06/06/09 10:43:59PM @john-berry:
Even more exact info. The guys here in the States who have restored them and are selling them are calling them "CA95 Benly Honda Baby Dream 150 ... " with the various bits in different orders. No wonder my memory is confused! I've taken Benly off the photo caption, maybe I should put the whole string there!
06/06/09 10:31:36PM @john-berry:
Dave:Found a web site where the guy calls the 150 a "Dream", so I guess I was wrong about only the 305 being named "Dream,"
06/06/09 10:24:41PM @john-berry:
Dave: You're right. And I've just been on the web to try to refresh my memory as to what this was called. I said Benly because I don't think it came under the heading "Dream", which I think was only the 305 cc model. I've always just called it "my Honda 150", and I guess I'll have to keep doing that, because I can find no mention of a 150 in the Honda histories on the web (I have once before, though, but couldn't decide on which bike it was, exactly - they apparently had several that size, all short-lived). Mine also was blue with some silver. It was a terrific bike except for the pressed metal forks, which bent on every spill but only needed a kick to straighten. The other limitations were that it wouldn't cruise for very long over 55 mph without the tail pipe discoloring, and it only had a range of 130 miles, which meant that I couldn't go across the Bonneville Salt Flats from Salt Lake City to Wendover, NV, nor could I visit the north side of the Grand Canyon - too far between gas stations. The chain broke in Bellingham, WA, and scared me half to death!John
06/06/09 09:23:20PM @dave-martin:
the benly was a 125 , i had a blue and silver one
Even more exact info. The guys here in the States who have restored them and are selling them are calling them "CA95 Benly Honda Baby Dream 150 ... " with the various bits in different orders. No wonder my memory is confused! I've taken Benly off the photo caption, maybe I should put the whole string there!
Dave:Found a web site where the guy calls the 150 a "Dream", so I guess I was wrong about only the 305 being named "Dream,"
Dave: You're right. And I've just been on the web to try to refresh my memory as to what this was called. I said Benly because I don't think it came under the heading "Dream", which I think was only the 305 cc model. I've always just called it "my Honda 150", and I guess I'll have to keep doing that, because I can find no mention of a 150 in the Honda histories on the web (I have once before, though, but couldn't decide on which bike it was, exactly - they apparently had several that size, all short-lived). Mine also was blue with some silver. It was a terrific bike except for the pressed metal forks, which bent on every spill but only needed a kick to straighten. The other limitations were that it wouldn't cruise for very long over 55 mph without the tail pipe discoloring, and it only had a range of 130 miles, which meant that I couldn't go across the Bonneville Salt Flats from Salt Lake City to Wendover, NV, nor could I visit the north side of the Grand Canyon - too far between gas stations. The chain broke in Bellingham, WA, and scared me half to death!John
the benly was a 125 , i had a blue and silver one