{"id":22958,"date":"2011-10-03T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T11:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=22958"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T10:13:21","slug":"honda-zook-ms50l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/bikes\/honda-zook-ms50l\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda &#8216;Zook&#8217; MS50L &#8211; Auto-hell #101"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22959\" title=\"Zook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook-278x196.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook-526x370.jpeg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Looking like a cross between a mobility scooter, a Sinclair C5 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdbug.com\/\">JD Bug<\/a>, the Honda Zook (otherwise known as the MS50L) looked like a deathtrap, and must have ridden like one.<\/p>\n<p>Released in 1990, it came with a fold-up steering column and seat post, presumably for parking in tiny Japanese city spaces. It was, we assume, aimed at students and the very naive, with the rather loathsome candy-coloured marketing campaign featuring the Japanese predecessor of that <a href=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/05\/21\/article-0-0C300C3C00000578-861_468x339.jpg\">annoying bloke from the Halifax ads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook_1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22960\" title=\"Zook_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook_1.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook_1-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook_1-278x196.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zook_1-526x370.jpeg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>It had a two litre fuel tank and could apparently top 33 MPH with a prevailing wind. Not a patch on the earlier, ruggedly cool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/the-honda-motra\/\">Motra.<\/a> But interesting nonetheless. Not surprising it was a bit of a dead end, and if you can find one we suggest you burn it. 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