It was first made in late 1966 and released for sale in 1967 to the European, Australian and Canadian markets.

[1] The Z50M was fully equipped with headlight, taillight, rear brake light, and horn and mirror and was able to be registered for road use in most countries.

In other countries many were used by children just for fun off-road and sustained damaged frames.

small headlight, low exhaust supplied to Australia UK and Canada, Japanese domestic model (JDM), small headlight and high 'lunch box' exhaust and the French model's larger 5-inch headlight fitted with a yellow bulb.

Most of the first ones went to France and an early prototype with chromed fenders is shown on the Honda Brochures of the time.