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Honda marked a milestone this week. The Japanese company manufactured of its 300-millionth motorcycle since the first Dream Type-D (pictured above) came off the assembly line in 1949. A Gold Wing model produced at Honda’s Kumamoto Factory in Japan was designated the milestone bike.
Honda began mass producing motorcycles in Japan in 1949 with the Dream Type-D being the first model. The company now builds motorcycles, ATVs and side-by-sides at 32 plants in 22 countries, including two plants in North America.
In 1958, Honda introduced the Honda 50, known globally as the Super Cub. The model paved the way for Honda’s expansion into the U.S. in 1959. More than 90 million Super Cubs were produced and the model was the focus of the mid-1960s ad campaign “You Meet The Nicest People on a Honda.”
Honda’s first plant in the U.S. opened on Sept. 10, 1979 in Marysville, Motorcycles and ATVs were produced there until 2009. Motorcycle production then went back to Japan while ATV production shifted to a plant in Timmonsville, SC.
