While Dr. Hon's work on a folding bicycle design dates to 1973 and his earliest folding bicycle patent was in 1975, many years of refinement and "shark tank" pitches followed. Marketing here with Jay Leno:




Dahon as a folding bicycle manufacturer was born on February 9, 1982. The tiny folder was an immediate hit and that first year the company made over 6000 bikes. Here is Dr. David Hon's brother Henry doing a quality spot-check on some first-year bikes:



Dr. Hon once said, "I do not apologize for offering some inexpensive models. I want to put the world on bikes." Twenty-two years ago the basic Boardwalk model debuted and it's been in the line-up ever since with continual upgrades and improvements. For a 40th Anniversary commemorative Dahon somewhat surprisingly chose this basic model:



Of course, it comes with a commemorative head badge:




Someone in the graphics department came up with a spiffy logo:



Thanks for the great bikes, Dr. H! Here's to you: