Recently restored bike see other video HONDA CB72 1963 RESTORED. Please note marks on drive are not from bike, engine is oil tight. Apologies for wind noise on sound.
I bought a new CB72 in red in 1967, then managed to trace and purchase a neat 1964 model in black in 2008, both absolutely stunningly beautiful bikes, it made me feel so proud just to site on these bikes.
Are you sure it was a cb72,that’s a 250,I don’t thing they made the 250 in 67,probably a 305 cb 77. I could be wrong, I grew up on cb s cL s and dreams ca in the sixtys...sandman
@@sandy5548 I believe the first CB 72 came to GB in late 1960. My friend and i did a MVT course at Maidstone college in 67, he had a CB77 both in red which we believed were for the American market, we both had our bikes fitted with straight through megaphone silencers with larger jets. When we parked together and pressed the electric starter buttons together, pure perfection, OH to go back to those day's
Nice resto. My brother had the CB72 here in Australia back in the 60s. He was in the Navy and when he was on a ship I had the bike, when he was on a land base he had it. I'd previously owned a BSA Bantam 125, which had a 3 speed gearbox. When I first started riding the CB72 it must have taken me several weeks to discover fourth gear. That was a good day. :)
@@Anton-ce9du yep. Especially when he moved permanently to a land based navy hospital. I sold the Bantam and soon after bought the honda 250 trail version, CL I think, with the upswept pipes and no ability for dirt riding, just the road bike with pipes.
@@Anton-ce9du I remember back in the late 1960's a buddy of mine who live a block away bought a brand new one exactly like yours. I always drooled when he rode it past my house. My folks wouldn't let me buy a motorcycle while I lived with them. Once I moved out, I got a procession of motorcycles and to this day still have a Harley and two scooters. Those 60's Hondas were great bikes and very affordable. That's why they sold so many.
@@chuckster3629 I used to drool over the CB 92 125 sport when it first came over to the UK in the late 1950's as well as the CB72 they were light years ahead of the British bikes at the time but were well out of my price range. I had a Francis Barnett Falcon 197cc two stroke, no comparison.
@@Anton-ce9du My first motorcycle was a used '66 Kawasaki 175 twin two stroke. It had a cool 4 speed transmission that you could upshift or downshift and when you came to a stop sign in 4th gear, all you had to do was push the shifter down one more time to go into neutral. Then down again for first gear, etc. Even had little lights in the tachometer to tell you what gear you were in as well as a separate larger green light for neutral. Way ahead of its time. I used that bike to deliver newspapers in the mornings, 7 days a week, when I went to college at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. My folks sold the bike after I joined The Navy with my blessing and sent me the money. Those were the days.
Thanks to clips like this one and many more I have seen, I came to conclusion that the 2020 Honda Goldwing DCT Tour will be a bike for me after owning and selling 2018 K1600 Grand America which had so many issues. That was so disappointing. I will never touch BMW again. So far, my GW is so wonderful and no regrets for a minute. Honda is simply a bike company which never fails to impress.
Yes I agree with you wholeheartedly .I had a 2012 k1600 which was a lemon .In the end I wasn't confident to go on long rides for fear of it breaking down. It's Honda for me anyday .
These engines came in three different stroke variations. The super hawk, I think the one in this video, the Pistons went up and down together, and they Fired at the same time, that’s why the super hawk had 2 carburetors. The Honda dream had the same crankshaft, the Pistons went up and down together, but they took turns firing, That’s why the dream engine only required one carburetor.then there was The scrambler. In that engine, one piston would be at top dead center, the other piston would be at bottom dead center like the pedals of a bicycle. I had to Keep that in mind when I was a Honda mechanic
Wrong.. CB72/77 (Hawk/Super Hawk) had Type 1 crank. 180 deg crank throws, 2 sets of points, 2 carbs. Uneven firing, which is why they needed 2 carbs and sound "lumpy". C72/77 (Dream) had Type 2, 360 deg cranks. Pistons rise and fall together. Alternate firing. One set of points with wasted spark ignition. Even firing means they could run 1 carb. No Honda twin ever had pistons that rose and fell together and fired at the same time (infact, no parallel 4 stroke twin ever made, that would be just silly...)
It's a credit to you, looks like new. I had a new CB72 in 1964, i was sixteen at the time, because none of my mates at the time had Japanese bikes, i got the nick name of "Tokyo Twin". Do you still have the Honda ?
Beautiful, man. Was this model imported into the U.S. as well? In 1963 I bought a CB Super 90. I don't recall this model on the showroom floor at that particular time.
Nice...did you switch out the sealed beam headlight for a halogen? Was it difficult. I have the headlight but it won't pass the registration test with the old sealed beam. I have to break the seals, smash the bulb and assembly, core it out, widen the hole and somehow fix a halogen to it.
@@Anton-ce9du cool.. I live in Japan. I wanna put it on my old Kawasaki but the regs don’t permit sealed beams anymore. The bulb in the Stanley is sealed into the beam and you have to replace the whole thing. You can’t just remove the bulb, or if you do you have to drill out the base and smash it to bits and suck it out of the bowl through the hole. What a mess. Anyway I like the speedo and light set up so I’m gonna give it a go.
hey i have a bike i just got CA72E- 310228 is the engine c ode and im trying to determine what the bike is it looks kinda like a cb 77 but not at the same time
Hi Tyler here is a link to info on the CA72. Hope that helps. The engine you have is definitely from this model. www.cmsnl.com/honda-ca72_model111/info/
@@Anton-ce9du cheers mate same shape that's all you learn something new every day lol the exhausts are the same shape too kawasaki are my favourite bike my uncle gave me his old cb 175 old 70s l reg it was a surprisingly nice bike to ride bet the 250 is quite a bit quicker
Thanks for your comments please see my other video of the bike on my channel which does have a left and right hand side views included which might help. Link :- HONDA CB72 1963 RESTORED th-cam.com/video/G-4yj3g9YHQ/w-d-xo.html
Honda just simply made the most appealing looking bikes in the 1960's - the dreams were my favorites.
They were a breath of fresh air design wise particularly the engines.
My first bike was a CB 350, I loved that thing
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@@hoantrinh3903 £7500
@@Anton-ce9du Did you try polishing the cooling fins with Autosol metal polish, to a near mirror finish
They were actually a treat to drive! Plenty of power, and great on gas. Very nice example.
Yes they are! Thanks.
........When motorcycles used to be things of beauty !!!
Stainless, and chrome, not powder coat, and plastic.
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What a sweet ride and a great restoration. I always wanted one of these bikes. Had a Honda 50 in the day, but I always wanted this one.
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I bought a new CB72 in red in 1967, then managed to trace and purchase a neat 1964 model in black in 2008, both absolutely stunningly beautiful bikes, it made me feel so proud just to site on these bikes.
Are you sure it was a cb72,that’s a 250,I don’t thing they made the 250 in 67,probably a 305 cb 77. I could be wrong, I grew up on cb s cL s and dreams ca in the sixtys...sandman
@@sandy5548 I believe the first CB 72 came to GB in late 1960. My friend and i did a MVT course at Maidstone college in 67, he had a CB77 both in red which we believed were for the American market, we both had our bikes fitted with straight through megaphone silencers with larger jets. When we parked together and pressed the electric starter buttons together, pure perfection, OH to go back to those day's
bravo! Nice restore job, you reminds me about my childhood riding as a pillion rider on my father's bike.
Wow, thanks
Nice resto. My brother had the CB72 here in Australia back in the 60s. He was in the Navy and when he was on a ship I had the bike, when he was on a land base he had it. I'd previously owned a BSA Bantam 125, which had a 3 speed gearbox. When I first started riding the CB72 it must have taken me several weeks to discover fourth gear. That was a good day. :)
It must have been very very hard getting back on the Bantam when your brother came home.
