![]() ![]() Charley Boorman on BMW S1000RR at Brands Hatch. The government spends more than it takes in, so it has to borrow money to pay its bills. ![]() Full version Right To The Edge: Sydney To Tokyo By Any Means: The Road to the End of the Earth. Charley Boorman By Any Means Ireland to Sydney E05. To date, almost 120 million Super Cubs have been manufactured. Charley Boorman By Any Means Ireland to Sydney E04 Video. ![]() Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. It was a bike for everyman, no matter where they lived - town or country - but the real influence would be seen in the U.S., where a clever advertising campaign changed non-motorcyclists’ perception of motorcycles from things ridden by hooligans to an acceptable means of transport. The government spends more than it takes in, so it has to borrow money to pay its bills. The four-stroke engine was simple and rugged, the semi-automatic gearbox easy to master, the all-enclosing bodywork kept the rider clean of road and mechanical dirt and the large (by scooter standards) wheels were much safer on bad roads. In 1958 the model that would change motorcycling forever appeared: the Super Cub. Follow intrepid traveller Charley Boorman as he attempts to go from Ireland to Sydney 'By Any Means' possible. Soichiro Honda had started a light engineering business before the war and, after the cessation of hostilities, started manufacturing motorized bicycles. Like so many countries after the Second World War, Japan was in desperate need of cheap, reliable transport to get the country back on its feet again. Soichiro Honda in an early publicity shot ![]()
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