1965 Honda CL

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Manufactured from 1965 to 1968, the scrambler was first built with a 250cc engine and in 1965 the 305 was introduced using the same engine found on the Dream and Superhawk. It is a 4 stroke OHC wet sump parallel twin with dual carbs. The transmission is a four speed. The colors available were Blue, Red and balck, all had Silver tank, side covers and fenders. The hardest part to find for restorations is the two into one muffler at the end of the exhausts. It was common in the 60's to take the muffler off (throw it away) and add butterfly "Snuff-nots" to the end of the straight pipes. I have both with this bike! This bike is in Amazing condition and is completely original (besides the seat is brand new). I decided against painting the bike mainly because the original paint is in great condition to be 45 years old. It does have wear on the top of the tank and a burn mark from the muffler on the side plate. It will only cost a few hundred bucks to have the entire bike repainted... but I wouldn't recommend it.. it's very rare to find a completely original scrambler in this great of shape. Bike rides great and will almost always fire on the first kick. These engines are know for their reliability. When I took this bike out for the first time this year it fired up after only a couple kicks after sitting all winter and it was still cold outside. I had more trouble getting my new Kawasaki started than my 1965 Scrambler. After my first ride I took it to a very respected classic motorcycle mechanic a couple hours away to get new oil seals, gaskets and the carbs cleaned. He told me it was the cleanest classic engine he had ever seen. He told me he's had professionals clean engines for him and not get it clean in the parts mine was. He advised me he could tell it has been babied it's entire life. Recent work I've had done on the bike: Bike has new tires. New seat. New battery. New spark plugs and this auction will come with a case of plugs I bought for the bike, you'll never run out. Had oil seals replaced. New gaskets. Also just had the carbs cleaned. Bike comes with: Manual Service manual Tools Sunf-nots and a small box full of parts that were passed down to me when I bought it. On May-04-10 at 05:54:03 PDT, seller added the following information: For some reason the above text is messed up.. here is what it says: Manufactured from 1965 to 1968, the scrambler was first built with a 250cc engine and in 1965 the 305 was introduced using the same engine found on the Dream and Superhawk. It is a 4 stroke OHC wet sump parallel twin with dual carbs. The transmission is a four speed. The colors available were Blue, Red and black, all had Silver tank, side covers and fenders. The hardest part to find for restorations is the two into one muffler at the end of the exhausts. It was common in the 60's to take the muffler off (throw it away) and add butterfly "Snuff-nots" to the end of the straight pipes. I have both with this bike! This bike is in Amazing condition and is completely original (besides the seat is brand new). I decided against painting the bike mainly because the original paint is in great condition to be 45 years old. It does have wear on the top of the tank and a burn mark from the muffler on the side plate. It will only cost a few hundred bucks to have the entire bike repainted... but I wouldn't recommend it.. it's very rare to find a completely original scrambler in this great of shape. Bike rides great and will almost always fire on the first kick. These engines are known for their reliability. When I took this bike out for the first time this year it fired up after only a couple kicks after sitting all winter and it was still cold outside. I had more trouble getting my new Kawasaki started than my 1965 Scrambler. After my first ride I took it to a very respected classic motorcycle mechanic a couple hours away to get new oil seals, gaskets and the carbs cleaned. He told me it was the cleanest classic engine he had ever seen. He told me he's had professionals clean engines for him and not get it clean in the parts mine was. He advised me he could tell it has been babied its entire life.On May-07-10 at 16:36:46 PDT, seller added the following information: I took the removable muffler off to record a new video.  It sounds awesome even better live.. very loud and deep..