I’m not sure what I like most about this Christmas Dream: The very rare, very chic-vintage, very cool 50cc Honda racer, or the fact that it offers you the trip to Hawaii to check it out and pick it up. Mele Mele Kalikimaka everyone!
From the seller:
OFFERED WITH VERY, VERY, LOW RESERVE. THIS RARE MOTORCYCLE WILL SELL !!! You are bidding on an unusual find here on Maui Hawaii, a vintage 2004 Honda Dream 50 factory reiisue of their 1962 racing motorcycle. It has been chosen for dispersal from a collection of the 5 oldest Honda motorcycles in the Hawaiian Islands. It has been on display in a private collection since 2004 and I have the manufactures MSO paperwork. As new condition with associated paper work included in the sale. Be the lucky winning bidder to own this superlative rarity.This machine will be sold with a Notarized Bill of Sale, and any other paper work associated with this particular bike. This is a super rare and neat find . nice original condition over all , Brand New condition.
The Honda Dream 50 was a retro-racer produced by Honda in the early 2000s. The goal was to evoke the feel of the Honda racing projects of the 60s – primarily the dominant CR110 – in a package that was easy to consume and relatively easy to ride. The result was a collector sensation, and it is likely that many more of these bikes were squirreled away without ever turning a wheel than those that actually were ridden in anger. The best part is this bike is the rare racing variant of the line, with no lights or electrics and just a lone tach to keep you honest.
This bike is being sold as a zero mile example, and appears to have come from a Honda museum exibit. The seller will throw in a shipping crate for the bike at no charge, and has noted that shipping costs will run approximately $700 – $900 to the mainland. If you are looking for a Dream 50 racer, this may be your opportunity.
It is no secret that I lust after little bikes like this. While I prefer my chicken chasers to run on pre-mix, this little four stroke looks the business and is purported to be a blast to ride on the track. This is the second time around for this bike as it failed to sell when last we saw it on eBay. The BIN is set at a pretty reasonable $4,650, and bidding has been completely scarce and stalled at $510 with reserve still in place. Click here to jump to the auction and check it out. Christmas in Hawaii sounds like the perfect way to spend the holiday season!
MI
Dear Honda, we love things like the Dream, we want to see more like this from you, please give us a 400cc four cylinder doing 19000 rpm….please…please…please…
Jokes apart, the Dream and recent CB 1100 are the bikes that show that Honda is not driven by marketing only, passion is still there….somewhere…
I have one of these. If anyone has any tuning info on them I’d love to hear form you. Out of the box – these things are flat as a pancake! Nothing under 6,000 rpm. Gutless wonders! I know there must be an answer. It’s all in the breathing…HELP!
“Nothing under 6,000 rpm. Gutless wonders!”
That’s entirely to be expected. You’ll be lucky if you have more than about 2,000-rpm of totally usable powerband to keep this puppy on the boil. Row that gearbox, baby!
Gordon – See if you can pick up a copy of the Japanese motorcycle magazine “Clubman.” Throughout it you should find some tuners that make and/or sell parts for this and the dream 110 which was sold in Japan.
I remember when these came out and was so psyched when one came through our dealership. Neat little toy, and the BiN is about what the price was when they were new.