@@Anton-ce9du yep. Especially when he moved permanently to a land based navy hospital. I sold the Bantam and soon after bought the honda 250 trail version, CL I think, with the upswept pipes and no ability for dirt riding, just the road bike with pipes.
Brings back fond memories! Thanks for sharing!😁👏
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice restoration. I've restored a couple of mid-sixties S90's myself.
Thanks!
Had one in the early 70s, D reg in black, hated the kickstart, glad the electric boot always worked.👍👍👍
Yes starts first time on the starter.
Stunning, beautiful bike. Great job congrats
Thank you, I still have the bike although i am thinking of selling.
Anton How much are you thinking to ask?
@@NPMCaptain I would probably be looking for £7500
@@Anton-ce9du
Ģreat job body!!!!
My brother had one of these from new in 66 and I had the CB 160, great bikes.
Yes both good bikes.
cb is reliable.
The CB160 was a very fast bike for it's size.
Wow! It looks and sounds like a brand new bike!
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@@Anton-ce9du
I remember back in the late 1960's a buddy of mine who live a block away bought a brand new one exactly like yours. I always drooled when he rode it past my house. My folks wouldn't let me buy a motorcycle while I lived with them. Once I moved out, I got a procession of motorcycles and to this day still have a Harley and two scooters.
Those 60's Hondas were great bikes and very affordable. That's why they sold so many.
@@chuckster3629 I used to drool over the CB 92 125 sport when it first came over to the UK in the late 1950's as well as the CB72 they were light years ahead of the British bikes at the time but were well out of my price range. I had a Francis Barnett Falcon 197cc two stroke, no comparison.
@@Anton-ce9du
My first motorcycle was a used '66 Kawasaki 175 twin two stroke. It had a cool 4 speed transmission that you could upshift or downshift and when you came to a stop sign in 4th gear, all you had to do was push the shifter down one more time to go into neutral. Then down again for first gear, etc. Even had little lights in the tachometer to tell you what gear you were in as well as a separate larger green light for neutral. Way ahead of its time.
I used that bike to deliver newspapers in the mornings, 7 days a week, when I went to college at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
My folks sold the bike after I joined The Navy with my blessing and sent me the money.
Those were the days.
Beautiful! Just Beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Hi, friend, awesome restoration, looks like the doctor brought forward in the tardis,
Thank you! Cheers!
That's a real nice tidy example. We didn't see many CB72s, more of the CB77, but a great bike in either version.
Glad you liked it!
Very nice! Back in the day when bikes were more about looks and not hp as much as today.
Couldn't agree more!
Nice Bike, I take it with that reg you are in the UK. I too have a 1961 CB72 and a 1966 CB77
Lucky Bastard! Lol!😒😁👏 I'm jealous! 😃🙌
Yes UK
Wow the creative perfect restoration good job body
Thanks 👍
Thanks to clips like this one and many more I have seen, I came to conclusion that the 2020 Honda Goldwing DCT Tour will be a bike for me after owning and selling 2018 K1600 Grand America which had so many issues. That was so disappointing. I will never touch BMW again. So far, my GW is so wonderful and no regrets for a minute. Honda is simply a bike company which never fails to impress.
Glad you liked the video and a good decision to go for the Goldwing.
Yes I agree with you wholeheartedly .I had a 2012 k1600 which was a lemon .In the end I wasn't confident to go on long rides for fear of it breaking down. It's Honda for me anyday .
I’ve ridden this bike as a 14 year old boy. I can assure you it will do a legit 100 mph with two up. I’ve done it.
Chris, the speedo said 100 mph ! They were good for a real world 85 if you lay on the tank
It's beautiful!
Thank you! 😊
My first Motorcycle was a Honda CB 125 cc Parallel Twin.
Nice!
