Thanks. The sound of the black bike? Potato, Potato, Potato, Potato, Potato. The pipes? 1-1/2" conduit, bent at one end 90 degrees and cut just right. Welded a support bracket and a reducer to fit the engine exhaust pipe. Chrome? Nope! Highly polished steel.
Classic beauty!
Excellent job, looks like one of so many I assembled new out of the crate. Nice touch finding gray cables for it too.
It's a great point Ray, as a thread ages it tends to attract attention only to the latest posts. While looking at which posts of mine you liked, at least one other member whose post you liked hasn't been seen in at least 2 years and I'm sure there are more than a few others.
Looks can be deceiving.
M
My 1960 C77 Dream, 1of 305 built, 1 year only maroon paint, rare 60+year old Honda solo seat, rack and rack seat.
By old Rosie, if talking about my 60 Dream, yes she is.
The older posts lost all the "likes" (or rather "thanks" as it used to be called).
Yes, there's that too, from August of 2023 and our software conversion - lots of "thanks" were lost, and in researching old posts I often run into things that were previously liked.
What a beauty, might be the nicest C(A)77 I've ever seen. Fabulous. Now if it wasn't a departure from completely original, a pair of fishtails like @ballbearian has on his would be awesome.
Thanks, I honestly believe that my maroon Dream might be 1 of 1 left. They made 305 total 64 years ago, how many are left, I have yet to see another one in this condition and this color.
And at that age as well. You're right, in the early years there were so few sold here that yours could very well be the only one left of that year and model designation. It's a shame the US doesn't have a nationwide network of registries that would allow us to find the history of bikes sold here, like the UK does.
I forgot it is maroon.
What a great honor, and richly deserved! That is a nicely written, one-page summary on your display placard. You hit the high spots but included enough info to educate people as well.
Did it start out as an early CB450 or CL (drum front brakes)
It began life as a CL450K5, but the stock form fell victim to my longtime vision to build a replica street-legal version of my first 450 drag bike in the early '70s. The build thread is here - https://www.vintagehondatwins.com/f...50-project-reboot-street-legal-this-time.264/
Yes there are, and now they're even easier to look at since I've gone through the entire thread (now done) copying/reposting the pics full size.
The new headlight is pretty cool! Is it from a black bomber?
Thanks! No, it's from a CB77 which initially made the speedo part of the gauge a problem. I wasn't thinking about the opposite swing of the early combo gauge's needles, which meant my speedo drive turned the wrong way for it. I ended up buying a couple of other later model gauges (both needles go the same direction), one from eBay and one from a member. Both of them waver after warming up despite my lubing the input shaft bushings a bit, but the one reads (seemingly) more accurate than the other so that's what is in it now (below). This one hasn't ever been apart, the other one had but it still wavered after warming up so I'm thinking the only thing that was done while that one was apart was cosmetic.
Here are the gauges off my '62 Superhawk, and yes you are correct that when using these that you need to also change out the front wheel drive unit. But I have got to say, these are some of the best looking gauges ever put on a early Honda.
