Stuart Graham - the perfect cameo on the Six

Minutes before his Honda debut at the Sachsenring in 1966, Stuart Graham looks cheerful despite the task ahead. Stuart Graham’s Honda grand prix career lasted only six months when he was drafted in...

Jim Redman - the Honda Six trailblazer

Jim Redman and Mike Hailwood study the time sheets in the pit lane with Michihiko Aika. Jim Redman will go down in history as the rider who introduced the sensational Honda Six to the world when he...

Evolution - nine years from novices to champions

1959 Isle of Man team member Naomi Taniguchi entering Parliament Square on his way to sixth place in the 125ccTT on his twin cylinder RC142. Honda’s racing evolution lasted just nine years from its...

“We are going racing!”

The 1959 Isle of Man TT Honda racing team before its world championship debut which was to become such an important chapter in the company’s history. Soichiro Honda’s vision for engineering excelle...

Soichiro Honda - the maverick genius

Company founder and engineering visionary, Soichiro Honda, in a picture which epitomises his passion for racing. His obsession embraced improvisation, it conquered failure as he learnt hard lessons...

An Historic Day at Monza

An historic moment as Jim Redman guides the Honda Six between the carabinieri and his pitlane audience at Monza in September 1964. With two events remaining in the race for that year’s world champi...