1964 Redframe 299 miles

[PhillipLarsen]

Been waiting 57 years for this to show up and for it to be new is incredible. Museum bike going to be ridden.

In my house today! I think I feel 14 again.

[gstallons]

CB 160 or 305 ?

[LowRyter]

Superhawk (250 or 305?).

A local rider has several classics, most that he either restored or cleaned up some bar finds.  He's got all three models of 305s, Dream, Scrambler and Super Hawk.  The Hawk was in a class of its own as far as engineering and build.  It's also a convertible where the controls can be adjusted and set back, it's really a bike that could easily be converted to the track and commuter the rest of the time.  The Speedo/Tach is really cool.

This guy also has Bridgestone 175, Vespa, Yammie 650 KR street tracker and modern Yammie 950 v twin.

Edited September 4 by LowRyter

[docc]

1 hour ago, LowRyter said:

Superhawk (250 or 305?).

A local rider has several classics, most that he either restored or cleaned up some bar finds.  He's got all three models of 305s, Dream, Scrambler and Super Hawk.  The Hawk was in a class of its own as far as engineering and build.  It's also a convertible where the controls can be adjusted and set back, it's really a bike that could easily be converted to the track and commuter the rest of the time.  The Speedo/Tach is really cool.

This guy also has Bridgestone 175, Vespa, Yammie 650 KR street tracker and modern Yammie 950 v twin.

Sometimes typos are just delightful.

This one reminds me of that girl I dated in college . . .

[PhillipLarsen]

Yes it is a 1964 305,  The early years like this one have the speedo / tach that both sweep Clockwise.

My first ever ride on a motorcycle, as a passenger was on a brand new red one of these in 1965. I really wanted one badly but when I turned 14 in 1967 the best I could afford was a used 1965 Honda 50 Sport! Where I lived in Canada  we could get motorcycle license at 14 at that time. 
it was a long wait to finally get one!
Apparently Cycleworld test ride got a two way average of just under 105 mph top speed in 1962  

What read is Honda built them from 1961 to late 1967,

At that time there were no date of manufacture on the frame, only SN. 
Many places show date first registered as the model years so you see them sold as 1968 model years for the late 1967s. 

[footgoose]

congratulations! 

[alannn]

10 hours ago, PhillipLarsen said:

Been waiting 57 years for this to show up and for it to be new is incredible. Museum bike going to be ridden.

In my house today! I think I feel 14 again.

 

That is the best looking vintage Honda I've ever seen. I always though the Honda Dream looked kind of goofy. The popular CL series with the high exhaust never looked to me as good as yours. And the lack of front downtubes makes the engine look better. The color scheme of yours is the best I've seen.

I owned a CB360 back in the day. Quite ordinary compared to your rare museum piece. The '66 version of your bike is at the Smithsonian in DC, but not a pretty red one like yours. Sign says, "This motorcycle is a 1966 305cc CB77F Honda Super Hawk, S/N 1029216 [frame #: CB77-102918]. At the time, it was Honda’s largest and sportiest motorcycle. It belonged to Robert M. Pirsig (1928-2017), the famous American author who rode it 5,700 miles from Minnesota to California and back with his 11-year-old son Chris in the summer of 1968. In 1974, he published the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."

I hope you have a local bike show you can ride it to. Where was your second picture taken?

[PhillipLarsen]

@footgoose love the vintage advertisement of the family of Honda’s 

@alannn 

That Pirsig bike is legendary.

Second picture is in Vancouver Canada where museum had put the bike outside the museum during vintage bike meet at the museum before I got it. The CL77 next to it is 1966 used, unrestored and on its way to my friend and former colleague from airline industry. 
We will be riding them to local bike meets and shows to display together!

[docc]

1 hour ago, alannn said:

That is the best looking vintage Honda I've ever seen. I always though the Honda Dream looked kind of goofy. The popular CL series with the high exhaust never looked to me as good as yours. And the lack of front downtubes makes the engine look better. The color scheme of yours is the best I've seen.

I owned a CB360 back in the day. Quite ordinary compared to your rare museum piece. The '66 version of your bike is at the Smithsonian in DC, but not a pretty red one like yours. Sign says, "This motorcycle is a 1966 305cc CB77F Honda Super Hawk, S/N 1029216 [frame #: CB77-102918]. At the time, it was Honda’s largest and sportiest motorcycle. It belonged to Robert M. Pirsig (1928-2017), the famous American author who rode it 5,700 miles from Minnesota to California and back with his 11-year-old son Chris in the summer of 1968. In 1974, he published the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."

I hope you have a local bike show you can ride it to. Where was your second picture taken?

 

[Speedfrog]

6 hours ago, docc said:

This one reminds me of that girl I dated in college . . .

Seeing the number of times you’ve had such a recollection, it seems the time you’ve spent in college was very, . . . hmm, educative! 

[audiomick]

@Speedfrog my thoughts exactly. 

[gstallons]

That is (in some circles) like Steve McQueen having owned it.

[LowRyter]

On 9/4/2025 at 10:25 AM, docc said:

Sometimes typos are just delightful.

This one reminds me of that girl I dated in college . . .

For sure I make typos all the time.  I can plead double guilty now since I had cataract surgery and was nearly blind (half blind now).  If I couldn't see a red line under my text, I can't read it.  Just touch typing.  

I hope I get over this because I can't drive or ride.   I've been warned it could take 4 weeks.  Yesterday, I thought it might be permanent.  

Anyway, I'd rather go to the bar.  

Edited September 5 by LowRyter

[LowRyter]

On 9/4/2025 at 10:45 AM, footgoose said:

congratulations! 

I had the exact bike on the right, down to the color,  but not the girl.