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The stance of the bike is really nice😊

I do like these kind of rat-bike customs. Don't fancy it up any.

Well done Ryan - not sure but when you started it was it running only on one cylinder - with the second cutting in a bit later? Difficult to tell without the silencers on. Makes me smile as I had 2 Superdreams when they first came out in 79 and 81 - The first was the original with the "Kicker" and I had forgotten about being able to kick start the bike as well. Your bike looks good in terms of style. You are doing a great job!

Okay, it’s a Honda, so great choice. 250? 400? Looks great. Going to be a really nice machine. Thank you for sharing. Ride safe. Peace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Well done👏 it's giving me the Steve McQueen vibes🎬🪖⛏️🏍️😂

I can't believe after all this great content you've shown us over the last couple of years or so, you don't have more subscribers! Come on guys, help Ryan out and subscribe. I think you've summed it up there at the end Ryan, you've persevered through many trials and now you have the basis for what you dreamt of originally. Seriously well done!

I held the thought and now seen the latest video. Amazing to see how far the build has come and how chuffed you are to see it working, well done. I will be watching to see the final result.

Brilliant I’m excited for you 🤟🤟

Great job...don't forget to fit a fuel filter

woo hoo

it moves,, yea nice one,,

Congratulations :)

Excellent job Ryan you look so pleased . Great video as always thanks 👍😊

Well done what a massive confidence boost keep up the good work.

Well done Ryan, good to see the smile on your face as you rode past the camera lol, you've done a great job.

You really done good keep it up

Yeahhhh, it is alive :)

Congrats 🎉🎉🎉 Going from a bunch of parts from different bikes to a running motorcycle is quite an accomplishment 👏 A todo-list is very useful, and it's very motivating to see the task getting done 😊

Good work Ryan, your skills are vastly improved and its great to see the progress you are making personally and with the bikes. lets hope the little trip round the drive is on the next upload.

Hi mate..been binge watching all you vids...I wish I had your persistence.. I'm hoping to start a resto project soon...one thing I would say about your issues...get a better blow torch..a mapp gas torch is way better then you use..a necessity in undoing those hard to undo bolts... The torch you use Is a toy compared to mapp gas...

Have to say I admire your sense of optimism and perseverance. To cut and weld a petrol tank takes nerves of steel. Looking at the weld i’d guess you used a stick welder? Well done. However before getting the tank painted I’d definitely recommend getting a good welder to weld in a reinforcing plate over your patch. Once the tank is subject to the usual levels of vibration it would only be a matter of time before it split in its current state. One other little point I’d like to mention goes back to your testing of the rear shock absorbers. You stripped them and pulled the damper in and out a couple of times and declared them good to go. Fair enough. However don’t forget they were prone to fading (FVQ= Fade Very Quickly)once they got a bit of heat in them when they were new so I don’t see them having improved in the 45 years that have elapsed since then. These comments are not meant as criticism by the way. Think of them more as encouragement. I’ve been rebuilding bikes for 45 years and had to learn the hard way just as you are doing. Good luck.

G'day Ryan from NZ, I have followed your videos for a while since I have a '78 dream which has caused me no end of grief. After rebuilding the engine I found the cause of my problems was the carbs, even after fitting kits. It seems to be a common problem with these bikes/carbs. I have now fitted a new replacement kit using Mikuni carbs and it now runs well , except my fuel tap is now leaking too!

Well done Ryan with the tank mod worth the effort to see you smile when Syd fired up👏👏

Neat solution, well done!

disappointed for you Ryan..... so so close to first ride. and you're a brave man welding that tank - I'd be taking it to a garage to do that - well done!

Oh, so that's what a running super dream sounds like! Well done mate, great progress.

I feel conned, why did you not have a chain or new chain and sprockets ready. Some C profile ally mudguards can be expensive and require supports but well worth doing. That big plastic muddy just don't look right. But nice one ive subscribed.

Hi Ryan, brave move cutting & welding the tap thread further forward. You did really well 👍

520 was the economy aftermarket option for super dreams, they were all originally 530.

That’s a big moment Ryan sounds nice

Great work Ryan, Can't wait to see it go up and down the drive etc.

What about a elbow off the tank then a inline fuel tap or blank it off and another hole further forward. Forget that as you just moved it , well done Ryan .

I desperately wanted one of these in the mid-seventies but could only afford a 3rd hand MZ 250

Hi the leads from my coils don't come off . Caps are the screw in type ..possible original to my 750 k5. These are , I feel ,are too short from over the years. Is it possible , worth trying, to try a extension to add some slack .?????

Noises are always a problem to track down, I once had a horrendous vibration on my BSA B31 at about 3000 rpm, sounded like engine top end, eventually found the fuel tank isolation rubber had slipped, moved it back, cable tied it and noise gone!

Welcome back Ryan 🎉

It`s progress and your learning and at the end of the day it will be strong enough. Keep up the good work and looking forward to seeing how it turns out. The Petcock clearance does look iffy but there are always solutions.

MIG welding using flux cord is difficult. Very difficult. You could try to buy a higher quality flux cord, and switch over to 0.6mm (you do need to change the nozzle as well). I would guess you have 0.8mm cord now, thats whats most common. For thin metal (2mm or less) a 0.6mm cord makes the welding a bit easier as you can turn down the current a bit and spend more time on the welding before it burns through. Even better: switch to MIG welding with Argon-Mix gas. Flux cord MIG welding is never going to be easy, and extremely difficult to end up with a nice looking weld on thin metal 😌

Hi Ryan great video as always . Whilst watching this tonight I was thinking what I might have done to strengthen it and hope it may help. I was thinking where the new tube loop attaches to the original main frame underneath the petrol tank what about welding a small triangular shape metal sheet support ? It would offer more strength , I would fit it on the outside of the tube and also you could fit a triangular support to the rear angled tube with the loop. They would be welded along the central section of the tubes . Sorry if it sounds a bit muddled but it’s difficult to describe. Anyway all the best and it’s looking great Ryan . 😊

Hi Ryan.With regards your welding, do you know anyone that can weld ? if so offer them a crate of ale to show you what's what. It just wants someone to show you how, I would be happy to show you but Yorkshire is a bit far.

Looks excellent Ryan. Love the tank, seat and front end. Everything looks really balanced. Should make a production model!!! Are you putting a motocross mudgaurd on the back to tie it into the front?

I've got a caff racer project on the go at the moment what rear wheel are you using it looks like a cb250rs

Hi. I'm a new suscriber from like 3 days ago and in this time I've watched like 30 videos of yours. I just love them. BTW, I've seen today a video about how to have more compression, and someone was commenting to add "Restore" (like two small taps in each oil change), that seals some small scratches on the walls of the cylinder. Just to tell you so. Also, just to tell you that if you want your tank to look shinnier, just use "Pronto" (it's a wax spray for fornitures which you can use in all of the parts of the bike) and later use some forniture spray polish. Cheers

Taking shape now 👍

You should be well happy with that , looking good

Hi Ryan, Looking good, I would cover the carb inlets before grinding etc ! last thing you want is crap in there. Regards the welding I would try a few more amps or slow the wire feed speed a bit this will give a bit more depth and help to form a welding pool. But not too much as you will blow through, its all about practise,

Congrats! Chopping of the "arms" made the whole difference 😊Looking very good!!!

The gas less mig welders are quite spitty! I found mine was the same until I changed the welding wire. I got some good quality gas less mig wire and it made a massive difference to how the weld flowed 👍

Certainly looking a lot better 👍

"incompetent to poor" - LOL! again good steady progress 😎