Nastiest hack?

Big up for Honda
Ever since I were a young chap there has been a rusty silver motorbike sitting in my dads garage, I'd always dreamed of riding it (not fully aware of what it was, obviously). Mostly it was a storage shelf for garage junk and spiderweb holder.

I've since left home, passed my motorbike test, told my parents and they have got over it.

Being that there has been a spate of motorbikes being stolen at Heathrow I thought I'd get my ar$e in gear and commandeer the bike as a winter hack / anti trumpet theft device.

So for weeks I badgered my dad to find the keys, eventually he found them and called me up. I brought my battery pack and connected her up.

Power - check,
Lights- check,
Indicators- check,
Horn - nope, meh.

Go for ignition, and she fires!... Intermittently... on one cylinder... with the starter motor pressed, but its life, and its workable! So 'Project Dream' was born.

New fluids and filters ordered, new horn and shock absorbers as old ones were like pogo sticks.

The carbs were the big issue, I had stripped them down and after removing a small desert out of them I was confident, but alas after 3 strip downs it would appear my carb cleaning skills were not up to scratch and had to give them to someone who know what they were doing.

I sent them with bike attached off to Stu (spannerman) & Co. for their 'get me carbs working' service. Naturally they succeeded where I had failed.

So 16 years since it last saw civilisation, the superdream is on the road.


-more pics in gallery.

The brakes are of another era, using the full allowance specified in the highway code, possibly Honda building the bike to exacting specifications.

All in all, a fairly pleasant hack, a bit of history on the road being of 1979 vintage.

A massive thanks to Mr Spannerman & Co. for their knowledge, time and patience.

Anyone else got anything older / rustier?

rusty? thats a sophisticated iron/carbon/oxygen alloy

Give it to kwak and his cousin, I seem to remember a thread where they polished something like that up to look really smart! Go on kwak, where is that thread?

[dizzyblonde]

Trust me...that don't look too bad. Got an SRX in the back yard that looks just as bad, and it passed its MOT to run over last winter!

[Messie]

OMG! My second bike!!! (well not that actual one!) Rear springs as well. Is the rear brake a drum brake?




PS my first bike was a Honda SS50 in yellow with black go faster stripes I put on the tanks. And if that mention of the word Honda is filtered I'll be cross, because a Honda SS50 was Admin2's first bike too!!

I have a '75 Suzuki TS250, only needs an exhaust and putting on the road for the first time ever! and shes been out in the rain for years, only a small patch of rust on her

[Swin]

I had a couple of Superdreams back in the day, one of them used nearly as much oil as petrol due to the rings being shot!

Not a bad bike really, perfect as a winter hack I'd guess.

[Richie]

is it a 250 or the 400.

is the fuel tank fiberglass ? if so get it checked out as my dad restored one and the tank was fiberglass and it leeked like a sieve.

[appollo1]

i've got a cb400n superdream 1978 which is in good condition. father in law has plans to get it back to original colours and show it.

Originally Posted by Richie

is it a 250 or the 400.

Going on what the side of the bike says, I'd say its a 250