1963 305 Dream

[JKV45]

My most original collector cycle, a 1963 CA77 305 Dream -



90% original, down to the original thin white wall tires. I've done some minor paint touch ups, mostly due to a battery that exploded at some point before I got it, and some NOS mufflers I got 25 years ago - but that's about it

I've owned it since 1995, and it has 6800 mi.

[RDnuTZ]

 

[SoCal250]

Very nice!

[Simoniz]

Very nice. I restored a Honda CA72 when I first moved to the States and it took me many years to complete. Should have got a nice one like yours instead of starting with a rat.

[JKV45]

Looks nice now!

Ya, I've learned the hard way that you are way ahead paying more for something that just needs some "refreshing" rather than restoring.

[Simoniz]

Thanks! Took me many years as my interest in it faded on and off, and as soon as it was done, I sold it. Yours look fantastic and is definitely  a keeper.

[JKV45]

Thanks! Took me many years as my interest in it faded on and off, and as soon as it was done, I sold it. Yours look fantastic and is definitely  a keeper.

Thanks.

I got it when my first son was born, and he will get it when it's time to pass it on.

He got the speed/racing/motorcycle gene.  His mom was thrilled.

[JKV45]

A photo from back in the day.

People say I looked like Elvis -

[Simoniz]

Love the photo - very cool. I bought mine out of a small ad in the local newspaper (remember them?) and it said "Old Honda - just like Elvis rode". Looked like this when I got it, although I had added silencers and a few things by then.

[JKV45]

Love the photo - very cool. I bought mine out of a small ad in the local newspaper (remember them?) and it said "Old Honda - just like Elvis rode". Looked like this when I got it, although I had added silencers and a few things by then.

You definitely had your work cut out for you on that one!

Good job getting it back to the correct look.

[m in sc]

how are these to ride? its one bike I should like, have had many chances to get them, but they just never sparked any interest for me. but I also have zero experience w them .

[JKV45]

how are these to ride? its one bike I should like, have had many chances to get them, but they just never sparked any interest for me. but I also have zero experience w them .

Not great.

It's better to look at as an interesting design exercise than to ride.

I've only ridden this one around the block a few times, many years ago, mainly due to the original tires and tubes being over 60 years old.

This one fell into my lap.  It's kinda neat in some ways, but not really my area of interest either. I prefer older cycles that have a racing background.

It's just so original I can't let it go.

[m in sc]

I kinda figured as much, and thats cool. my yl1 & 67 c2tr fall into that category for me. but they are def fun to ride in a quirky way

[Simoniz]

I'd second that. Not the greatest ride, even with new tires and the brakes set up right. The worst part for me was working on the pressed steel frame and trying to reach everything electrical and airbox related inside it. An interesting experience, but it never held my interest and every time another old bike showed up I would complete that, and push this one to the back of the basement for a year or so. That's why it took almost 9 years to finish.

Lots of people, especially in the VJMC it seems, love these old early Hondas with a passion, but I don't.