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What have I done - early Honda Dream project....
Spitfire:
What a great project, those early Hondas take me back to my younger years.
Cheers
Dennis
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
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--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on January 16, 2024, 01:06:39 PM ---Wow that photo takes me back to my days of looking at the bikes in the bike shed when I attended our local Technical College circa 1964/5. In amongst the old BSA's & Velocettes would be some new Honda's with Square Headlamps. I'd forgotten how the pressed steel looked.
I eventually bought a standard red CB250 Dream once they appeared on the used market.
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That would have been a C72 Dream Ted . The CB250 was introduced in 1968 and had a tubular frame.
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My Mum loved the C72 Dream as it did not drip oil on the drive like my previous Triumph 21.
I liked the C72 so much after about a year I bought a 250 Super Sport I think it was a 1964 version.
TBH I preferred the C72 as the 250 SS was hard work as the revs had to be kept so high I was forever up & down the gearbox when trying to maintain a steady 60 mph with a head wind in top gear.
Tony.B:
Interesting, in amongst the job lot of Honda bits I came upon recently is this......
honda-san:
Thanks for the various encouraging comments. In no particular order....
Ash, yes, the chrome tank panels are satin polished at the knee cut-outs where later bikes would have rubber knee grips.
I have been a VJMC member since 1987 - gradually putting the word out via any source I can think of - with patience, most parts turn up eventually.
Exhausts - Later C72 exhausts do turn up every now and again, and can probably be used on the earlier C71, but correct C71 items are another matter.
Julie, I suspect this year for that cuppa (on the C71 Dream) would be quite an achievement; but who knows.....
Tony B. - Interesting 1960 - 1962 Dream (well, pre "A" registration anyway). I have to ask, what are your plans for your C72 project?
Move it on (perhaps PM me?), or do something with it?
Thanks all for your interest - Chris R
Tony.B:
--- Quote from: honda-san on January 16, 2024, 06:11:57 PM ---Thanks for the various encouraging comments. In no particular order....
Ash, yes, the chrome tank panels are satin polished at the knee cut-outs where later bikes would have rubber knee grips.
I have been a VJMC member since 1987 - gradually putting the word out via any source I can think of - with patience, most parts turn up eventually.
Exhausts - Later C72 exhausts do turn up every now and again, and can probably be used on the earlier C71, but correct C71 items are another matter.
Julie, I suspect this year for that cuppa (on the C71 Dream) would be quite an achievement; but who knows.....
Tony B. - Interesting 1960 - 1962 Dream (well, pre "A" registration anyway). I have to ask, what are your plans for your C72 project?
Move it on (perhaps PM me?), or do something with it?
Thanks all for your interest - Chris R
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Pm replied ;)
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