These engines came in three different stroke variations. The super hawk, I think the one in this video, the Pistons went up and down together, and they Fired at the same time, that’s why the super hawk had 2 carburetors. The Honda dream had the same crankshaft, the Pistons went up and down together, but they took turns firing, That’s why the dream engine only required one carburetor.then there was The scrambler. In that engine, one piston would be at top dead center, the other piston would be at bottom dead center like the pedals of a bicycle. I had to Keep that in mind when I was a Honda mechanic
Wrong.. CB72/77 (Hawk/Super Hawk) had Type 1 crank. 180 deg crank throws, 2 sets of points, 2 carbs. Uneven firing, which is why they needed 2 carbs and sound "lumpy". C72/77 (Dream) had Type 2, 360 deg cranks. Pistons rise and fall together. Alternate firing. One set of points with wasted spark ignition. Even firing means they could run 1 carb. No Honda twin ever had pistons that rose and fell together and fired at the same time (infact, no parallel 4 stroke twin ever made, that would be just silly...)
Yep correct, mine is the type 1 engine.
Man that thing is CLEAN !!!!
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Great bike they were the business!
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As motos antigas da Honda são lindas! Essa é uma delas!
Thank you.
The bike of my childhood dreams
My teenage dream to, couldn't afford one then though.
Excellent job, 👍
Thank you! 👍
懐かしいですね!20歳の頃から結構長く乗っていました。スピードが結構出るので140kmで飛ばしていたら
白バイに追いかけられかなり逃げた記憶があります。捕まった時白バイ隊員の手がブルブル震えていたのが記憶に
有ります。
Nice story
what a lovly thump
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Simply beautiful !
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Very nice
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懐かしいですね!! 素晴らしい!!
Thank you.
🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏, . Saludos desde Argentina.
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love the blackcolour tank
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Beautiful machine!!!
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Que moto MÁS BONITA Y CUIDADA , CUIDADA !!!
Than you
These days,all SciFi design and it suck,true beauty is classic.
Honda needs to bring back some of those classics
oooiiiik canteeknlagi...terbaik
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ĐẸP & RẤT HOÀI CỔ.!!❤️
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honda dream
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Muito bela, aqui no Brasil é muito rara.
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Nice old is gold
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It's a credit to you, looks like new. I had a new CB72 in 1964, i was sixteen at the time, because none of my mates at the time had Japanese bikes, i got the nick name of "Tokyo Twin".
Do you still have the Honda ?
Thank you glad you like it. You were very lucky to have such a fine machine at 16. Yes I still have the bike and its for sale now £7500.
Bella, hermosa.
Thank you.
Just beautiful 🤩
Thank you! Cheers!
Owned a sixty something 90SS. 8 brake hp and it would do 70mph.
I’ve got a 68 ct90 with 2000 miles. All original and looks great
Another excellent bike.
Fantastic
Had its twin from 1980 to 86.
Excellent
Great!
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I had a 160 . I think it was a 1965 model.
Nice bike.
Beautiful, man. Was this model imported into the U.S. as well? In 1963 I bought a CB Super 90. I don't recall this model on the showroom floor at that particular time.
Yes it was
Nice...did you switch out the sealed beam headlight for a halogen? Was it difficult. I have the headlight but it won't pass the registration test with the old sealed beam. I have to break the seals, smash the bulb and assembly, core it out, widen the hole and somehow fix a halogen to it.
Hi, The headlight is the original Stanley unit that came from the factory, it has a separate bulb. What country are you in?
@@Anton-ce9du cool.. I live in Japan. I wanna put it on my old Kawasaki but the regs don’t permit sealed beams anymore. The bulb in the Stanley is sealed into the beam and you have to replace the whole thing. You can’t just remove the bulb, or if you do you have to drill out the base and smash it to bits and suck it out of the bowl through the hole. What a mess. Anyway I like the speedo and light set up so I’m gonna give it a go.
लाजवाब
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En klassiker smuk❤️❤️❤️🏁🇩🇰
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Is the CB72 a 250 or 305 ? I used to have a 305 SuperSport, I think that was a CB77
CB72 is 250cc
素晴らしい!beautiful!
