EIGHT OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES EVER

Post by **weeksy** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:44 am

https://www.bikeexif.com/japanese-motorcycles

Post by **Horse** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:52 am

NINE?

Honda Super Cub
In production since 1958
60 million made

Post by **Screwdriver** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:00 am

Looks like eight jap bikes chosen at random. Half of them weren't even popular at the time of their release.

Post by **Horse** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:06 am

Screwdriver wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:00 am Looks like eight jap bikes chosen at random. Half of them weren't even popular at the time of their release.

And Yamaha SR500 from 1978? Wouldn't the 77? XT have been more influential, or the XS650? Or Honda 450 Black Bomber, or ...

Post by **Count Steer** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:17 am

Screwdriver wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:00 am Looks like eight jap bikes chosen at random. Half of them weren't even popular at the time of their release.

It's worth reading the link to see what the selection criteria are.

Post by **KungFooBob** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:21 am

Horse wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:52 am NINE?

Honda Super Cub
In production since 1958
60 million made

Few more than that..

The Honda Super Cub is the most-produced motorcycle in history. Cumulative worldwide production reached 87 million units in March 2014. It has been sold in more than 160 countries.

Post by **Rockburner** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:35 am

The American perspective of bikes has always been rather different to the UK.

Post by **Screwdriver** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:03 am

Oh yeah? And why is anything that happens in America of any interest in the UK?

Post by **Horse** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:13 am

Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:17 am
Screwdriver wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:00 am Looks like eight jap bikes chosen at random. Half of them weren't even popular at the time of their release.
It's worth reading the link to see what the selection criteria are.

Shockingly, I did, to check what they had said about the 500.

"Yamaha SR500 (1978-1981) The Yamaha SR500’s mechanical simplicity and graceful styling is deeply appealing and has been since the beginning. It was plain and slim and reminded us of everything good about the traditional single-cylinder British bike, but with disc brakes and cast-aluminum wheels."

XT500 was 1975, albeit with drums and spokes - but it was an off-road bike.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:36 am

Why is the GSXR a 1986 model?

Post by **ChrisW** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:44 am

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:36 am Why is the GSXR a 1986 model?

The article mentions the 1986 Daytona 200 - maybe the image eas picked with that in mind.

Post by **Count Steer** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 10:23 am

Yer all just picky!

Picky picky picky!

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 10:39 am

I'd love to know what any of them influenced - none of them are exactly ground breaking motorcycles.

Demannu · Post by **Demannu** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:41 pm

Z1.......influential
I nearly choked on my croissant!
Not a Honda fan boy, but my top 3 are:
C50/70/90
CB750
Fireblade
They all brought something to the party that no-one else had.

Post by **weeksy** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:51 pm

Screwdriver wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:03 am Oh yeah? And why is anything that happens in America of any interest in the UK?

You, and the others.... Find better thread topics on bikes and post em

If you've not noticed, the forum is on the quiet side... so i'm trying to add content.

slowsider · Post by **slowsider** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:46 pm

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:36 am Why is the GSXR a 1986 model?

Cos that was the best one.

But not that colour scheme.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:11 pm

slowsider wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:46 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:36 am Why is the GSXR a 1986 model?
Cos that was the best one.
But not that colour scheme.

The 85 was better, in that colour scheme.

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