The number one motorcycle of all time!!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2011We know them here in the USA as Cubs, CT90′s, CM91,s, CA100′s, C200′s, etc….. all depending on the year and model but at their core they are all Honda Cubs. This unique step thru model has be made since 1959 and is still in production today. Now it is called the EX5 Dream but as we all know if you ask any Vintage Honda connoisseur they will tell you its a Honda Cub. This video demonstrates why this bike has out sold all other two wheel motorcycles and why their following is still strong to this day.
Cafe Cowboy
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2011A great video of our favorite local boy Dustin Kott of Kott Motorcycles – Santa Clarita, CA.
Another great video series of our favorite local bike builder Dustin Kott of Kott Motorcycles – Santa Clarita, CA. Watch as we follow him in this three part series while he creates a customized cafe seat from scratch. It’s always amazing to see all the tips and tricks of experienced bike builders making it look easy. For all you builders and “Do It Yourself” folks this is a must watch! To see all three videos visit this page in our sites forums.
Here is a new video Capturing Dustin Kott the founder of Valencia, California based Kott Motorcycles. Dustin Kott specializes in custom fabrication of many pre ’80 Japanese bikes. Some of his more popular bikes have been a big hit with So.Cal Cafe Racers.
Honda Super Cub
Posted in Step Throughs on April 22, 2009
In ancient times — well, 1959 — Honda Motor Company of Japan released a small motorcycle called the C100. Better known as the “Super Cub,” this machine was a single-cylinder flat-aircooled step-through design:
Tens of millions of these bikes have been sold since 1959, made all over the world and used as cheap transportation from Ho Chi Minh City to Accra to San Diego.
A few years later, Honda introduced a toughened-up version with a dual-sprocket rear end, called the Trail 55. This bike was the ancestor of 35 years’ worth of tough, inexpensive and reliable single-cylinder trail cycles from Honda, and was initially marketed to hunters, fishermen and outdoorsmen. This was not a “dirt bike,” but something geared toward gentle off-road use such as camping, backwoods hunting and fishing, and other utilitarian purposes.
Later, the engine was upgraded to a 90cc single, a model referred to as the CT200 Trail 90. It still held onto the the Super Cub’s trailing-link front suspension and sculpted gas tank and seat and sheetmetal front end. It had a four-speed auto-clutch gearbox and the dual-size rear sprockets to provide added torque when an additional length of chain was spliced into the driveline.
In 1967, the bike, now called the CT90, was modified by replacing the dual-sprocket arrangement with a two-speed underdrive subtransmission that produced the same effect but could be switched in with just five seconds’ effort. In mid-1969, the trailing-link suspension was replaced with conventional telescoping shocks, and the modern CT90/Trail 90 was complete.
Honda produced successive improvements to the CT90 year after year until 1979, the last year for the original CT90. During these years, the bike picked up standard turn signals, a quieter exhaust, better carburetion and improved safety equipment. After 1979, the CT90 was replaced by the CT110. The CT110 was basically identical to the CT90, except with a bored-out 105cc engine instead of the earlier 89cc. The 1980 model was unique in that for that one year, Honda dropped the useful dual-range subtransmission (no one’s sure why). It returned in 1981, and the bike saw more gradual improvements, such as electronic ignition, until it was withdrawn from the US market in 1986.
