1947 Honda A-Type

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Wanderin' around looking for old bikes this surprised me, outa nowhere this pic pops up and I wuz edjumacated :D


The Honda A-Type, Honda’s First Product on the Market (1947)

"The first product to carry the Honda name was this Honda A-Type auxiliary bicycle engine. With a view to achieving mass production, the company started manufacturing the engine parts by die casting. (Photograph by courtesy of Honda Collection Hall)"

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Ludwig II

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I wonder if anybody has revisited the concept of the Stovepipe engine Honda tried before he went for conventional engineering?
 
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much like their battleships and bicycles the japanese copied the british and of course howard hughes fighter plane that we rejected. dang baird, it took a few years, must be global warming ''the earth has a fever'' and 2 smokes!
 
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3step you are really liking to have one. It is a really interesting bike and who would of though they would come up with something like that so fast.
 
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5-7HEAVEN said:
Thanks for the challenge!

I bet I could find one, but I need it like I need another hole in the head, lol.
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If you, or anyone, can find one for sale, please let me know. I have looked all over the internet, checked with antique motorcycle collectors (both here in the US and overseas), even tried on Japanese websites. I have found two that were restored in Japan and the three that come up from Google (Honda Collection Hall Museum). I can't find a value on this thing because none have sold or are for sale.
 
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curtisfox said:
That is AWESOME! I spotted it on here about 4 years ago http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/nacc/gallery/galindex.html Been druling ever seince...............Curt
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That photo is the one in HCH (Honda Collection Hall). I have studied those photos numerous times and I think they have "newer bicycles" that the motors are mounted in. I was going to settle on a Phoenix Flying Pigeon bicycle(Chinese made), when the one I found showed up during the search. I was so glad I found the Ginko. I felt like that motor deserved a vintage Japanese bicycle.
 
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3step said:
If you, or anyone, can find one for sale, please let me know. I have looked all over the internet, checked with antique motorcycle collectors (both here in the US and overseas), even tried on Japanese websites. I have found two that were restored in Japan and the three that come up from Google (Honda Collection Hall Museum). I can't find a value on this thing because none have sold or are for sale.
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If I ever come across one, I'll keep you posted, 3step.
 
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