Honda PC50
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The Honda PC50 is a moped
introduced in May 1969 that is stylistically similar to Honda's popular Super Cub line, with a step-through pressed-steel frame, a fuel tank under the saddle, a chain cover, and sometimes equipped with a forward leg guard.
A distinctive feature of the PC50 is the use of a four-stroke engine, when almost all pedal-equipped mopeds use simpler two-strokes. Honda's early development of 50 cc four-stroke engines was a result of Soichiro Honda
's dislike of the sharp noise of two-stroke engines.
Moped
Mopeds are a type of low-powered motorcycle designed to provide economical and relatively safe transport with minimal licensing requirements.Mopeds were once all equipped with bicycle-like pedals , but moped has been increasingly applied by governments to vehicles without pedals, based on their...
introduced in May 1969 that is stylistically similar to Honda's popular Super Cub line, with a step-through pressed-steel frame, a fuel tank under the saddle, a chain cover, and sometimes equipped with a forward leg guard.
A distinctive feature of the PC50 is the use of a four-stroke engine, when almost all pedal-equipped mopeds use simpler two-strokes. Honda's early development of 50 cc four-stroke engines was a result of Soichiro Honda
Soichiro Honda
was a Japanese engineer and industrialist, and founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd..Honda was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan on November 17, 1906. He spent his early childhood helping his father, Gihei, a blacksmith, with his bicycle repair business. At the time his mother, Mika, was a weaver. At...
's dislike of the sharp noise of two-stroke engines.