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Forgive me if JJ already posted this. but this is nuts!! There were at least 2 guys that wanted this 150 Dream very badly. $10,500!!! A nice restoration. I have the same bike in nice original condition. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-honda-150-benly-dream/
I’m a member of an antique Honda forum (35 years and older) and one wouldn’t believe how popular the old Honda’s are world wide. The prices of some of these old bikes are much greater than when they were new!
I'd like to have one but kinda out of reach for me at those prices. I maybe now regret not picking one up at AMA Vintage Days over the years. Many rough & running 150's, 300's & 305's from $600 & up. And, I don't need anything pristine, patina works for me. Just sayin'.
Down here on the backside of the planet the 150 (or was it the 125) was the Benley. Revved like crazy.The Dream was only the 305.
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We received the 125 Benly also , different than the 150 Dream . The Benley was a sporting little motorbike , dual carbs , racy cam , sporty suspension settings , Honda even made Boy Racer kits available , megaphones , pistons , racier cams . The Dream in both 150 and 300 CC versions were single carb softly sprung touring bikes with no pretensions of being sporty . Dusty
That is either a CB 72 Hawk or a CB 77 Super Hawk , different animal than a 125 Benly . Dusty
Back when I was in college riding my 1966 Yamaha 305 Cross Country Sport, the husband of one of my wife’s friends decided he wanted a motorcycle to go riding with us and he found a used Honda Dream. Now he was a big guy but was very excited about being a motorcycle rider now and asked us to ride out to his uncle’s house to show it off. We pulled up in the drive and his uncle came out and looked at him, and looked at the Dream, and looked at him, and looked at the Dream, and finally said, “Don’t you feel silly flogging that little thing around?”So big boy decided he needed a bigger motorcycle and a few days later I called him to tell him about an Indian 80 advertised in the Columbus classifieds and gave him the number. I didn’t hear anything from him for a week so I called again to ask if he had gone to see it. His answer was, “Why would I want to look at an 80cc bike when I already have a 150?” I explained that it was not 80cc but 80 cubic inches and then he was interested, so I called the number and it was just down the street from me so he came over and we went to the address. The fellow who answered the door said “the bike is out in the garage if you want to see it, but someone was just here and he took the battery to get it charged. We followed him out to the garage and there sat an amazing bright red 1953 Indian 80 Chief with a huge brown leather saddle and big leather bags, both with fringe hanging almost down to the ground and with shiny silver wire wraps on the wiring sparkling in the single 60 watt bulb hanging from the ceiling. The “other” guy came back with the battery, started the Chief, gave him the $300 asking price, and rode off into the night. Missed it by 10 minutes and it has haunted me ever since.
That is a sad story:(. An you imagine the value of that Indian today!
Yes, sad indeed, although not for the guy who was 10 minutes ahead of me. I wonder where it is now.Picture this one with brown leather and fringe