Modern, stylish and a joy to ride, the fun-filled Lead offers a quick and attractive ticket to the good times at a price that anyone can afford. This space-age scooter's distinctively sculpted form really catches the eye with its large, shapely headlight and dramatically angled indicators. Its clean and quiet air-cooled 4-stroke engine provides strong, dependable performance and excellent fuel economy to keep you riding longer on a load of fuel, with no oil to add or smelly fumes to dirty the air.

The Lead's spacious proportions offer a comfortable ride for one or two, and its handy carrying rack and locking underseat compartment let you carry quite a bit more with you on your trips through town. A perfect choice for students and commuters looking for a lively alternative to perk up their travelling chores, the attractive Lead keeps the accent on fun while taking care of business.

Development Concept

Scooters have come to play an important role in urban transport on the streets of Australia over the last few years, liberating people with a smart, fast and economical way to get around town, hang out with friends or take care of the business of the day. They also provide a convenient and easily learned introduction to two-wheeled transport for novice riders. For working people, scooters have proven to offer solid and often quite fashionable commuter alternatives to cars and public transportation, especially in terms of their nimble negotiation of the hustle and bustle of city traffic, and make quick trips out the door for shopping or socialising as easy as the punch of a button and turn of a handle. More important still is the time saved in finding a place to park after having reached one's destination-often a frustrating ordeal for those stuck behind the wheel of a car.

The future for now lies with relatively clean and quiet 4-stroke power, as can be seen in Honda's new on-road line-up for 2006, which is now completely free of 2-stroke powered motorcycles and scooters. In fact, from this year forward every new Honda street motorcycle made and sold in Europe will proudly feature this dependable, environmentally friendly technology.

Marking this new epoch, Honda now proudly introduces the new Lead 100, a low-cost, small-displacement 4-stroke scooter that will surely gain a large following among riders young and old, new to the sport and long experienced, who simply want a cheap, easy and dependable way to get from place to place, and experience some fun while minding the business of the day.

Powered by a strong and dependable air-cooled 4-stroke single-cylinder engine, the clean, quiet and stylish new Lead provides an easy alternative to often noisy and smelly 2-stroke transport, with excellent long-term fuel economy and running costs that are also notably easy on the environment.