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What is this bike?

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Can anybody tell me the year/model of this old Honda? Just looking at pictures online I haven't been able to identify it. Kind of strange squared off headlight nacelle and rear shocks.
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Re: What is this bike?

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Honda ca77 Dream
60's
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thanks
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Post-1964? I think? Been looking for a Dream of my own, so I've been doing a bit of research. "Early" and "Late" Dreams were different. This particular bike is missing some stuff- sidecovers, exhaust is wrong, and there's some carb cover trim that's gone, too.

Cool looking bikes, for sure.
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1972 CB750- Broke the Chain And Ate the Motor
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Re: What is this bike?

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From what I can see...
This bike has the later style gas tank and handlebar controls, which started in 1963.
(I have a 1962).

I'm guessing that you are going to have to search the numbers to
accurately find out what year you have.
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Whenever I see a Dream I'm reminded of an article I saw in a magazine when I was just getting started with bikes titled "1000 miles per CC" about a fellow that bought a Dream with his mustering out pay and started exploring the US on it. When they wrote the article he had 250,000 miles on it and IIRC, the biggest thing he'd had to replace was the tank.
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The little old Honda's are pretty cool.
I just did a resto on a 71 CD175
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I just looked at a 1962 CB77 in pieces that was missing about the same parts, but what was there was pretty good. I was all set to buy it when I noticed that the title had one digit wrong compared to the frame. And the registered owner had died a while back...so, a deal-breaker.
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Looks like it may have been a submarine.
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