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NICE VERY NICE ! ! ! ! !
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sweet
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hey i have a bike i just got CA72E- 310228 is the engine c ode and im trying to determine what the bike is it looks kinda like a cb 77 but not at the same time
Hi Tyler here is a link to info on the CA72. Hope that helps. The engine you have is definitely from this model. www.cmsnl.com/honda-ca72_model111/info/
I just noticed how tiny that rear sprocket is. I don't know if that's stock or not, but it looks like she's geared pretty tall.
15 tooth front, 30 tooth rear. The internal ratios makes up for it. They are geared just right....
Thats right.
Is that a cb175 I had one lol lovely little bike mine was red and a newer model
No, its a 250cc
@@Anton-ce9du cheers mate same shape that's all you learn something new every day lol the exhausts are the same shape too kawasaki are my favourite bike my uncle gave me his old cb 175 old 70s l reg it was a surprisingly nice bike to ride bet the 250 is quite a bit quicker
Mooi mooi
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Supper
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Smuk lækker❤️❤️❤️❤️🏁🇩🇰
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She's mint. I miss my 350. Still got my start up video on here. Why did I sell her
Why did we sell many of our old bikes?
I wish they could make one like this with fi, abs and leds.
Very nice. I wanna buy the bike.
Its for sale £7500, bargain.
woew
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Thank you.
Wao
mooie motor ga dan ook eens een stukje rijden.
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Awesome
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£7500
Smuk❤️❤️❤️🏁🇩🇰
I want to buy this baike
Its for sale £7500
Preserve nature, always wear a helmet.
Very true!
Kalo menurut aku gak bagus soalnya setangnya gak seperti yg asli. Yach pokoknya gak kliatan klasik.
The handlebars are original as is the bike.
Great bike but disappointing video. Too many close ups, not a single shot showing the entire CB 72!
Thanks for your comments please see my other video of the bike on my channel which does have a left and right hand side views included which might help. Link :- HONDA CB72 1963 RESTORED th-cam.com/video/G-4yj3g9YHQ/w-d-xo.html
Qual ė a cilindrada, dessa moto?
250cc
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THE ENGINE LOOKS LIKE THE LAVERDA !!!!!!
Yes Laverda 750sf twin in the 70's had a similar appearance some 10 or more years after the Honda.
I love it. Do you want sale it? How much you want to sale? Please, let know where can I get it?
Glad you like it. It is for sale £7500 in England, United Kingdom.
That's what I was thinking! If I had that kind of money I wouldn't hesitate to snatch it up! But I'm a poor boy! Lol! Brings back fond memories!👏
nk jual ke
Paric
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How miles per 1littere
1963
Honda
CB72 Hawk
247/2
68.0 MPG
3.5 L/100km
From specification sheet, I personally have never checked it
old motor honda cb twin
現在の250ccを見慣れているためか、タイヤがやたらと細く見える。(苦笑)
Thats 50 years progress for you.
HOW MUCH...???
£7500
Price?
£7500
Should have bought one instead of a crap tiger cub.!,,
Definitely but they were more expensive than a cub.
Do you want to sale it?
I am prepared to sell it for £7500, the bike is located in England UK
Xe sam lon
Giá bán thế nào vậy
Thằng chủ xe k biết tiếng việt đâu.
£7500
Dời xe 90 gù mấy chuc lai thấy no chay bá chay luôn
Moto ni datang dari negeri mana tu pangkal X
Made in Japan, currently in the UK
Bán ko
For sale £7500
sell it to me..😁
It is for sale £7500 bargain :)
CB stands 4 crap bucket.
Does your Mum know your using her computer Warren?
@@Anton-ce9du yours says hello
Yours says hello
I’m interested
Hi Jeremy, sorry I no longer own the bike, sold about a year ago, a pity that as it was great for going sideways round corners. Anton
How much
Hi Jeremy, sorry I no longer own the bike, sold about a year ago, a pity that as it was great for going sideways round corners. Anton