that year alone, 95, 256 children were taught to ride a motorcycle. Many Honda QR50s were used in this operation, which was keenly appreciated by these young motorcyclists of the future. And besides, Honda had unbelievably sold over 11, 000 QR50s in France by the end of 1992.
