Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
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Boo
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Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
Interesting mid 1950s Honda. Not sure what model, but it's from before the C## model naming system started.
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wightegi
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
SB 350 dream single....?
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
i think it's a Dream ME 
look at the thickness of the castings, and winterproofing bits like the bellows between the engine and the chainguard. man, they wanted these things to keep going forever.
look at the thickness of the castings, and winterproofing bits like the bellows between the engine and the chainguard. man, they wanted these things to keep going forever.
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
Very British. Gear change on the right, rear break and chain on the left. Nice pedestrian slicer too 
Also, since we were looking at leading/trailing links, what's going on there?
Also, since we were looking at leading/trailing links, what's going on there?-
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
they will be,,, a lot of designers came from the british bike industry to go work for japan,a lot were almost identical copys to brit stuff, you could swap parts from a kawi 650 with bsa bikes at one point!!!Pjam wrote:Very British. Gear change on the right, rear break and chain on the left. Nice pedestrian slicer too
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
Yes Le velo gets it 1953 dream ME-
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
Just asspulling this, and I'm often wrong while sounding totally plausible...Pjam wrote:Very British. Gear change on the right, rear break and chain on the left. Nice pedestrian slicer too
but I think they've cloned the Douglas Radiadraulic, and those great big castings at the fork ends are actually oil reservoirs with damping valve adjusters on the back
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
It could be the very same.
That looks good and functional LeVelo, and of course, a new one on me. Nice. Amazing you should know these things
That looks good and functional LeVelo, and of course, a new one on me. Nice. Amazing you should know these things
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
That's the brake on the right just like a modern Honda. Heel & toe gear pedal on the left. The British style bit is having the chain on the brake side.Pjam wrote:Very British. Gear change on the right, rear break and chain on the left. Nice pedestrian slicer too
I was thinking they look like some sort of horizontal dampers at the bottom of the leading link castings, so that's very interesting LeVelo.
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Re: Early Hondas. (pre 'C')
Yes very interesting front forks,my guess is the section at the lower front of the forks is a valve/reservoir dampener
Tom
Tom