Only ever had two, an early (H reg) Honda SS125 which I bought (from my brother) so that I could visit Duxford (although the first show was Staverton) as I wasn’t going to pedal it there, like I had done Halfpenny Green, Gaydon and Weston Park. It served me well for many years, until an “unfathomable” fault developed which my brother nor I could put right, so I took the bit by the horns and bought a brand new (T reg) Honda CB250N Super Dream.
I resold the SS125 back to my brother for the price I had paid (£20) even though I had only recently spent a lot on it, including new exhausts (£25 each) and lo and behold, he didn’t even bother leaving it a few weeks, next day he had “discovered” how to fix the fault and it was back on the road – we didn’t talk for some time after that.
My Super Dream never let me down, I forget what the mileage was when I gave it up, it’s just that I was getting too cold, too wet, too often, I needed a roof over my head and something more than an engine twixt my legs to keep me warm. I fotget what I sold it for, but just after I agreed a price someone came along and offered me twice as much – I hoped that the original deal would fall through, but that was one of those times when my morals got the better of me.
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