Honda Fully-remodels 'Super Cub 50'

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Honda Fully-remodels 'Super Cub 50' May 20, 2012 22:40 Motohiko Hamada, Nikkei Automotive Technology Honda Motor Co Ltd will release a fully-remodeled "Super Cub 50" motorcycle May 25, 2012. The company applied the frame, external appearance, dual clutch, etc of the "Super Cub 110," which was launched in March 2012, to the original Super Cub 50. Honda improved the efficiencies of all the processes from procurement to production by producing the motorcycle at Sundiro Honda Motorcycle Co Ltd in China. As a result, the company realized a price of ¥187,950 (approx US$2,379, including consumption tax), which is ¥48,300 lower than the price of the "Custom" (predecessor of the new Super Cub 50) equipped with a four-speed transmission and a self-starter. Like the Custom, the Super Cub 50 comes with an air-cooled four-stroke single-cylinder engine with a displacement of 50mL. Its m...

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