Friday, December 11, 2009

honda motorcycle history

Honda History is not separated from the hands of a Soichiro Honda, the founder. Soichiro Honda was a racer (racer), also a businessman ... and also a true manufacturing ...! Besides all that ... the most important thing is that Soichiro Honda was a dreamer (dreamer) ...! He dreamed of making piston rings better ... founded a small company and produced ...! So .. lesson learned is .. if no child dreamer . because a lot of great people came .. of a dreamer ...!

Small companies in Hamamatsu (before birth Honda Motor Company ed.) ... Managed to make the motor bikez .. in October 1946. This motor uses the framework of the bike ...! Because gasoline is very scarce at that time, so Honda developed this bike using Turpentine (a kind of refined oil of pine Fortress ... easily bio fuel . But because quality is not so good ... In November 1947, Honda developed Seichiro powerful 0.5HP motor bikez called A-Type and still use Turpentine ... and this bike is known as the "Chimney" ...!


in 1958 founded the manufacturer Seichiro Honda Honda Takeo Fujikawa together with a very supportive of the financial side ...! Together they founded the Honda ... emperium! In 1948 also, Honda issued a 90cc engine motobikez with the modification of type A, which is known as "B-Type". In 1949, Honda issued a motor "D-Type". Oh ya ya bike was really complete a motorcycle ... not only that the outboard engine to the framework of a bicycle .. as before ...! Mr. Honda has always followed every step in the process of making this bike ... and hence called the D-Type .. because of his dream began to come true ...! And this milestone makes the Honda motor that produces better and more sophisticated ...!

After removing the D-Type, ... more Honda 146cc engine out, OHV, 4 stroke, known as E-Type. This engine can output power and can 5.5HP gas to speeds of 80 km / h ...! Next bikez produced with this engine, and could reach 130 units a day ...! In 1952, Honda issued a motor "Cub" with the first F-Type engine, 50cc, 2 stroke and production reached 6500 units a month ... or almost over 70% market share in Japan motor .. ! In 1953, Honda produces motorcycles 90cc, 4 stroke, known as "Benly" or that means nice ...! This motor has a 3 speed gearbox, and motor can sell as many as 1000 units a month .. !
In 1954, Honda also issued a scooter that is Juno. Juno is adapted from the Vespa was contrived in Japan ...! Yaagh since adapted from Vespa .. yagh really looks like a Vespa ... .. ! 1957, Honda issued for the first time a twin cylinder motorcycles, 250cc OHC, 4 stroke C70 .. ! C70 fairly sophisticated enough at his age ...!! Begin a variety of products appeared .. such as C71 which has been applied electric starter on 250cc engines ...! In 1959, also issued Benly 125cc and capable of gas to 110 km / h.. ! And Honda golden era came in June 1958, namely the issuance of the Super Cub C100 ... mentioned the most successful motorcycles ...!

Super Cub was developed over the past 3 years, so cheap and easily driven by anyone. Uses 50cc motor, OHC, 4 stroke, centrifugal clutch with a 3 speed transmission. This motor is very easy to drive, .. even for beginners though. This form is known as a duck now ... became popular in his day. Women also easy to drive .. because no need hampered by the form of a conventional motor gasoline tanks etc ...! This motor then appear different versions ... there is a 50cc, 70cc and 90cc ...! In 1959, Honda began exporting and entering the U.S. market ...! And associated with this motor ... at the end of December 2005, this bike has produced as many as 50 million units ...! Disparate shape thin but his engine .. like really .. ! And that amount is the amount that is fantastic for a motor ...!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Motorcycles in Indonesia

The motorcycle has a long history in this country. The motorcycle is already present since the country was under Dutch occupation and was named the East Indies, Oost Indie, or East India.
Existing data mentions, motorcycles present in Indonesia since the year 1893 or 115 years ago. Uniquely, although at the time this country was still under Dutch occupation, the first person who has a motorcycle in this country are not the Dutch, but English people. And, the man named John C Potter, the day-to-day work as a Machinist First Oemboel sugar factory (see Bannerman) Probolinggo, East Java.


In the book of Satan Crete (de duivelswagen) told how John C Potter books themselves booked into the motorcycle manufacturer, Hildebrand und Wolfmüller, in Munich, Germany.

The bike arrived in 1893, one year before the first car arrived in this country. That makes John C Potter became the first person in this country who use motor vehicles.

Hildebrand made motorcycle und Wolfmüller was not using chains, not to use gears, not using a magnet, not using the battery (batteries), not using the coil, and not using electric cables.
The motorcycle was carrying a horizontal two-cylinder engine that uses gasoline or naphtha. It takes about 20 minutes to turn on and stabilize the engine.


In 1932, this motorcycle was found in damaged condition in the garage at the residence of John C Potter. The bike is sitting for 40 years on the corner of the garage in the untreated state and rust.

Top-mechanic mechanic help marines in Surabaya, a motorcycle's John C Potter was restored (corrected as before) and stored in the editorial office weekly De Motor. Then the antique motorcycle museum trafficked into traffic in Surabaya, which is now no longer known where the location.

Along with the number of cars, the number of motorcycles continues to grow. Born clubs touring motorcycle, whose members are brass planters and sugar factories. Motorcycle brands sold in this country, starting from the Reading Standard, Excelsior, Harley Davidson, Indian, King Dick, Brough Superior, Henderson, to Norton. Brands present motorcycles in this country can be seen from the ads motorcycle that was published in newspapers at the time of the year 1916 until 1926.


Cross Java
Not to be outdone by car drivers, motorcycle riders were trying to record a record for the trip across Java from Batavia (Jakarta) to Soerabaja (Surabaya) which is about 850 kilometers.

Dated May 7, 1917, Gerrit de Raadt with riding a motorcycle to record a record for the Standard Reading journey from Jakarta to Surabaya in 20 hours and 45 minutes. Ten days later, May 16, 1917, Frits and Wim Sluijmers which in turn Wygchel motorcycle repair Excelsior posted record Gerrit de Raadt. They record 20 hours and 24 minutes, with an average speed of 42 kilometers per hour.

The record did not last long. Nine days later, May 24, 1917, Goddy Younge with Harley-Davidson motorcycle to record a new record with a record 17 hours and 37 minutes, with an average speed of 48 miles per hour.

Record that had lasted for five months before it was broken by Barend about that Dam Indian motorcycle in 15 hours and 37 minutes on September 18, 1917, with an average speed of 52 miles per hour.

See his record broken by Barend ten Dam, six days later, 24 September 1917, Goddy Younge from Semarang carve out a new record again with a record 14 hours and 11 minutes, and the speed of Harley Davidson motorcycles are driven an average of 60 miles per hour .

In the early 1960s, began to enter all the Vespa scooter, which was followed by Lambretta scooters in the late 1960s. At that time, in all Japanese motorcycles, Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and later.

Along with the passage of time, Japanese motorcycles dominate the motorcycle market in the country. The top is occupied by Honda, followed by Yamaha in second place and Suzuki in third place.