Reminiscing about my old bike...

Kinja'd!!! "Nakazoto" (Nakazoto)
04/17/2018 at 18:24 • Filed to: None

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Honda Dream 50 with an FCR Carb, Moriwaki pipes, CB250RS shocks, and a CBR250RR tachometer (along with some other minor stuff like speedometer delete, airbox delete, rear fender delete, battery delete, smaller signals and brake light, etc. etc.).

I brought most all of the parts back with me except the frame (since it was too new to import). Someday. I’m going to build a CB350F/CB400F that looks exactly like this. Essentially, CB350/400 frame and engine, Dream suspension, wheels, brakes, seat, tank, etc.

Someday being as soon as someone buys my Impulse, the hunt for a good base bike is on!


DISCUSSION (4)


Kinja'd!!! RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Nakazoto
04/17/2018 at 19:25

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I remember reading some of your posts on this cool little bike! Never knew what happened to it...I assume you sold it when you moved back to the US? I don’t remember reading that you were shipping it back...

EDIT - I completely missed your line saying it was too new to import, pardon my blindness!


Kinja'd!!! Nakazoto > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
04/17/2018 at 21:03

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Yup, despite looking all classic and cool, the bike is actually a 1997 model. I’m sure being under 50cc there was some loophole I could have exploited, but I always wanted this bike with a bigger engine. So I brought everything back except the frame (and the Moiwaki pipes -those got sold, I brought back the original pipes though). I even brought back the engine even though I have no intention of installing it on anyhting, it just just felt a shame to get rid of the smallest production DOHC engine in the World.

All the pieces are sitting up in the hangar waiting for me to get a good donor bike to start work on. The seat will need some restoration and I’ll need some new tires, but other than that everything is in pretty good shape. I can’t wait to get back onto two wheels!


Kinja'd!!! E92M3 > Nakazoto
04/17/2018 at 21:40

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I always dreamed of having a Dream when I rode. I still wouldn’t mind having one, even if I wouldn’t ride it that much.


Kinja'd!!! RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Nakazoto
04/17/2018 at 22:07

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Good luck! I’m not a bike guy at all, really, but I have a thing for quirky and weird, so I DO have a love for scooters. Wouldn’t mind getting my bike license sometime and a 125 or 150cc scooter to putter around on. Probably a Piaggio or Vespa as I love the styling. I also like some of Kymco’s stuff too, but there are next to no dealers in my area. I wouldn’t mind Japanese, but there aren’t many Japanese scooters sold here and none of them have the classic-type styling I like!

I could always import a Piaggio Ape as well! :P