Topic: what could it be?

[547]

i talked to this guy who says he has a
"1969 or 1967 on/off road honda"
he says he thinks it is 100cc or 125cc twin
has a white seat and the tank was originally red

he is selling it but doesn't have a pic and he lives about 60 miles away so i
want to get some sort of idea of what he has before i drive to check it out

does anyone know what it might be
pics would be helpful

[Bob Wessner]

Could it be this one? No white seat though.

http://nattcglynco.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-1969-honda-cl125.html

[547]

could be Bob. when i was talking to him though i asked about the condition of the exhaust and when he mentioned the headers he said they reach under the motor. may not be original. says it is an enduro too

[bill440cars]

      No white seat, but the exhaust does go under on the SL175


      

   

[azuredesign]

Didn't the sl175 come out later than '69?

[754]

Around 70 or 71 i think.
 Guy might be wrong on year,,,

Ask him if motor is slanted, High or low front fender, is there rad hoses on the forks??

..last one is carspeak for gaiters...

[547]

thanks. i'll ask him about the slanted motor when i talk to him again.
he also said it looked like a collectors bike-
to me they are all collectors bikes and if i had the cash i'd collect them all but-
i am thinking pre 1970 if it looks to him like a collectors bike just cause of the frame
and tank style.
i don't know but oh well
he is going to pretty much give me the bike for a few 20's so i'm going to take it no matter

[bill440cars]

Didn't the sl175 come out later than '69?

            I didn't even think about the year? I was caught by "the pipes went under the bike" thing.  

[547]

may be this

[bill440cars]

may be this

           Let's go over the info we have been given:

           "1969 or 1967 on/off road honda"
he says he thinks it is 100cc or 125cc twin
has a white seat and the tank was originally red

           Don't really think that the Honda pictured here, is an on/off road Honda.

           Also:

          when i was talking to him though i asked about the condition of the exhaust and when he mentioned the headers he said they reach under the motor. may not be original. says it is an enduro too

         Something seems to be amiss here (to me). An on/off road bike (like an enduro) with the pipes under the engine, sounds like an SL. But to be a 69' or 67' clouds things up. Also, he says a 100 or 125 Twin! Now a 69' Twin with pipes under the engne and a 350cc, could easily be an SL350K0. Did Honda EVER make a 100cc Twin? I don't know of one, but then there are lots of things that I don't know. None of the CL Twins had pipes under the bike unless THEY WERE CHANGED!
          We need to see a photo of this bike.

[KB02]

I love this page:
http://www.motorera.com/honda/

All of Honda's bikes listed by CC.

Of the 100 and 125 cc bikes, it looks like the only one from the late 60's was the CL125A Scrambler.


The pipes don't reach under the engine, though, so you might be looking at either a non stock bike or a later year bike.

Ask for the VIN number, most Honda's include the model in the VIN number, and then go from there.

[754]

I (at first) had sort of thought something last last pic , or maybe a 160 or 175. I knew they made 175 (had a 67) but was not sure about the rest.

But if it were say a CL or CB 350 with TT pies, that also sounded a bit like it.

The slanted motor scramblers definitely have an older look, so if it has slanted motor, and rad hoses on the forks(gaiters), it would pretty well put it 68 or down.. the maybe 69 is not helping any.

hopefully 745 or 547 has gone and BOUGHT it and reports back.

[547]

this is it
gonna be some project
the kids and i are going to learn a thing or two

it is a 1969
160

[754]

I sort of thought they stopped making thenm in 66. In 67 the 175 started production.

But it could be maybe registered as a 69 and made earlier..


 Twin Carbs is a CB, single carb is a CD.

 Bet it has a brake cable to the back wheel.

[547]

the title says 1969 and the plate on the tank says cb160 but that is as far as i have inspected it to see what year it is.
it does have the twin carbs.

[754]

Check the motor number...