Dream Grips

jplato13 · Post by **jplato13** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:48 am

Hello all,
I have a question about original Dream grips, I have what I believe is an original Dream I inheirited from my grandfather. He bought this in late 1966 as a used bike, but from my research thanks to your information on this site I have it was built in 1966. The wire tag has a date of 1966 as well. Anyways the hand grips are/were a lite yellow, could have been white and are stamped as made in Italy. Would these have ever been original or dealer additions when new? I ask because there is no reason I can see for these to have been changed and my grandfather is not someone who spent money on things for looks. Any help would be useful. Thanks

John

jensen · Post by **jensen** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:20 pm

Hi,

Nothing is sure 100 %, and local versions may vary, but I think it's a dealer' add on, if you father didn't change them. A 1966 dream should have black grips, early dreams were having grey grips. The black grip should say Honda (see picture).

Jensen

wombat200 · Post by **wombat200** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:05 am

It would have been delivered from Japan with the grips pictured above. Someone has changed them afterwards, there were/are some period Italian grips available in white that were more 'oval', with deep finning, but they are aftermarket ones.