CA100 1962 USA
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| Name | value |
|---|---|
| base name | CA100 |
| year | 1962 |
| area code | A |
| frame range | CA100 100001 - CA100 199999 |
| engine range | CA100E 100001 - CA100E 199999 |
Replacement for the early C100, launched in 1962, and sold even better than it’s predecessor, it was available in four colours, red and white, white, blue and white and black and white.
It retained the same overhead valve engine with iron cylinder and cylinder head, three speed transmission with automatic clutch and kick start only. One other modification was a larger rear tail light bracket than the earlier model.
As with all the ‘Iron’ engine models, these are valued by collectors, and despite being produced in their tens of thousands are not as easy to find as one may imagine.
These type of machines that came to have the generic term ‘Step through’ were the back bone of Honda profitability, and there is no doubt that the successful racing programme which bought such wonderful and innovative race machinery to the race tracks of the World could not have been financed with out the venerable ‘Cub’