Back in 2019, Honda invited me to their campus/museum in Torrance, California (which is being moved to Georgia right now) for the launch of the Honda Super Cub. While walking around the museum, I couldn’t help but notice a three-wheeled scooter that was on display. That’s how I learned about the Kick ‘N’ Go! I found one a few months ago and thought it’d be fun to goof around with a few months. Well, I’ve had my fun with it and now it’s time for someone else to enjoy it!
Honda sold roughly 2,000 units in Japan as a test, and then they offered the “Kick-N-Go” in the United States (exclusively through Honda dealerships) in 1974. The first model was a 3-wheeler for kids, but in 1976 they also offered a 2-wheeler for older kids and a larger 3-wheeler for adults, called the Kick-N-Go Senior. The same models were offered in Japan but under a different name: GOGO Roller Through. The adult model was the “7”. Unfortunately, Honda stopped sales of these scooters in 1976 – the Online Bicycle Museum states that two children were killed while riding them and Honda ended up recalling several thousand units. We haven’t been able to verify that claim, though a few of us here at Iconic have tried it and no one here would call it objectively safe, either.
As Honda put it in the owner’s manual, “Kick-N-Go can be a terrific new experience for your children. It was developed and designed with fun and education in mind..when treading the kick pedal, the arm draws the chain with a force of 2.5 times the downward pressure of the pump.”
Find this GOGO for sale in Santa Monica, California with bidding up to $350 here on Iconic Motorbike Auctions.
P.S.: Speaking of the Honda museum, our friends at Honda actually sent us some ex-race bodywork from the mid 2000s – like a tail from Miguel Duhamel’s 2005 Formula Extreme racer or bodywork from Ben Bostrom’s ’04 bike.
We’re even going to have the bodywork from their wild card Moto2 entry with Roger lee Hayden riding and Kevin Schwantz managing at the 2012 Indy race – as well as another set of the same bodywork in unpainted carbon!
Photo from Asphalt & Rubber