Honda's Global Ambitions Through a British Lens — the 1965 Honda CB450 K0

Finding a good-condition example of this class as a classic bike must be pretty tough these days.

Why was the CB450 called the 'Black Bomber'?

This level of polish in 1965 really shows Honda's seriousness about charging headlong at the overseas competition of the time.

They say to savor it with a British-bike sensibility, but in the end isn't the substance really Honda's reliability-focused design philosophy?

That phrase about balancing longing for British bikes with Japanese industrial power - that really was a 'black ship' kind of position, wasn't it.

The CB450 K0 is the one famous for the Black Bomber nickname - a bike that really conveys Honda's determination at the time.