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doodledog · 12-02-2007

You Bought What??? Where!!!!!!

what have I done!!!!!!!!! OK so I sat at home drinking a few JD and cokes and got to thinking, the 955 Tona is suffering a bit on our daily comute to work, cold road salt ice, so I thinks lets look on Ebay see whats around cheap as a winter hack, DOH, I am now the proud? ownwer of a CB250N circa 1986, bought unseen but with lots of history long MOT and tax, problem is I have got to go and ride it home next weekend rain or shine, 400 blardy mile round trip, wife will drive car there I will ride the poor old thing 200 miles home. bets are on as to how far it gets before I am stranded by the roadside, tips please, or anyone got a van in the uk and is just nipping south next weekend from Newcastle!!!

1stgarry · 12-03-2007

A reliable bike (in its day) but 20+ years old won't help.
Fortunately, you can still get plenty of spares.
Fingers crossed this doesn't turn out to be an expensive bargain!!

Sprintive50 · 12-06-2007

Hi

I had a CB250 T for a while, it was a good workhorse took me through a couple of winters without missing a beat. Ok it suffered from old age and bad electrical connections and the front caliper needed to be kept free from road crud but apart from that it was pretty reliable.......... oh yes they do rattle a bit and need revving to get a move on but as a work horse they are pretty good

AC

doodledog · 12-09-2007

well I got her home yesterday and we went for a spin this morning, all seems to be fine with the bike and its in fantastic nick for a 25 year old, insurance was £71 for the year, the thing is I had one of these 250 Honda's in the 70's and I am amazed how crap the brakes are and the suspension is so stiff, power well 27BHP never did feel massive but man its weak! When I was a teen it was the dogs, oh how things change, very happy with it though as its a real ride down memory lane.

barneys · 12-10-2007

Can I join you down Memory Lane? Your post brought it all back to me. I had a CB250N Super Dream in Black with red trim way back in 1981. I had the bike when the car failed it's MOT a few years after I got married. I bought it new and had it for 3 years, sold it and bought a car again when my first child was born. We rode it as our only form of transport, a lot of it 2 up. I thought it was a great bike, well it was at the time. I had a few other bikes after that,just for fun and I also raced a Grasstrack bike (BSA & A Bultaco) in the late 70's and early 80's. I have just come back to biking after a 20 year lay off and fullfilled my dream and bought a 2007 Bonneville T100. I am like a big kid again. With my more 'mature' outlook I am riding to enjoy rather than scare myself sh*****S