And he unveiled his first production four-wheeler at the Tokyo show that fall. His engineers had a Grand Prix car on the way. In 1962, Soichiro Honda was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, with bikes that had won world championships in both the 125-cc and 250-cc classes. This one, a 36,000-mile original, came home with an American serviceman and now belongs to Jim Peruto, president of Keenan Honda in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
We're sampling its progenitor, the S600, a jewel never officially sold on these shores.
Then dive into the turn, the tires gripping-just short of oversteer-as the hard, smooth, wood-rimmed steering wheel dials in direction as precisely as the handlebars of a racing bike. Snap the shifter into third and wind it up again. The angry-bee buzz of a Formula One car, crowding the ears, goading the mind, echoing off a concrete underpass, escalating in a crescendo of crankshaft gyrations.
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