Honda CR1100, 50 cc, 8.5 hp @ 13,500 rpm, Japan, 1962. In order to bring new blood into motorcycle racing, the FIM created a racing class for inexpensive, production 50 cc motorcycles. The CR1100 fell into this niche with an air-cooled, single cylinder engine and a race-ready compression ratio of 10.3 to 1. To keep the revs high, the transmission had eight speeds and used a dry clutch.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. or simply called Honda, is a Japanese engine manufacturer and engineering corporation. The company is perhaps most notable for its automobiles and motorcycles.
Honda also produces a long list of other products: trucks, scooters, robots, jets and jet engines, ATV, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies.