1964 Honda CL72 ‘Street Scrambler’: The Baja Scrambler
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- “I’ve devoted the last 45 years of my life to motorcycles,” Paul D’Orleans says with a tone and a smile that suggest he’s more than looking forward to adding to that count. Seeing as Paul’s covered more than a few hundred thousand miles on bikes, collected and ridden everything from veritable antiques to racing models, and co-founded the Motorcycle Arts Foundation, it’s also a claim that comes with some compelling supporting evidence.
No matter how wide one’s appreciation and access may be, there are always those handful of special cars or bikes that reward our patience. We keep our eyes and ears open, go through periodic bouts of trawling the classifieds and probing our friend-of-a-friend network, and generally play the long game in the hope of finding “the right one.” But in the case of this Honda “Street Scrambler,” it basically walked right up to Paul.
Stopped at a gas station with his girlfriend Susan and his 1964 Triumph Bonneville, Paul was approached by a friendly guy who “had an old bike to sell.” Upon learning that it was a 1964 Honda CL72 Scrambler, Paul’s long-term search promptly came to an end and three days later the bike was in the back of his van.
Spending time in Baja in the past made the decision to bring the Honda down for some riding an easy one, seeing as the CL72 is considered to be Honda’s first full-size production dirt bike, and in 1962 it set the record covering the length of the peninsula (nearly 1,000 miles from Tijuana to La Paz) in just under 40 hours of grueling riding, repairing, rendezvousing with Cessnas, and general perseverance.
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Im not a motorcycle guy at all. But scramblers, I think, are the coolest genre of motorcycles.
I feel the same way. Reminds me of Steve McQueen.
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Exactly, shame on him! Expect so much better from him.
Agreed. The founder needs to go!
I'm blown away by this story. I just inherited a complete single owner '62 Scrambler from my late uncle from southern CA.(A co founder of the old Sled Riders motorcycle club from the '70s). Even more crazy... I grew up and lived in Mt. shasta CA until a few years ago. Anyways, wonderful video and I'm looking even more forward to getting this bike back on the trails.
I used to own a '68 scrambler like this one, my mother let me buy it with my mowing money when I was 12 yrs old, it was really too big a big for a 12 yr old but it was cheap and what I could afford , I believe I paid $120.00 for it. I lived in rural Fla. and used to run the sandy roads thru the orange groves. The bike had been stripped of its street lights and the baffles where also removed from the exhaust. I loved the raw power and low end torque, great twin engine sound it had. This video really brings back those memories so well! Thank -You!
Cool story!
Awesome. Love the patina... and love that he uses the bike. Keep these old classics on the road, and ride them! Great video.
WOW!
My dad had a 1964 CL72 just like yours, he ride in Baja too!
I learned how to ride on that same bike!
I have a Honda Africa Twin today, which reminds me of the days riding with my dad on his scrambler
The little cl 72 or250 cc was a good off road bike I owned it's big brother cl77305 to bad honda did not make it's new cl more retro.
WOW the bike of my youth! I could only ride my friends Hondas growing up. No money for me. They went from the 50,90,125, then the 305s. But he 250 Scrambler was the one that I still love. That run to LaPaz would be my ultimate fantasy. Now that I'm 73 maybe I'll start looking for one .
You got me by 2 years, I had a 250 in 1969 when I was in Cuba with the military. Several of us rode it as regular enlisted didn’t have the ability to bring it back to USA so it stayed in Cuba. I wondered how long it made it after all these years. I’ve been looking for one too, hard to find and a hefty price tag comes with it .Good luck. !
Thanks, I really enjoyed that. I love the sound of these early Honda parallel twins. They seemed so big and powerful when I was 8 years old. They’re still cool.
Awesome! I love the old scrambler look! I have a few bikes I work on and do videos with. One of which happens to be a ‘71 Suzuki TS-250 Savage that has the high up exhaust and small tank like this bike
Your ts250 is a street legal enduro not a scrambler but apples and oranges.
Wow Man, You Lucky Duck! Great Bike! I Knew Malcolm Smith & J.N. Roberts Won The First Mexican 1000 But I Never Knew About The First Time It Was Ridden. Thank You For That!
What a great place you living ....nice bike , and awesome beard !!!I wish i could live theare my dream ....my dream , greetings from UA and God bless the America and American people )))))
a real adventure bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no traction control, no computers, no abs, nothing you dont need, just a classic real scrambler !!!!!!!!!!
WOW! Paul D'Orleans, I've read your articles for years! Great video, not surprised you know the history of the CL72 and Baja. Great story!
I had a 305 street scrambler back in late 60s early 70s. Wish I still had it.
Had a CL 350 1968 model, wish I still had it this was back in 1980. I only paid 150.00, probably worth 3 to 4 grand now.
4:37 what a timeless and cool promo black and white shot. That looks just right...in style and sense..rider, bike, context....in every sense..still...in 2021!
If only Afshin showed the same amount of empathy for an old motorcycle that he does to Black Lives Matter. Calling them a terrorist organization? Really? Way to tank your brand.
My first bike....in 1966. I Never admit this because maybe four months later I saw a 250 Ducati Scrambler. I had to have it. "The engine looks like the brain....the bevel drive shaft is the brain stem...." Said I as I took a long hit. I put the Honda engine in a Exterminator go kart. Very rare monocoque kart, very light.
Sweet bike. We called that type On/Off (Road/Dirt)
Personally, it looks like it's had a bit if a hard life, and if she were mine she definately wouldn't be going through water, and used in dusty conditions.
This bike needs a thorough Nut and Bolt restoration, but a proper restoration on a small bike like this- on top of the purchase price would be false economy.
Nicest part of the CL72 are the straight pipes!
Nah, it's nice that it has the signs of heavy use. Personally I'd never buy a restored bike because they're rarely done properly and even on the rare occasion they are done well, they're too nice to actually use. I'd much rather have a bike showing its age than a fully restored bike
@@samlovatt8669 very true. i like actually being able to use a bike more than it being a trailer queen its whole life of just sitting in a garage corroding.
This bike needs nothing but to continue being used and ridden as it was designed to be. This coming from a guy who just restored a 1980 CBX to mint condition.
Old is gold...😍😍😍💖💖💖
The Honda Scrambler and Super Hawk were two bikes that grabbed me just before I was old enough to drive. I ended up with 4 Honda's before owning a car. But sadly for me no 250 or 305. I still ride and feel just as emotional about my 2003 BMW Boxer Cup R1100s ( a real one, not the Randy Mamola "Replica" model). In between I rode a Norton Commando for many years. Riding any bike is one of life's great pleasures -- but riding a bike with soul is hard to beat.
Where do I find a 64 super hawk video ?
Just perfect. Bravo
Gorgeous motorbike and scenario!
Love it. Great work! Keep 'em coming!
Anyone here after Jalopnik trashing this channel today? Their new agenda is throwing actual content creators under the bus while they hawk affiliate garbage and tell you who you're allowed to listen to. Didn't expect today to be the day I'm officially finished with Jalopnik, but I'm done.
Keep up the great work. 👍
My first “BIG bike” was a CL72 I purchased in Hilo Hawaii from Greg Herbst who was in college at Cal Poly from 66-69; he brought it home and sold it to me; I had a first bike, an S90, from 66-69, I was 18 and headed to college on Oahu. I think about that orange 250 a lot. Wish I had kept it, but my GF got tired of riding two up in Honolulu, so I sold it and bought my first car, a 61 bug for $300; loved that bug too….
So only 1 Scrambler made it the distance?
My first motorcycle was a street scrambler!!! A 1966 YAMAHA YDS3C big bear !!! Rode it in the woods in Michigan and it was really BAD !!! very heavy, no suspension and NO TORQUE!!! but a learning experience 😁😁🏍🏍 my next bike a YAMAHA DT1MX was much better 😁😁😁😁
More bike stuff please
Cool Film.
Yo, Paul! CHEERS
Wow nice life venture 👍
Great bike. Temple City Honda.
Cool leathers, sort of throw back.
Had one back in the day raced out of a Honda shop in central New England races were called scrambles at the time
Strange that they considered La Paz the end of Baja when there is still another 150klm south to Cabo....That Camino del este is actually a really beautiful dirt road to ride.
thanks for the awesome video!
I really enjoy these videos
wow! loved it.
Thats the vibe.
Old is gold !
Out west here we say motorsickle, not bi-syecle.
Viva La Paz !!
What is the music on the background?
More bike stuff. Less old hipsters!
Sweeeet
Paul is one lucky guy.
LOGO is HOT , I Love it !!
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It's a shame why the CEO & founder is trending right now though.
Shame that Japan makes boring car nowadays
Okay? This video is about motorcycles.
What? Did you forget about the Miata, the 370z, the GTR?
@@SantiagoGT15 maybe he means most of their eco friendly cars, which are the smaller automatics, but yes they still do awesome cars, im just here for the motorcycle tho
@@SantiagoGT15 the STI RA, Civic Type R, Lexus LFA as well