Description
LOT 453
1966 Honda CB160
Registration no. UCA 104D Frame no. Bthe details below Engine no. B160E-1080037
THE AUTUMN STAFFORD SALE - THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE MECHANICS SHOW
16 October 2022, 10:00 BST
Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground
£3, 000 - £4, 000
1966 Honda CB160
Registration no. UCA 104D
Frame no. Bthe details below
Engine no. B160E-1080037
Make no mistake, Soichiro Honda will go down in history as the man who truly changed the face of motorcycling forever. Honda founded his enterprise in 1947, using war-surplus Tohatsu generator motors clipped to bicycles. After his supply of engines dried up, he designed his own 50cc 2-stroke clip-on motor, the first Honda Cub. Sales boomed, but Honda wanted more, and in 1954 he made the unheard-of plan of visiting the European industry and learning as much as he could, directly from the best motorcycle factories in the world
Launched in 1964, the CB160 followed the pattern of previous Honda parallel twins, though with 360-degree crankshaft layout rather than the larger twins' 180-degree type, and used the recently introduced tubular spine frame and telescopic forks. Small as a '125' yet packing a 16. 5bhp punch, the CB160's excellent power-to-weight ratio and fine handling endowed it with performance at least equal to that of most British 250s. With an overhead-camshaft engine, electric starter, rev counter and twin-leading-shoe front brake, the CB160's specification and degree of refinement was unmatched by any of its home-grown rivals. It is now one of the most desirable of early Japanese classics.
This restored example was acquired by the current owner in 2021 from a surgeon friend. Displaying a total of 10, 288 miles on the odometer (at the time of cataloguing) the machine was last started late August 2022 (video on file) and is offered with a V5C registration document.
Offered with key
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