If you’ve ever been anywhere in Asia, you’ve probably seen hoards of these zooming around. Few know that the Honda Super Cub, at 60 million units sold, is the best selling motor vehicle ever. Under the direction of Soichiro Honda himself, the scooter was designed with his core principles which made for an affordable, easy to live with, efficient scooter. With little change since its release in 1958, it remains a reliable and solid chassis; one great enough that the Japanese Postal Service use these almost exclusively to deliver their mail.

As huge Honda fanatics, we here at Bulletproof cannot deny that the success of Honda as a company has a lot to do with simple and effective designs. The Super Cub is no exception, and it is no wonder why the Discovery Channel considers it the greatest motorcycle of all time.

(photo and words by Colin Chu)