Backyard Custom

Honda today 50

Honda SS50 rebooted for 2027 🙌

You never forget your first... and my first bike was a 1977 SS50. It had a horrible hand-painted purple fuel tank, but it did around 50mph (indicated) and had a cable-operated front disc brake. It cost me all of £90 in 1981 and would probably be worth around £2000 today.

The day before I was due to sell it to a friend I went for a final last ride and lobbed it in a comedy crash in a car park. Good times 🙃