Honda Super Cub 50th anniversary edition

Honda’s iconic Super Cub turns 50 this year and to celebrate the momentous birthday of the top selling motorbike of all time (over 60 million world wide), Honda is releasing a special limited anniversary edition.

The 49cc Cub has undergone numerous updates over the decades and this latest edition will feature the latest engineering and an exclusive color scheme. The Super Cub comes in graphite black with a royal brown seat and the Little Cub in pearl coral reef blue with a reed red seat; both models will feature side covers emblazoned with “50th anniversary.” Available from August 1st, the Super retails for a modest ¥204,750 (about $1,905) and the Little for ¥210,000 (about $1,954).

While Honda’s Cub is used primarily as a leisure bike in the West, in Japan it was originally designed for the service delivery industry. Thanks to its cheap maintenance, easy maneuvering, and high fuel efficiency, the Cub remains a staple of urban life in Japan, perhaps most recognizably as the official mode of transportation of the Post Service.

BBF blackbird, fly TLR camera from Superheadz

In the last few years, the Lomography movement has gained a lot of traction in Japan. First beginning in novelty shops like Village Vanguard, we started seeing pinholes, Holgas, Horizons, LCAs, and other unique cameras popping up in bookstores, cafes, and even major retailers like Yodobashi Camera. Film has become fashionable now that digital cameras have freed up cheap film cameras to be used for fun and experimenting with different films, techniques, and developing methods.

Coming soon from the film lovers at Japan’s Superheadz, the blackbird, fly is a twin-lens reflex camera that fits right into the retro film trend and has great design that would fit right in at a trendy lifestyle store in Tokyo.

Priced at less than $100 Priced at ￥12,600, these limited edition Rolleiflex lookalikes shoot square images on 35mm rather than 120 (medium format) film, making development costs (and cheap scanning at home) less of an issue.

For those interested, Japan Trend Shop now carries the Blackbird, fly camera since it’s unavailable outside of Japan.