Honda CB250 - The Superdream

Owner - Steve Harrison
Details - 250cc 2cyl 4 stroke, ancient stuff, slow in it's day and slow now. Everybody should have one. Once.

Ohmygod it's a wetdream ...

After passing my test in '93 I needed a bike for very little money. A friend of a friend new a guy etc. One hundred quid later I was the proud owner of a 250 Superdream that ran and had a logbook, wow, it was legal.
Or it was once I had replaced the ignition barrel, removed the hotwire switch, new speedo cable, added some indicators and replaced the rusting swingarm. About £50 all in.
The mileage was anybodies guess but it ran and it was mine. Top speed? 65mph, although I did once see 85mph on a long straight downhill - very scary. Brakes where an optional extra I guess, despite bleeding, stripping, new pads and pleading the braking remained crap. Fortunately the bike didn't go fast enough to need serious braking and provided you used the rear as well thing where acceptable - wouldn't have fancied an emergency stop though.

I've still got fond memories of this bike, blatting around the Dales, taking the backroads to Hull at weekend to see my then girlfriend. I remember getting waved at for the first time by another biker. I was accepted and hooked.