New member / potential dream 305 rebuild

[dreamteam]

Hi,


I'm new here...i've never worked on bikes though I have the opportunity to restore a neglected dream 305, (not sure of the CA## or year - how do I find this out?) which belongs to my uncle - he bought two non-working bikes some years ago with the intent of combining their parts in effort to get one functioning machine. I don't know how many years later but they're still in the shed, rusting away.

I'm chomping at the bit to get this project rolling and I wanted to get educated on these bikes over the course of the winter with hopes of a rebuild when spring returns in April. Uncle seems to have the know-how but just isn't quite motivated to get up to the task.

Friends have suggested checking out the Vintage Japanese motorcycle club as well as Vintagehonda, but I'm also into forums for connecting with enthusiasts. I'll have a look into past topics in the coming days to see what I can dig up.

Since I have time to wait, I guess it wouldn't be a bad idea to get penetrating oil into the cylinders, yes?

Cheers
Adam

[brewsky]

Welcome!
Post the vin numbers (engine and frame)...and that will tell the model
Frame # is stamped vertically near driver left footpeg
Post some pics
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[dreamteam]

Thanks Brewsky!

I had a brief visit with the bikes to snap a few pics...the shed is crowded so it wasn't easy to get any good angle on the bikes but you may still manage to get the idea. I immediately noticed the front fenders between the two bikes are different. The purple bike engine block is stamped C77E 1004135, and the black bike's engine is not installed. The engine is kicking around (C77E 1003635), however it may not have belonged to this bike originally. I looked above the left foot peg on the purple bike but found no ID. I didn't but would have liked to check the yoke for any numbers. I'll try and get the frame numbers later this week.

Pretty neat that the VIN's are exactly 500 apart. Did the factory apply these numbers sequentially?

[jensen]

Hi,

Welcome to the forum, nice bikes, yes it should be able to make one out of two.
These bikes (at least the blue one) seem to be an European or a domestic version.

Are the mufflesr of the black one still nice and not rusted ?, could be stainless versions, try with a magnet.

Numbers of engines and frames are mostly a few hundred apart, sometime closer, and rarely, but it happens, the same.

Jensen

[LOUD MOUSE]

Frame numbers are near/below/front of the left rider foot peg. ..........lm

Thanks Brewsky!

I had a brief visit with the bikes to snap a few pics...the shed is crowded so it wasn't easy to get any good angle on the bikes but you may still manage to get the idea. I immediately noticed the front fenders between the two bikes are different. The purple bike engine block is stamped C77E 1004135, and the black bike's engine is not installed. The engine is kicking around (C77E 1003635), however it may not have belonged to this bike originally. I looked above the left foot peg on the purple bike but found no ID. I didn't but would have liked to check the yoke for any numbers. I'll try and get the frame numbers later this week.

Pretty neat that the VIN's are exactly 500 apart. Did the factory apply these numbers sequentially?

[LOUD MOUSE]

Why would they not be US issue?. ...............lm

Hi,

Welcome to the forum, nice bikes, yes it should be able to make one out of two.
These bikes (at least the blue one) seem to be an European or a domestic version.

Are the mufflesr of the black one still nice and not rusted ?, could be stainless versions, try with a magnet.

Numbers of engines and frames are mostly a few hundred apart, sometime closer, and rarely, but it happens, the same.

Jensen

[Jethro]

Interesting with all those switches on the headlight housing.