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May 2023 Motorcycle Updates

Posted on by Motopsycho

Just thought I’d post a line or two about what’s happening with the bikes around here.

1982 Honda Passport

On Saturday May 20th my little Street Cub project from my last post took a best in class award at the 2023 VJMC National Rally. We had a great time at the rally which was held in Eufuala Alabama this year.

A real Dream of mine.

A few months ago I finally got my hands on a nice early Honda Dream. This is a 1962 model CA77 It would actually start but wouldn’t idle or charge a battery. I went ahead and installed a VM22 Mikuni carburetor on it and got it running well. The original ignition switch fell apart so I rewired it with a modem switch and a solid state regulator – rectifier and now it’s extremely reliable. One day I plan to take care of the cosmetics but it’s fun to ride like it is. It’ll never be purely stock again but it will be very nice one day. I’ll tell you more when the time comes.

1983 Honda VF750F Interceptor

At the Fast Lane swap meet during Daytona bike week this year I snagged this ratty old Honda Interceptor to keep my Royal Enfield Interceptor company. It was dirt cheap because it had no title but after a thorough carburetor overhaul and a new fuel pump it ran good enough that it was worth it to go through the “barn find” title process. The paperwork finally came through this week so it’s time to get it safe and ready for the road.

That’s it for the day, thanks for reading!

67 Honda CL77 Scrambler

Posted on by Motopsycho

A few weeks ago I attended a small but but high quality motorcycle show hosted by the VJMC (Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club) of which I am a member. It was nice to see the other folks in the club at this meet which was held in conjunction with the Squealing on the Square barbeque festival in Laurens S.C.

<1967 Honda CL77 Scrambler Right>

Fantastic 1967 Honda CL77 Scrambler

One of our state field reps and one finest gentlemen you could ever hope to meet brought a portion of his collection. One of the bike he brought was this most excellent 67 Honda CL77 Scrambler. Since I have a soft spot in my heart (or is that in my head?) for this style of motorcycle no matter what it’s country of origin, year of manufacture, or even it’s condition I decided to take a few extra shots of this one and do a bike feature on it.

<all the gauges you really need>

all the gauges you really need

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Even though they are all commonly called 305s today you can see that the original tank badges on this one call it out as a 300 cc. This badge is completely authentic but it is exactly the same engine.

<CL77 300 tank badge>

<Honda 305 Scrambler Engine>

Note the steering damper in the above photo. To me the early Honda twins like this are some of the finest looking engines ever built. The fact that nearly every surface on the cylinder and the head, except for the points cover are covered in cooling fins really sets it off from later machines.

<Honda Type 1 points cover>

Of course we can’t forget one of the coolest looking features of these old scramblers, the high pipes.

<Honda Scrambler High Pipes>

High Pipes Baby!

An interesting feature of these early scramblers is that the mufflers are not an integrated part of the exhaust system but were actually an add on that the owner could choose to install and remove at will depending upon where they were riding.

<more cl77 high pipes>

So when you see one out in the wild and it looks like this remember the muffler isn’t missing, it was optional.

Twin leading shoe drum brakes brakes on both ends were state of the art back in the 1960s, and are still reasonably safe & effective on lightweight machines like this for today’s traffic when set up properly.

<vintage honda twin leading shoe brakes>

Truly a handsome old bike from all angles so I am going to close out this post with a head on shot that I really liked.

<The 1967 Honda CL77>

The 67 Honda CL77

Peace Y’all

P.S. I am going to be accepting submissions and suggestions from other motorcyclists for this feature, please click here to reach the contact form on my about page, and let me know what you have, and if I think it is cool and/or oddball enough to suit my tastes it will be featured here..