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et's start with a bit of history.
Since 1958 Honda has been
chasing "their" dream of creat
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ing the perfect solution to effortless
transportation. In doing so, Honda
managed to engineer and offer to the
world what has become the best
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selling motor vehicle of all time, the
Honda Super Cub. To this day, the Su-
per Cub is the most popular motorized
vehicle ever produced, by a long shot.
Why? Mainly because it's effortless to
operate. Virtually anyone can hop on a
Cub and ride off into the sunset.
But let's face it, it's not the most
exciting thing on two wheels. So, in
1978, Honda introduced the Hon
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damatic. Both the CB750 and the
CB400 were offered with this type of
transmission, and even though they
did okay in the market, they weren't
revolutionary by any means. Fast
forward to 2008 and Honda intro
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duced the DN-01 with its HFT (Hu-
man Friendly Transmission). Dealers
quickly added their own nomencla-
ture and started calling the bike the
Do Not 0rder 1 (DN-01), and, well,
it flopped to say the least.
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RIDE REVIEW I 2024 HONDA CB650R & CBR650R
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