Honda Super Cub 60th Anniversary 2018

Honda Super Cub 50/110 60th Anniversary Edition 2018

Honda Super Cub 60th Anniversary photo.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the birth of the “Super Cub“, which has been supported by many customers for a wide range of purposes such as business and personal use, the “Super Cub 50 and 110 – 60th Anniversary” with special coloring have been applied. Super Cub 60th Anniversary edition sold only in a limited time in year of 2018.

Image of 2018 Honda Super Cub 50 60th Anniversary Edition.

Super Cub 50/110 60th Anniversary‘s body color mainly Magna Red, with the image illustration drawn in the “Nicest People Campaign” advertisement that was developed in the United States in 1963 as a motif. Special coloring is applied, such as adopting a two-tone seat and a black-painted rear carrier.
Furthermore, the emblem commemorating the 60th anniversary of the birth of the Super Cub has been adopted for the side cover and key respectively, making it one with a special feeling.

Since the launch of the first model “Super Cub C100” in August 1958, the Super Cub series is equipped with a 4-stroke engine with excellent fuel efficiency, quietness, reliability and durability, and is a low-floor backbone type that is easy to get on and off. It is a long-selling model that is favored by a wide range of customers due to the adoption of the frame and the automatic centrifugal clutch that omits the clutch operation. Currently, the cumulative worldwide production of the series has exceeded 102 million units (as of the end of June 2018), and it is highly evaluated around the world as a motorcycle that is closely related to daily life.

Photo of Honda Super Cub 110 60th Anniversary. Color: Magna Red.

Super Cub 50/110 60th Anniversary Special Specifications

A strong exterior design with special coloring and a special emblem. The body color is mainly bright Magna Red, with virgin beige leg shields and side covers. A more luxurious two-tone seat and a black-painted rear carrier are combined to give it a special appearance. In addition, the ring that borders the meter and the emblem of the front cover are chrome-plated, and the side cover and key are equipped with a special emblem to commemorate the 60th anniversary, making it even more prominent.

Picture of Honda Super Cub 110 (60th Anniversary).

Common Specifications to Super Cub 110/50 released in Japan in 2017 :

High-efficiency air-cooled, 4-stroke, single-cylinder engine that uses low-friction technology everywhere.

• ・ Adoption of pistons and cylinders that pursue excellent toughness and low friction.
• -Adopts a replaceable oil filter, a screen filter placed in the drain bolt part, an oil level gauge with an insertion guide part, etc., and realizes excellent maintainability at the time of oil change.
• ・ By supporting the rotating shaft of the shift drum with needle bearings, a smoother, lighter, and more modest shift feeling is achieved.
• ・ Compliant with 2016 emission regulations by adopting a two-stage catalyzer type exhaust muffler, etc.

Universal styling of Super Cub

• ・ The body line consists of a smooth curved surface that connects the leg shield to the rear fender.
• -Adopts removable side covers on both sides of the body.
• -Energy-saving and long-life LEDs are used for the round headlights. Combined with the amber turn signal lens, it realizes the traditional front design of a clean Super Cub.
• -The instrument panel is designed with consideration for the visibility of the dial, and LED indicator lamps are used to achieve excellent visibility while maintaining a compact design.
• -Adopts a rounded vertical type tail lamp that takes visibility into consideration.

Super Cub series, 60 years of history

• 1958 — The first model, Super Cub C100, is released. Equipped with air-cooled 4-stroke OHV single-cylinder engine.
• 1961 — Cumulative worldwide production of Super Cub series reaches 1 million units.
• 1964 — Released the Super Cub C65, which adopted the first OHC engine in the Super Cub series..
• 1966 — Launched Super Cub C50 (equipped with OHC engine).
• 1974 — Cumulative worldwide production of Super Cub series reaches 10 million units.
• 1983 — Released Super Cub 50 Super Custom. Achieves 180km/L (30km/h constant-land driving test value) by improving fuel efficiency.
• 2005 — Super Cub Series Cumulative worldwide production reaches 50 million units.
• 2007 — Electronically controlled fuel injection system (PGM-FI) adopted for 50cc model.
• 2008 — Super Cub Series Cumulative worldwide production reaches 60 million units.
• 2009 — Launched Super Cub 110 with newly developed engine and newly designed frame.
• 2012 — Super Cub 50/Super Cub 110 fully remodeled and released.
• 2017 — Super Cub Series Cumulative worldwide production reaches 100 million units.

2018 Super Cub 50 & 110 (60th Anniversary Edition)

Honda Super Cub 50/110 (60th Anniversary) Price

Planned sales volume (domestic/annual) : 2,300 units.
Manufacturer’s suggested retail price in Japan (including 8% consumption tax)

• Super Cub 50 (60th Anniversary) : 243,000 yen (main unit price excluding consumption tax 225,000 yen).
• Super Cub 110 (60th Anniversary) : 286,200 yen (main unit price excluding consumption tax 265,000 yen).