1964 Royal Blue 305 Dream restoration nearing completion

[Need4Speed]

[quote="hotrodhendrix"]Where did you get the speedo decal at? Also was wondering why one of my speedos have the red dot in the center and the other does not? Was the wiring from scratch or do you have someone that makes them?
Your restore looks great!
~James[/quote]

The speedometer decal came from ReproductionDecals.com. Here's their URL address:
http://www.reproductiondecals.com/defau ... .html~main
They don't have it listed in their online catalog. You have to call & ask for it. The red dot is the high beam indicator. According to Bill Silver's resto guide, it was a later addition to the Dreams. Early speedometers apparently didn't have it. I had to cut out this hole on the decal after I applied it to the faceplate.

The wiring harness was made by modifying a NOS harness that I found that I believe was from an early C or CA series Honda (not sure exactly what it was). It didn't take too much splicing and cutting in my workshop to make it a nice 305 Dream harness. Restoring this bike required a LOT of this type of "field expedient" fabricating. Being my first Honda 305 Dream restoration, I didn't know all the pitfalls and techniques that some of the folks on this forum have learned, which sometimes made it a challenge.

Because of this, I made these personal observations:

This Dream is sometimes moody, often complicated, extremely fun, and very good looking. This can lead to only one conclusion........ This Dream is clearly a female!

[kirbb9]

That's funny, should be obvious they are females.One of the local mechanics call them
300 nightmares instead of dreams.

Brady

[e3steve]

Thanks for the tank badge suggestion. I will do that. I really want this to be as original as possible, with the exception of the items I mentioned in my first post. If anyone has any more suggestions, I really want to hear it. Thanks, Tom

Ray Byrne is a good guy to deal with, and his tank emblems are pretty spot-on reproductions.

For a '64 bike you'll need his Honda Dream 300 repros, and not the Honda 300 type depicted under the eBay item number.

Lovely work on the bike!

[Hoosier Tom]

For a '64 bike you'll need his Honda Dream 300 repros, and not the Honda 300 type depicted under the eBay item number.

Steve,

The badges changed mid 1963. For a 1964 he needs the Honda 300 badges.


Cheers- HT

[e3steve]

For a '64 bike you'll need his Honda Dream 300 repros, and not the Honda 300 type depicted under the eBay item number.

Steve,

The badges changed mid 1963. For a 1964 he needs the Honda 300 badges.


Cheers- HT

Thanks HT. Not so in European (well, UK, at least!) market; not 'till early '66. But I bow to your market info! ;-)

[Hoosier Tom]

Steve,

I figured as much, but since OP was in Florida I figured he should go with the US specs.


Cheers- HT

[e3steve]

Agreed, Tom. One forgets that markets sometimes differ!