Keith's Dream story

 ... and Sochiro's!

This unusual Honda was sold in Japan two years before Honda started exports to the USA. Because it was only destined for the home market in Japan it was never officially exported.

But many were believed to have been brought back to the USA by servicemen returning after WW2

In1954 Soichiro Honda made the unheard-of plan of visiting Europe and learning as much as he could, directly from the best motorcycle factories in the world. 

He met with Triumph’s Edward Turner, who was impressed by Honda, but could not see beyond his own legendary ego 

By 1959 Honda became the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer

A decade later the British motorcycle industry was left floundering...