I have a 1968 (aka '67, '69) CA77 Dream with near 18,600 miles on it now. I bought it almost two months ago and in that time just puttering around the neighborhood I put on 300 miles.
In watching the Dreams for sale on Ebay and Craigslist. and from what I have seen other Dream owners saying here, it seems like most Dreams out there have less than 10,000 miles on them and a lot are in the Less Than 5,000 range. The previous owner I bought my Dream from put a whopping 28 (yes.. 28) miles on it in the two years he owned it, so I can see how a few could be low milers if they have been stored most of their life, but it sure seems odd to see so many 42+ year old motorcycles with low miles. I think 22,000 is about the most I have seen on one for sale.
This is my 2nd CA77, my first one was a 1965 that I bought in 1973 and I put around 3,000 miles on it in the one summer that I owned it as it was my only means of transportation. The first motorcycle I ever got a ride on as a kid was a CA77 Dream, the owner and his wife took a lot of trips driving Two-Up on it and put on a lot of miles. The Dreams and the other 305 CB & CL's were Honda's "Big Dogs" at the time and I would expect to see more high mile vs low mile ones out there. On the other hand, looking at the numbers of how many of these motorcycles were sold, maybe all of the ones that were "ridden" have been dead and buried long time ago and now it's only the barn finds that are left.
I do know that very quickly the 300cc motorcycle went from being a "Big Dog" to not even considered big enough to drive to the local store. I took a Motorcycle Safety Foundation driving course in the 70's and the instructor said that at that time 85% of all the Honda Gold Wings sold in the U.S. were to first time motorcycle drivers.
Anyhow, just a observation.
George
Why do most Dreams have such low mileage?
George
Interesting thoughts. Much the same here in the UK but I think that bikes here were more everyday transport than in the USA. I put 14,000 miles on my Honda 400/4 in the first year but have only clocked around 1000 on my Triumph Daytona 955 in three years. Compared with the miles you guys put on cars, these bikes can only be regarded as toys. In the 70s I met a guy who had put 150,000 miles on a Bonneville. That was a very rare event back then. My 1962 Dream looks like it was only on the road for a few years before being left in a damp shed for the next 40. G '60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160 '66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77 '67 S90 '77 CB400F George
Interesting thoughts. Much the same here in the UK but I think that bikes here were more everyday transport than in the USA. I put 14,000 miles on my Honda 400/4 in the first year but have only clocked around 1000 on my Triumph Daytona 955 in three years. Compared with the miles you guys put on cars, these bikes can only be regarded as toys. In the 70s I met a guy who had put 150,000 miles on a Bonneville. That was a very rare event back then. My 1962 Dream looks like it was only on the road for a few years before being left in a damp shed for the next 40. G '60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160 '66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77 '67 S90 '77 CB400F
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