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Post by wanaron on Mar 5, 2019 19:15:40 GMT
Hi All
Been away for quite a while from the Forum, but due to recent time off work have been resurrecting the Dream 250 project!
well she runs now having enlisted the help of a mate to sort the wiring! ( not my strong point)!
Still lots to do but will keep at it now she runs!
My question is what sort of mileage are the 250 engines good for( if been treated reasonably well in its lifetime)?
My bike is showing really high mileage of over 55000, but checked Gov.uk mot history and it jumped 40k in one year back in 2011!
I somehow doubt it's covered that many miles- it goes to well , no smoke, and still pulls through every gear!
However I have no for sure way of knowing!
what have your bikes covered in miles?
Wayne
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2019 19:55:37 GMT
Hi Wayne,
My own thoughts are that if oil has been kept fresh (and the correct type used) with all recommended maintenance kept up, then 50k is still not high for these bikes. They are Honda's that were built when build quality was at a peak.
On the down side to what I wrote above, many of these bikes were not looked after. They were bought as everyday commuters and abused and run on a shoestring budget. Bodges were common.
How the engine sounds these days is everything I guess. I've heard one running at 71k which was as quiet as a mouse and ran just as good and one with a genuine 9k that sounded like a bag of spanners. HTH.
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Post by marktrower on Mar 5, 2019 21:25:28 GMT
I put a pic of the bike on this forum last year see the bike most summer's finally met the guy at a bike night at tickhill had it from new not restored 76000 on the clock noise from cam chain he was in the process of doing seen him later on in the year the chain replaced sounded sweet. every year he chained the oil filter .enny engine will give you good milage if looked after .gorge has a ex police rs750 beemer that's got 157000
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Post by buster on Mar 6, 2019 9:46:22 GMT
Hi Wayne, My own thoughts are that if oil has been kept fresh (and the correct type used) with all recommended maintenance kept up, then 50k is still not high for these bikes. They are Honda's that were built when build quality was at a peak. On the down side to what I wrote above, many of these bikes were not looked after. They were bought as everyday commuters and abused and run on a shoestring budget. Bodges were common. How the engine sounds these days is everything I guess. I've heard one running at 71k which was as quiet as a mouse and ran just as good and one with a genuine 9k that sounded like a bag of spanners. HTH.  guilty as charged (second paragraph above) in my defence if I had to get to work next morning I had to do something to fix a minor problem, its because superdreams were so tough back in the day that I have sought to own a couple now. I'd agree on the clocks 40k in one year sounds like a lot, someone maybe changed the clocks for a secondhand set? |
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Post by wanaron on Mar 6, 2019 22:11:44 GMT
Just seems strange to me that someone would change clocks for a higher mileage! Just why would you do that?
Well been in workshop again tonight, changed the headlamp brackets for some that actually have the brackets for the indicators! Someone prior to me thought it wise to grind them off and mount the indicators either side of the headlamp cowl. Looked well naff.
I think the cam chain is going to need doing sometime soon, but I'll carry on and get it ready for the road 1st.
Interesting reading about mileage Cheers
Wayne
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 1:56:20 GMT
Just seems strange to me that someone would change clocks for a higher mileage! Just why would you do that? These bikes are nigh on 40 years old now.....so you kind of have to think of all of the possibilities and why and what has or has not occurred in all that time. First thing that springs to my mind is that the original speedometer either totally stopped working or started making a grinding sound (they do this sometimes)....and maybe the owner was not concerned about mileage readings. Or it may have had a non original speedo on it from when computerised MOT records began in 2005/6, thus the P.O decided to change it at some point in the past 13 years. Or the owner just simply upgraded the clocks for a nicer looking clock set (it may have been scuffed or faded) . These are just three of many reasons I can think of. |
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Post by buster on Mar 7, 2019 10:06:22 GMT
as fb says above, back in the day the first thing that always went from a breaking bike was the clocks (arthur daley types lowering the mileage on their bikes for sale) so a set of clocks could have been really hard and expensive to buy
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Post by bodie on Mar 7, 2019 17:40:26 GMT
The model of 250 and a pic of the clocks will let us know if they are even correct for the bike  |
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Post by marktrower on Mar 7, 2019 19:06:17 GMT
on the few occasions i advertised a car or bike i always put the mileage in the add,so when i got what's the mileage i would say what do you want it to be.the conversation usually ended there.
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