Honda was founded in the late 1940s as Japan struggled to rebuild following the second World War. Company founder Soichiro Honda first began manufacturing piston rings before turning his attention to inexpensive motorcycles. Mr. Honda always had a passion for engineering, and this became evident by the wild sales success of his motorcycles in the 1960s and by competing head-to-head against the world’s best on racetracks. Today, Honda is a juggernaut, offering class-leading machines in most every category.1906 - Soichiro Honda is born in Hamamatsu, Japan. His father owns a blacksmith shop that also repairs bicycles. As a young man, Honda is an apprentice in an automotive garage in Tokyo.
1928 - Honda returns to Hamamatsu to open his own auto repair shop. Enamored with speed, he builds his own race car.
2002 - All change. Or not. Rossi wins the first World Championship in the 990cc MotoGP era, on the five-cylinder four-stroke RC211V. Valentino Rossi wins the last ever 500cc World Championship on the NSR500 two-stroke.
2004 - Honda prototypes a motorcycle powered by a fuel cell.
2006 - The 50,000,000th Super Cub is sold.
2007 - Honda is the first manufacturer to offer a motorcycle with air bag crash protection.
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