これが昭和の原動機付き自転車 ホンダの原点!! ホンダコレクションホール所蔵のカブ号F型に試乗!! TESTRIDE!! HONDA Cub Type F 1955 ホンダF型

ホンダカブ号F型は1952（昭和27）年に発売された、自転車用補助エンジンである。自転車後輪アクスルシャフト部に配置され、ドライブチェーンにより後輪を駆動する。エンジンはピストンバルブ・横断掃気式2サイクル単気筒で、排気量49.9cc、最高出力は3,000rpmで1PSの性能を有した。軽量で、高い生産性を得るため、アルミダイキャスト部品やプレス部品を時代に先駆けて積極的に取り入れたことにより、自転車用補助エンジンとして、質量は当時最軽量の6kgを達成した。 　 本製品は高い信頼性と、「白いタンクと赤いエンジン」というユニークなデザインから、多くの方々から支持され、急速に普及していったものである。本製品は、当時の流通網を大きく変革させ、大量生産の工業製品としての二輪車の市場を大きく拡大するきっかけとなり、以降の小型二輪車の原点となった歴史的な機械といえる。 日本機械学会「機械遺産」　 機械遺産 第14号／MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE NO.14 https://www.jsme.or.jp/kikaiisan/data/no_014.html http://www.honda.co.jp/collection-hall/ The Cub F-Type, as the latest auxiliary bicycle engine was known, was that product. Known as "the red engine with the white tank," its fresh-looking design fitted perfectly with Fujisawa’s dream of a mass-market product. The Cub F-Type was a small, lightweight, 50 cc 2-stroke engine made with as many die-cast components as possible. Its smart but cute appearance made everyone feel that they would be happy using it. According to Kawashima, "I don’t know when Mr. Fujisawa hit upon his extraordinary new sales strategy, but the manufacturing trials were completed in March 1952 and I think he probably worked it out carefully in the time between then and the launch in June." Fujisawa realized there was a completely undeveloped distribution network that everyone else had ignored. He was the only one in the company who was able to understand its potential. Fujisawa was thinking of the bicycle shops that one could find all over Japan. The management team were amazed by his fresh thinking and insight. Kawashima recalls: "And so it was that we carried out our plan to contact the country’s 50,000 bicycle shops by direct mail. Mr. Fujisawa wrote the DM brochure and it was a masterpiece, very carefully prepared and skillfully composed. Both stages of his campaign showed just how thoroughly he had understood his potential customers’ way of thinking. ‘After the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), your ancestors took the courageous decision to launch the imported bicycles in Japan and they are still the basis of your business today. But now customers want bicycles with engines. We at Honda have made such an engine. Please reply if you are interested.’ That was Mr. Fujisawa’s first message and he received 30,000 enthusiastic replies. He immediately embarked on the second stage of his campaign. ‘I am delighted to learn of your interest and we shall be distributing one machine per shop, on a first come first served basis. The retail price will be 25,000 yen and the wholesale price will be 19,000 yen. Payment can be made by postal transfer or through the Kyobashi branch of Mitsubishi Bank.’" "In a further effort to secure orders," Kawashima continued, "Mr. Fujisawa got the Kyobashi branch of Mitsubishi Bank to help by sending out a letter signed by the manager requesting customers to send their remittances to Honda through the Mitsubishi Bank’s Kyobashi branch. Excited and apprehensive, we all waited to see what would happen." Forty-seven years ago there were no automated means of sending out 50,000 letters. Every single address had to be written out by hand. This work was put out to freelance clerks but even so there was not enough time and all the staff had to join in as well, helped by employees of the Mitsubishi Bank’s Kyobashi branch. http://world.honda.com/history/limitlessdreams/ftype/page02.html http://aokitakao.blog76.fc2.com/ ホンダコレクションホール 歴代カブ試乗 https://response.jp/article/2017/05/28/295352.html https://response.jp/article/2017/06/21/296404.html https://response.jp/article/2017/06/21/296438.html https://response.jp/article/2017/06/22/296464.html https://response.jp/article/2017/06/24/296561.html ■HISTORIC HONDA SUPERCUB TESTRIDE!! HONDA Cub Type F 1955 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE ホンダF型走行 青木タカオ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV0gXpUVCpU TESTRIDE!! HONDA SUPERCUB C100 1958 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE スーパーカブC100走行 青木タカオ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPpW3GT6ejU TESTRIDE!! HONDA SPORTSCUB C110 1960 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE スポーツカブC110走行 青木タカオ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPJUbB5t0LA TESTRIDE!! HONDA PORTCUB C240 1962 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE ポートカブC240走行 青木タカオ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0UODx7xrig TESTRIDE!! HONDA 90TRAIL CT200（1964）トレイル90 CT200 走行動画 青木タカオ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34RF3C5uyvA TESTRIDE!! HONDA SUPERCUB C50 1966 スーパーカブC50 走行動画 青木タカオ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MlM_CvprhI #スーパーカブ #ホンダF型 #カブ初期 #初期型カブ #スーパーカブ貴重 #ホンダカブ #昭和の乗り物 #懐かしい昭和 #SUPERCUB #本田宗一郎 #ホンダの原点 #日本が誇る #産業遺産 #機械遺産#原動機付き自転車 #ホンダコレクションホール