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Can't remember if this was a 250 Benly or a 250 Super Sport
« on: October 07, 2020, 06:48:30 PM »
Ted's Honda 250 circa 1967 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

I am not sure which Honda 250 model this is - no comments about my attempted facial growth please it was in 1967!
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Re: Can't remember if this was a 250 Benly or a 250 Super Sport
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2020, 07:18:55 PM »
Supersport .. I have a '64 CB72
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Re: Can't remember if this was a 250 Benly or a 250 Super Sport
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2020, 07:35:18 PM »
Ted's Honda 250 circa 1967 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

I am not sure which Honda 250 medel this is - no coments about my attempted facial growth please it was in 1967!
Lovely photograph.
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Re: Can't remember if this was a 250 Benly or a 250 Super Sport
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2020, 09:18:47 PM »
Supersport .. I have a '64 CB72

I owned both the 250 super sport with 180 deg crank as I recall  and before that the standard 250 cc that was a parallel twin methinks.
I found the standard 250 much easier to ride as the power band didn't need the high revs of the sport version. My mate outdid me as he had the 305 cc S.S.version.
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Re: Can't remember if this was a 250 Benly or a 250 Super Sport
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2020, 09:31:19 PM »
Supersport .. I have a '64 CB72

I owned both the 250 super sport with 180 deg crank as I recall  and before that the standard 250 cc that was a parallel twin methinks.
I found the standard 250 much easier to ride as the power band didn't need the high revs of the sport version. My mate outdid me as he had the 305 cc S.S.version.

There was a version in Japan .. CBM72 that had a 'Type2' 360 degree crank. Also the police CYP77 305cc version had a Type 2 engine,
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Re: Can't remember if this was a 250 Benly or a 250 Super Sport
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2020, 09:50:28 AM »
Great photo, I always hankered after a CB72 when I was younger, my older cousin had one and it looked great.

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Re: Can't remember if this was a 250 Benly or a 250 Super Sport
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2020, 10:56:27 AM »
In my youth I only ever owned two Hondas, my Mum would go crazy over the oil leaks on my bikes - the biggest offender being my first Triumph 21 (102ETF). My first Honda was the standard Honda 250 Dream circa 1963/4 model VRM was 2462YG. It never dripped  any oil a mate offered me quite a profit to me to buy it from me - so I sold it as I was a student with a cash deficit.

I bought another Triumph 21 it had the bathtub front & rear mudguards removed with cut back alloy ones fitted - mechanically it was ace and looked more up to date and was dirt cheap £35. My parents moved house into the countryside, I passed my car test so the Triumph was sold to be replaced a year or so later with the above Honda 250 SS. At that time I was working in Ellesmere Port at a chemical plant (Associated Octel) that made the lead additive for petrol (Tetraethyl Lead).

I commuted every weekend from Chester YMCA back to Derby on the Honda 250 Super Sport - there was no M6 back then (1967) it was all A & B roads - if the wind was against me I had to drop the Honda one or even two gears to maintain over 60 mph.  She never failed to start on first press of the button - one thing I do remember was it never sounded as revy as it actually was due to the 180 degree crank. This configuration means there are two firing strokes close together (half a revolution appart)with a gap of one and a half revs before it fires again. Once you lift the revs you effectively only hear half the revs as the two firings are so close together when hitting 9,000 rpm it sounded more like 4,500 rpm. This may be untrue but it was the theory I cam up with at the time. The other great thing about these Hondas were that they were quiet - so didn't offend neighbours!
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