History of Honda

Just ran across this rather indepth (for a blog post) history of Honda Motors. It is interesting to note that Honda had similar beginnings to Vespa, turning surplus wartime motors into a solution to peacetime transportation shortages. The Honda A-type, described below, was more a moped than a motorcycle or scooter. But boy-oh-boy was it pretty, in a Dieselpunk sort of way.Honda's first motorcycle