I have a dream
11-22-2013, 05:01 PM
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I have a dream
And a new project 
Friend of mines dad had a Honda dream before she was born (he sold it when she was born so he wouldn't get hurt on it) and she wanted to get him one before he passed when he got ill several years ago. It unfortunately never happened but she has continued to keep an eye out for one to restore and remember him by. I found this complete one (minus a tail light lens) for $595 on craigslist this morning. 6 hours later it was in the garage from about 2 hours away. It doesn't run, but she cant ride anyway so if it never can its not a huge deal as the main purpose will really be as a garage queen anyway, but we are going to do our best to get it running so if she does eventually learn to ride she can ride it (if we get it running I'm going to make her take an MSF course and use one of their bikes to learn on rather than droping one that parts are impossible to find learning how to use the clutch and shift)
As a bonus we ended up with an old aluminum coke display he had for free (one of the little houses they kept 12 packs in) that we are going to convert into a dog house for a new rescue we got recently
Friend of mines dad had a Honda dream before she was born (he sold it when she was born so he wouldn't get hurt on it) and she wanted to get him one before he passed when he got ill several years ago. It unfortunately never happened but she has continued to keep an eye out for one to restore and remember him by. I found this complete one (minus a tail light lens) for $595 on craigslist this morning. 6 hours later it was in the garage from about 2 hours away. It doesn't run, but she cant ride anyway so if it never can its not a huge deal as the main purpose will really be as a garage queen anyway, but we are going to do our best to get it running so if she does eventually learn to ride she can ride it (if we get it running I'm going to make her take an MSF course and use one of their bikes to learn on rather than droping one that parts are impossible to find learning how to use the clutch and shift)
As a bonus we ended up with an old aluminum coke display he had for free (one of the little houses they kept 12 packs in) that we are going to convert into a dog house for a new rescue we got recently
11-22-2013, 05:10 PM
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We have been looking for the last 5 years to find the right bike. Originaly for him we were looking for a 305 (what he actually had) after he passed we started looking for a smaller one that she would be more comfortable on if she ever decided to get her licence and be able to ride it. This 150 popped up today and just ended up being the perfect fit
11-22-2013, 05:57 PM
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11-22-2013, 06:30 PM
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Said RZ is but one among a nice list of bikes we got up here that never made it to the US (RD350, RZ350, RG500, TZR250, TDR250, DT200R, TS200R, MT-01, NSR400,... ). Sadly those days are pretty well behind us now...... most of what we get now are heavy, slow, ill-handling, chromed-up cruisers........
11-23-2013, 06:16 AM
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he's only outside when we are at the store so we just need something he can stay dry in if/when it rains and we have to go out
11-24-2013, 09:45 AM
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Yes you are correct. This is often called the baby dream as its the same bike with a smaller engine, but its properly called a bently
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