CB250 a streetbike named despair

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snapdragon · #1 Post by **snapdragon** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:03 pm

Just adding it to the list

Viking · #2 Post by **Viking** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:52 am

Which model of CB250?

The ancient 'T', the 'N' (aka SuperDream), or the one from the mid 1990s?

#3 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:48 am

I always wanted a 250 Superdream..
Dunno why, they werent owt special

My mate restored one back to nigh on concours condition when we lived down in Fleet.. again.. Dont know why... they werent owt special..!

I guess they just had 'something' about them... Like Marmite..?

Oh and for some reason Ive been a member of this site for a couple of years...

http://uk.msnusers.com/SUPERDREAMCB250400CLUB

Weird..

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:48 am

Kwackerz wrote:I always wanted a 250 Superdream..
Dunno why, they werent owt special

My mate restored one back to nigh on concours condition when we lived down in Fleet.. again.. Dont know why... they werent owt special..!

I guess they just had 'something' about them... Like Marmite..?

Oh and for some reason Ive been a member of this site for a couple of years...

http://uk.msnusers.com/SUPERDREAMCB250400CLUB

Weird..

I always wanted a K4

.... eventually had a G5 though ... the one with the up-swept pipes

One journey, one of my brother's mates insisted on riding pillion (though I didn't want to take him) .... got to the end of the journey and waited for him to get off ... which he couldn't.
His platform heels had melted onto the pipes and he was stuck.
Had to remove his shoes to get off .... and then chisel the shoes off of the pipes ....

Viking · #5 Post by **Viking** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:37 pm

Kwackerz wrote:I always wanted a 250 Superdream..
Dunno why, they werent owt special

I had one when I was a learner.

For an overweight, underpowered lump of a bike it went OK. The damned thing refused to die, which is probably a good thing as I knew nothing about spannering at the time. Eventually managed to sell it for twice what I paid for it.

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Gio · #6 Post by **Gio** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:12 pm

Can't have been any worse than a BSA250 tho.

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:45 pm

Gio wrote:Can't have been any worse than a BSA250 tho.

C15, B25 or something else Gio ??

Couple of my mates and my brother both had Starfires ... seem to remember they had a habit of burning out exhaust valve guides ... one of my mates used to make his own replacements.

Gio · #8 Post by **Gio** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:18 pm

It was a 1962 one, I think a C15, it used to drop bits off regularly and after 100 miles it had no brakes left, as the drums were chocker full of dust.

Also had a habit of eating chains cos I forgot the manual chain tensioner from time to time. (unless that was a different bike

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