History and evolution of dirt bikes

This article describes three of the world’s largest dirt bike manufacturers: Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha. It all started in 1959 when Honda Soichio opened a small bicycle store in Los Angeles, California, starting with Honda, the company that became the dominant force in American motorcycles.

He had an inventory of small bicycles that didn’t sell and the company was losing money. At the time, there was no such thing as a trail bike (called a dirt bike), so there was no such thing as trail riding. Everyone was riding a street bike. By the end of 1959, Honda had an inventory of small bikes that no one wanted to buy, but that was all changing. A large-scale advertising campaign was launched, and by 1963 Honda’s sales in the United States increased, and trail riding in the United States was born.

In 1961, the CA-100T Trail 50 (Trail Cub) made its debut. A 50cc 4-stroke engine and a 3-speed automatic clutch are mounted on the step-through frame so that women wearing skirts can ride on it. In 1968, Honda’s first genuine dirt bike Z50 Mini Trail was introduced. It was a 3-speed unit with the handlebar folded so that it fits in the trunk of the car. The Z50 holds the record for Honda’s highest-selling 450,000 bikes in the United States and is responsible for introducing off-road driving to more young people than any other bike. Today, Honda is one of the world’s leading dirt bike manufacturers. The 2010 lineup includes updated models such as the CFR450R and CFR250R. To see the full line of Honda off-road trail bikes, visit Honda’s website.

The story of Yamaha’s off-road motorcycle is based on the production line and tools used by Kawaki Genichi, who was the president of the Japan Gacha Company at the time, to manufacture aircraft propellers after World War II. The forerunner of Yamaha dirt bikes. Named after its founder Yamaha, Yamaha separated from the Nippon Gakki Company and produced the first 250cc 2-stroke DT1 off-road bike. Then, in 1975, the first motocross bike YZ250 with a single shock rear end was announced. Yamaha has come a long way from the beginning. The 2010 Yamaha showcase has an impressive lineup of YZ450F, YZ250F, YZ125, YZ85 for motocross, WR450F, WR250F, TTR230, TTR125LE for off-road driving. Visit the Yamaha website to see the complete line of Yamaha’s newly updated 2010 models and view previous models of Yamaha dirt bikes.

Kawasaki, the last famous manufacturer of dike bikes in this article, started in 1949. Kawasaki, which previously manufactured parts for the aviation industry, was manufacturing motorcycles for the Asian market by the 1950s. In 1963, Kawasaki introduced the B8M motocrosser bike, which gave birth to the legend of Kawasaki’s dirt bike. The B8M was a dedicated machine that won most of Japan’s motocross tournaments at the time. The impressive lineup of off-road bikes includes the KLX450R, KLX140 series and KLX110 series. Their motocross bikes include the KX450F, KX250F and KX100. To see the full line of Kawasaki Dirt Bikes, Motocross Bikes and Dirt Bikes, visit the Kawasaki website for previous model bikes and all updates.