HONDA CL 77 305 SCRAMBLER MODEL 278 1965 EARLY STYLE RED FRAME RESTORED NOS

HONDA 305 CL 77 EARLY MODEL 1965 SCRAMBLER. I BROKERED THIS BIKE 20 YEARS AGO IT CAME OFF THE WEST COAST AND WAS A BLACK FRAME ORIGINAL BIKE WITH ALLOY AKRONTS LACED UP BUT OTHER WISE FAIRLY STOCK AND UNMOLESTED A GOOD DRIVER. THE CURRENT OWNER USED IT SPARINGLY THEN LET IT SIT IN HIS WORK SHOP FOR 15 YEARS WHERE IT ENDED UP STICKING THE BORE FROM GAS SEEPAGE AND NEEDED TO BE FRESHENED UP . I TALKED THE OWNER INTO LETTING ME TAKE IT COMPLETELY A PART AND TURNING IT INTO A RED F RAME SCRAMBLER LIKE THEY CAME BACK THEN I TOOK SOME LIBERTIES WITH SOME OF THE FINISHES I MADE IT A BIT SHINIER THAN THEY CAME AND CHANGED IT UP A BIT. THIS WAS ONE OF THE VERY EARLY MODEL 305 WHICH USED THE 250 HUBS AND STEEL SLIDER LEG FORKS AND WAS BASICLY CL 250 WITH THE NEW 305 MOTOR WHICH MADE THEM KINDA RARE THEY USED A 18 INCH REAR WHEEL 19 FRONT AND THE HUBS WHERE SMALLER THAN THE LATER 65 UP CL 77. I B ORED THE MOTOR TO 1 MM OVER . 040 USING FACTORY HONDA PISTONS AND RINGS AND NOS GASKETS. I BLACKED OUT THE TOP END AND HIGHLIGHTED THE FINS TO SET OFF THE SHAPE OF THE TOP END. I REPLACED THE STOCK CARBS WITH 26 MM RADIAL SLIDE OKO CARBS WITH THE PLUNGER CHOKES IT RUNS WONDERFUL MAKES ALL THE CORRECT SCRAMBLER SOUNDS AND USES A SET OF SNUFFORNOT BAFFLES IN THE PIPES TO GIVE IT THE EARLY LOOK AND SOUND. THE BOTTOM END WAS VERY GOOD IT USES NOS CLUTCH PLATES AND THE MOTOR HAS BEEN CASE PAINTED AND THE MOTOR COVERS SILVER POWDER COATED THE ALLOY PARTS THAT ARE CORRECTLY POLISHED HAVE BEEN SHOW FINISHED. THE FRAME IS POWDER COATED AS WELL AS ALL FRAME PARTS AS PER STOCK RED FRAME I JUST PAINTED THE NOS HEADLIGHT MOUNTS SILVER INSTEAD OF RED TO B REAK UP THE OVERUSE OF THE RED FINISH. THE SILVER IS BASE COAT CLEAR COAT AND THE TANK WAS CAUSTIC STRIPED AND POR 15 COATED TO KEEP THE GAS ISSUES FROM ARISING FROM THIS NEW GAS. THE HUBS AND BEEN DRILLED FOR AIR FLOW THE FRONT HUB HAS COOLING HOLES WITH SCREENS INTHE HUB IN THE FRONT THEY ARE GLOSS POWDER COATED AND THE PIPES HAVE BEEN WRAPPED WITH HEAT SHIELD MORE FOR THE LOOKS THAN ANYTHING THE CHROME UNDER THEM IS PRETTY GOOD. ALL NEW HARDWARE WHICH USED SOME FACTORY BLACK FINISHED BOLTS AND LOCKNUTS AND FRESH V RUBBER TIRES AND NEW WHEEL BEARINGS AND CONE AIR CLEANERS INSTALLED NOW AS WELL AS SOLID STATE RECTIFIER. HANDMADE SEAT COVER TO STOCK SPECS WITH THE PIG SKIN FINISH THE BARS ARE ANODIZED LATER SCRAMBLER UNITS AND THE BIKE STARTS AND DRIVES AS NEW IT IS AS NICE AS THEY EVER CAME WITH A BIT MORE POWER. THE OWNER HAS A NEW VETTE AND ADMITTED HE WILL PROBABLY NOT USE IT ENOUGH SO HE FINALLY CAME TO EARTH ON THE PRICE SO I BELIEVE THIS IS PRICED WHERE IT SHOULD BE AND WILL COME WITH A NEW LA TITLE THE PAPER WORK HAS BEEN STARTED HE LOST HIS OLD STUFF DO TO KATRINA BACK THEN WASHED AWAY A BUNCH OF PEOPLES PAPER WORK BACK THEN THE BIKE NEVER GOT WET HIS HOME NOT SO MUCH SO BIKE WILL COME WITH A CORRECT TITLE AND IT NEEDS TO BE USED AND LOVED SO IT DOESNT SUFFER THE SAME FATE IT DID BEFORE. ITS DONE BY A 45 YEAR BUILDER SO WELL DONE CORRECT IN OPERATION AND REALLY NICE TO LOOK AT I GET A WOODIE EVERY TIME I START IT . ANY QUESTIONS JUST ASK I RAN IT B ACK THEN BUT IT IS CORRECTLY PRICED NOW AND WOULD LOOK NICE IN YOUR GARAGE NEXT TO YOUR OLD CAR.

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