There's a motorcycle that's outsold every American-made bike, combined. Over 15 million built in Brazil alone. Millions more in Pakistan, China, Nigeria, and across Southeast Asia. It costs as little as $850 brand new. It runs on terrible fuel, lasts forever, and can be repaired with a screwdriver.

So why has Honda never sold it in the United States?

In this video, we dig into the real story of the Honda CG — the most-produced conventional motorcycle in history — and why the bike that half the planet relies on to get to work every day has been quietly shut out of the American market for almost 50 years.

We cover the actual origin story (not the myth), the engineering decisions that made it indestructible, the Chinese clone ecosystem it accidentally created, the regulatory math that keeps it out of America, and the cultural blindspot that means American riders probably don't even want it.

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