Honda MB50

The Honda MB50, also named the MB5 in the US and Canadian markets, is an air-cooled, two-stroke, single-cylinder Honda motorcycle produced from 1979 into the late 1980s. The MB was the road-oriented version of the Honda MT50. Sales ended in 1981 in the UK and 1982 in the US, the only year it was imported there, but continued in other European countries until 1988. It was a very light motorcycle that filled a transportation role similar to a scooter though styled like a sport bike, with a 49 cc two-stroke engine and a five-speed manual gearbox, a speedometer, a tachometer with a 10,500 rpm redline, a front disc brake and Honda's Comstar wheels. It had a cross-line backbone frame with the engine mounted from the spine, and a double-sided swingarm with twin adjustable shock absorbers.