CL72 Swingarm Script Meaning in English

[the-chauffeur]

So yeah - as you'll have seen in the eBay ad, it's the '77 I was referring to . . .

. . . I found reference to it on what I assume is an earlier '77 fiche page (CMS have two listings for the CL77) and it shows up on the swingarm diagram as something called a Registered Number Plate with part number 80501-273-000. Since it also shows up under that part number on the '72 fiche, and the parts in that assembly are all the same, I assume Honda just duplicated the page. What you'll have a better handle on than me is whether the image the sticker was taken from is legit.

My guess is that it may well have been on a very early manufacturing run/low frame number bike immediately prior to cessation of the sticker's printing/application. Having said that, since Honda used English on most of the stickers applied to bikes sold overseas, the other possibility is that it was a feature of Japan-only bikes, bearing in mind the lack of any other language text . . .

. . . although looking very closely at the example in the eBay ad, the original sticker is for a '72. The repro has had the 2 changed to a 7, so it could be there never was a sticker for the '77.

I guess the seller might know . . .

[Cataztara]

Thank you for your advice

[taberwald]

Hi,

Here is the translation of the swingarm label:

Line one: "A low displacement car".
Line two: "The Department of Transport" - "The Model Authorization Number 461".
Line three: "Dream Super Sport CL72 type".

A few years ago I had a few labels for my CL72 reproduced.

Hope this helps.