H O N D A C L 4 5 0 H I S T O R Y
Honda can be honestly
credited with popularizing the high-piped "scrambler." Although
most 450 scrambler models are designated by the prefix "CL" (as in
CL450), the first high-piped 450 was introduced as a make-over kit for
the 4-speed black bomber. The earliest 450 literature didn't use the
term scrambler, and continued with the name "super sport" as shown in
this 1967 American Honda Motor Co. Inc. one-page brochure. This
model is variously referred to as the 450D or, retrospectively, the
CL450K0.
Honda's "Scrambler 450" officially arrived with the introduction of the 5-speed CL450K1 in 1968, illustrated below in a single-sheet brochure from the period.
The 1968 model CL450K1 in candy red below, as illustrated in the October 1968 issue of Modern Cycle.
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