honda305 Home honda305 Auctions honda305 Gallery honda305 Forum


honda305.com Forum

Login
□ Search
□ FAQ 
□ 
Vintage Honda Owners,
Restorers, Riders and
Admirers

Appearance

CB160, CB350, CB360, CB450
User avatar
G-Man
honda305.com Member
Posts: 5678
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:17 pm
Location: Derby, UK
Contact:

Post by G-Man » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:41 am

That's amazing. I have never even seen a picture of one of those. I always thought that the K0 was a similar style to my gold CB250 (in red or white).

That one looks so 'right'. I wonder how many they made?

Don't let the dealer know - he will double the price!

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

User avatar
G-Man
honda305.com Member
Posts: 5678
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:17 pm
Location: Derby, UK
Contact:

Post by G-Man » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:42 am

That's amazing. I have never even seen a picture of one of those. I always thought that the K0 was a similar style to my gold CB250 (in red or white).

That one looks so 'right'. I wonder how many they made?

Don't let the dealer know - he will double the price!

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

jensen
honda305.com Member
Posts: 1143
Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:51 pm
Location: netherlands, huizen
Contact:

Post by jensen » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:59 am

Hi,

Like I said, nobody knows how much where made of these. I heard from the existence of such a machine, and I found one in France. It was imported by a soldier stationed in Asia. There is almost no info about this motorcycle, at a certain moment I tough I was chasing a ghost, and there it was, somewhere in France, parked against a three. I was riding my CB72 in France, so we spend the afternoon watching the differences and drinking wine. I even rode it for a few miles. It has everything the CB72 hasn't, it was right from the beginning, but..... the style of the petrol tank was out dated, so Honda decided not to produce it in large numbers. This is the third one in it's existence that I know of (if it isn't a replica), one in the Honda museum in Japan, one in France and this one.

Jensen
assembly of Japanese motorcycles requires great peace of mind (Pirsig)

jensen
honda305.com Member
Posts: 1143
Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:51 pm
Location: netherlands, huizen
Contact:

Post by jensen » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:15 am

Attachments
CB250.jpg
assembly of Japanese motorcycles requires great peace of mind (Pirsig)

bech
honda305.com Member
Posts: 34
Joined: Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:24 pm
Location: Sydney, Australia
Contact:

Post by bech » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:22 am

Hi Jensen
This is it. The only unmatched part are the handlebars.
Until now our best guess was a transformed hawk. But it didn’t look like a custom at all. Engine & frame is clearly a factory work.
I’ll be driving it in two days and will let you know about the performance. It has been garaged for more than 5 years.

jensen
honda305.com Member
Posts: 1143
Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:51 pm
Location: netherlands, huizen
Contact:

Post by jensen » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:16 am

Hi Bech,

Well, it will put out 30 hp out of 250 CC and the red line is around 10.000 rpm
The internal parts are probably from a CB250, so cheap parts (for the engine).

If you are really like it :

http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0141632380

But 55 euro is a lot of money.

Jensen
assembly of Japanese motorcycles requires great peace of mind (Pirsig)

Gun
honda305.com Member
Posts: 632
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:46 pm
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Post by Gun » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:28 am

well now that i know how to make a fake one, i'm going to start filing some frame numbers down and selling these fellers at 6k a pop. :P
'65 CB77
'66 CB450k0
'93 HD FXR

Post Reply
cron




 

CB-77 | CYP-77 | Road Test | Riding Log | Literature | Zen | Marketplace | VJ Survey | Links | Home