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The honda c50 super cub has, at its heart, an aircooled, fourstroke, 49cc, single cylinder lump paired to a threespeed semiautomatic transmission with a belt final drive, and can produce a. Qa50 vintage honda elsinore cr125 cr250 mr50 parts. Oct 21, 2004 several people have seen and commented on its uniqueness. Navigate your 1975 honda qa50 schematics below to shop oem parts by detailed schematic diagrams offered for every assembly on your machine. The honda z series or monkey bike was a line of minibikes made by honda. A page dedicated to qa50 owners and collectors, and also all other 50cc monkeymini bikes. Transport yourself to any year since our founding and youll find honda associates with their gazes fixed on the future.