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On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:20:48 -0400, hk wrote:

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On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:58:39 -0400, hk wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Larry wrote:
"Jim" wrote in news:g79lts$k5k$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

She lacked motivation?
I made errors on two of my Hondas. I traded in my 305 Honda Dream on a
Triumph 650....I was young. The other mistake was selling my Honda 600
sedan:
http://www.honda600coupe.com/Honda_6..._22_Honda.html
I bet they want a pretty penny for this perfect specimen....I don't think
it was ever on the road!

I got you beat! My *first* motorcycle was... a 250cc Honda Dream. Used and
just carefully broken in when I bought it, and it served me well for a
couple of years. Ugly little bike, but...it sure looked sweet compared to
the BSAs and Triumphs my friends had, because...my Honda started when I
wanted it to...and their bikes sometimes ran and sometimes didn't.

My first was a Honda 305 Superhawk. Drove it all summer and winter in
Illinois, mainly because I couldn't afford a car.

Eisboch


Ahhh...the smooth fendered Honda. The fenders on mine looked like they
came from an early Japanese horror movie.
???



You've never seen the fenders on a 250cc Honda Dream? The fenders came
with a "crease" in the center and looked like some sort of Japanese
cartoon art.

??? The 250 Dream (247cc) had the well known, and quite distinctive,
"roman helmet" style fenders, Harry. Just like the 160 Dream and the
305 Dream.


Is that what the edges of the front fender were called? Roman helmet?
Whatever. I thought they were inspired by Japanese cartoon art. Anyway,
there was a "folded edge or crease" on each side of the center of the
fender. The joke then was they were made out of old Japanese beer cans.
But I sure liked that bike.

Mine looked like this, but this one wasn't mine:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ream250_65.jpg

hk wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:20:48 -0400, hk wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:58:39 -0400, hk wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
Larry wrote:
"Jim" wrote in news:g79lts$k5k$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

She lacked motivation?
I made errors on two of my Hondas. I traded in my 305 Honda
Dream on a Triumph 650....I was young. The other mistake was
selling my Honda 600 sedan:
http://www.honda600coupe.com/Honda_6..._22_Honda.html
I bet they want a pretty penny for this perfect specimen....I
don't think it was ever on the road!

I got you beat! My *first* motorcycle was... a 250cc Honda Dream.
Used and just carefully broken in when I bought it, and it served
me well for a couple of years. Ugly little bike, but...it sure
looked sweet compared to the BSAs and Triumphs my friends had,
because...my Honda started when I wanted it to...and their bikes
sometimes ran and sometimes didn't.

My first was a Honda 305 Superhawk. Drove it all summer and
winter in Illinois, mainly because I couldn't afford a car.

Eisboch

Ahhh...the smooth fendered Honda. The fenders on mine looked like
they came from an early Japanese horror movie.
???



You've never seen the fenders on a 250cc Honda Dream? The fenders
came with a "crease" in the center and looked like some sort of
Japanese cartoon art.

??? The 250 Dream (247cc) had the well known, and quite distinctive,
"roman helmet" style fenders, Harry. Just like the 160 Dream and the
305 Dream.


Is that what the edges of the front fender were called? Roman helmet?
Whatever. I thought they were inspired by Japanese cartoon art. Anyway,
there was a "folded edge or crease" on each side of the center of the
fender. The joke then was they were made out of old Japanese beer cans.
But I sure liked that bike.

Mine looked like this, but this one wasn't mine:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ream250_65.jpg



Oh...it was a hell of a long time about, but I don't recall that mine
had whitewall tires.

"hk" wrote in message
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hk wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:20:48 -0400, hk wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:58:39 -0400, hk wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
Larry wrote:
"Jim" wrote in news:g79lts$k5k$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

She lacked motivation?
I made errors on two of my Hondas. I traded in my 305 Honda Dream
on a Triumph 650....I was young. The other mistake was selling my
Honda 600 sedan:
http://www.honda600coupe.com/Honda_6..._22_Honda.html
I bet they want a pretty penny for this perfect specimen....I
don't think it was ever on the road!

I got you beat! My *first* motorcycle was... a 250cc Honda Dream.
Used and just carefully broken in when I bought it, and it served
me well for a couple of years. Ugly little bike, but...it sure
looked sweet compared to the BSAs and Triumphs my friends had,
because...my Honda started when I wanted it to...and their bikes
sometimes ran and sometimes didn't.

My first was a Honda 305 Superhawk. Drove it all summer and winter
in Illinois, mainly because I couldn't afford a car.

Eisboch

Ahhh...the smooth fendered Honda. The fenders on mine looked like
they came from an early Japanese horror movie.
???



You've never seen the fenders on a 250cc Honda Dream? The fenders came
with a "crease" in the center and looked like some sort of Japanese
cartoon art.

??? The 250 Dream (247cc) had the well known, and quite distinctive,
"roman helmet" style fenders, Harry. Just like the 160 Dream and the
305 Dream.


Is that what the edges of the front fender were called? Roman helmet?
Whatever. I thought they were inspired by Japanese cartoon art. Anyway,
there was a "folded edge or crease" on each side of the center of the
fender. The joke then was they were made out of old Japanese beer cans.
But I sure liked that bike.

Mine looked like this, but this one wasn't mine:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ream250_65.jpg


Oh...it was a hell of a long time about, but I don't recall that mine had
whitewall tires.

I had a black version of the CB 160
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=61
There was a 150 Honda dream that seemed a bit clunky with the heavy plastic
fenders. http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/2001/...a/MVC-469F.jpg

Don White wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
hk wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:20:48 -0400, hk wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:58:39 -0400, hk wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
Larry wrote:
"Jim" wrote in news:g79lts$k5k$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

She lacked motivation?
I made errors on two of my Hondas. I traded in my 305 Honda Dream
on a Triumph 650....I was young. The other mistake was selling my
Honda 600 sedan:
http://www.honda600coupe.com/Honda_6..._22_Honda.html
I bet they want a pretty penny for this perfect specimen....I
don't think it was ever on the road!

I got you beat! My *first* motorcycle was... a 250cc Honda Dream.
Used and just carefully broken in when I bought it, and it served
me well for a couple of years. Ugly little bike, but...it sure
looked sweet compared to the BSAs and Triumphs my friends had,
because...my Honda started when I wanted it to...and their bikes
sometimes ran and sometimes didn't.

My first was a Honda 305 Superhawk. Drove it all summer and winter
in Illinois, mainly because I couldn't afford a car.

Eisboch

Ahhh...the smooth fendered Honda. The fenders on mine looked like
they came from an early Japanese horror movie.
???


You've never seen the fenders on a 250cc Honda Dream? The fenders came
with a "crease" in the center and looked like some sort of Japanese
cartoon art.
??? The 250 Dream (247cc) had the well known, and quite distinctive,
"roman helmet" style fenders, Harry. Just like the 160 Dream and the
305 Dream.


Is that what the edges of the front fender were called? Roman helmet?
Whatever. I thought they were inspired by Japanese cartoon art. Anyway,
there was a "folded edge or crease" on each side of the center of the
fender. The joke then was they were made out of old Japanese beer cans.
But I sure liked that bike.

Mine looked like this, but this one wasn't mine:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ream250_65.jpg

Oh...it was a hell of a long time about, but I don't recall that mine had
whitewall tires.

I had a black version of the CB 160
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=61
There was a 150 Honda dream that seemed a bit clunky with the heavy plastic
fenders. http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/2001/...a/MVC-469F.jpg





Those fenders were very similar to the ones on my old Dream.