What was hot in the 1960’s? The Beatles were a hit, tie-dye was in fashion, and Honda had this timeless classic, the SS50. The model succeeded the S50 in the 1960s, sporting a lot of the same stuff but with a few key upgrades earning it that extra ‘S’ in its name.
This Honda SS50 hails from 1967, and it had a four-stroke 49cc air-coiled overhead camshaft single-cylinder engine laid down on its side for cooling. It was a chain-driven motorcycle, and it initially came with a four-speed manual transmission. A fifth gear was added in later year models, and it eventually got a disc brake in the front. The model here, from the late sixties, is definitely an earlier production as it features twin drums in the front and rear.
