Craigslist; nice group of older Hondas

[Jersey mike]

Not affiliated at all with listing, it was crossed in the the Jersey Shore listings.

I have no idea if this is all on the up and up but it looks like a nice collection up for sale and not as a complete collection either.

https://fredericksburg.craigslist.org/mpo/d/middletown-1966-cl77-cb750-t20-xs650/7612420016.html

[LTD]

very cool

[..]

Coupla Brit bikes if I had the $$$ and garage space.

[Jess from VA]

There's a BSA 441 Victor in there.  That was the motorcycle I wanted for my first bike, but you could not find one anywhere.  So I got a 650 Lightning.

I still think this is a great looking motorcycle.  

[Jack B]

Yes, great collection. I Wouldn’t mind having a few.

[Jersey mike]

There's a BSA 441 Victor in there.  That was the motorcycle I wanted for my first bike, but you could not find one anywhere.  So I got a 650 Lightning.

I still think this is a great looking motorcycle.  

It is a great looking bike but hard to believe it’s a 650, it looks sos mall

[Jess from VA]

There's a BSA 441 Victor in there.  That was the motorcycle I wanted for my first bike, but you could not find one anywhere.  So I got a 650 Lightning.

I still think this is a great looking motorcycle.  

It is a great looking bike but hard to believe it’s a 650, it looks so small

Jersey it's not a 650, it's the 441 Victor (a 450) single, which was kind of a dual sport off road scrambler with mild universal knobby tires (not a motocrosser).

Because all my buddies had dirt bikes, I trailed my 650 Lightning a bit, but that was a mistake, and I quit that foolishness. 

[h13man]

Never seen a CL360 or any Honda scrambler with split high pipes. Buyer beware, $2900 for a CB125 Honda? 

[DIGGER]

There's a BSA 441 Victor in there.  That was the motorcycle I wanted for my first bike, but you could not find one anywhere.  So I got a 650 Lightning.

I still think this is a great looking motorcycle.  

Yeah....I really wanted one too.    Only negative thing I remember back then was being a 441?cc single piston was that they were hard to kick start.

[Jess from VA]

Yeah, and I don't think it had a compression release for kick starting either.

My next bike was a Yami DT360, single jug two stroke, and it had a compression release for kick starting and you needed to use it.  I beat a 440 6-pack Cuda with it, in an 1/8 mile.  By the time his tires stopped spinning and it hooked up, I was half way there.  He was reeling me in though and would have taken me in the quarter.  He was pretty pissed off about it too (older brother of a HS buddy, and recently back from the Nam').

This was an awesome dirt, hill climb and street bike, 78 top speed.  The torquey 2 stroke would climb walls, but it did the ding ding ding thing.


This thing was also awesome.  I got a couple rides in it (in the tiny back seat).  THE 440 6pack Cuda.

I never saw one with the skinny OE tires on it.

  

[h13man]

Firestone Wide Ovals was the tire in the day. Still available at ridiculous prices. Also BF Goodrich T/A's.

[signart]

Never seen a CL360 or any Honda scrambler with split high pipes. Buyer beware, $2900 for a CB125 Honda? 

The split swooped up pipes are SL's

[flsix]

Oh boy, that sale makes my teeth sweat. Love to just be there to take a look.

[Jersey mike]

Firestone Wide Ovals was the tire in the day. Still available at ridiculous prices. Also BF Goodrich T/A's.

Cooper Cobras were and still are a popular brand among the “muscle car group” and a good tire. Not sure on their pricing.

[h13man]

Never seen a CL360 or any Honda scrambler with split high pipes. Buyer beware, $2900 for a CB125 Honda? 

The split swooped up pipes are SL's

I'm quite aware of that.  My mention was pertaining to the CL. I thought the SL was the coolest look though impractical for the dirt until the XL250 came along @ 300 lbs. but the XL250 would pull stumps for it size. 20hp. 20 ft lb. coming from Honda's 1st. 4 valve head.

[signart]

The SL's were not that great on trails as mentioned, but were great on hill climbs. That was a trendy sport for a while around here. I started a new job in '75 and rode my SL 350 to work. Before the week was over, it was stolen. Still looking, reward has grown.

[Jess from VA]

My 67 Dodge van (all fixed up and painted) was stolen from the north campus parking lot the Univ made me park in.  It was never recovered.  

I wrote a letter to the U student newspaper, which they published, that complained of multiple car thefts from that huge lot, which was not protected by the campus PD.  I also said I was going to steal a car each week, until they started policing it (but give them back undamaged).   Boy the cops didn't like that at, all and came right to my dorm room to threaten me.  I told them I had no intention of stealing any cars, I just wanted the lot protected by the PD.



Insulated, wood paneled, carpeted, stereo, bed, sink, storage and Earl Sheib paint job.  Which had been a lot of work and expense.  And the nicest cage I had owned up to the time.  I had to ride my motorcycle for the rest of the winter, until I got back to my summer job and made enough to get another cage.