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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #30 on: August 31, 2018, 01:28:29 PM »
Bike is still for sale

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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #31 on: August 31, 2018, 01:32:48 PM »
Now there's a surprise.
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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #32 on: September 03, 2018, 11:48:59 AM »
The value you put on it, 24 thousand pounds, is far in excess of its value here,so there is no chance of a sale.

Even at 2 thousand four hundred it would still be regarded as expensive.

No one in UK is interested in jap bikes of that era, hard but true.


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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #33 on: September 03, 2018, 12:03:20 PM »
The British old bike enthusiasts are notoriously as tight as a duck's drum.
I was at Netley Marsh last Friday, and heard that immortal exchange-

"How much is this mate?"
" I dunno...give me a quid"
"Nah, far too much..make it 50p and I'll take it".

So there's this way of thinking amongst all the normal old riders, and those who spring £50K for a Vin or whatever, and your bike falls smack in the middle.Too dear for some, no marketable quality for others. Have you tried the Jap home market?

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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #34 on: September 03, 2018, 05:25:55 PM »
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The British old bike enthusiasts are notoriously as tight as a duck's drum.

and tighter, some makes have owners even tighter than that, V******* and V *******    owners I always found worst.

back in the days when I sold a lot at jumbles, it was always the V******* parts that got nicked.

By gawd I have some tales of tight arses from my trade  days  you'd find hard to credit.

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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #35 on: September 03, 2018, 10:25:03 PM »
I know a bloke who is so tight that I think his has been welded shut.

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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #36 on: September 27, 2019, 01:13:11 PM »
Honda Dream 3E was listed in Bonhams.

You can bid online. If you want do it, you must register asap and click 'bid'. It can be shipped worldwide.
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25384/lot/391/?category=list&length=394&page=1

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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #37 on: September 30, 2019, 10:30:41 PM »
Regarding questions about bidding online…
If you want do it, you must register asap in Bonhams system (shortly before auction it would be impossible):
https://www.bonhams.com/register/?full_reg=1&reg_rtn_path=/auctions/25384/lot/391/%23keep_bid_open%3D1%26id%3D5317058
and click 'bid' next to the motorcycle’s main picture.

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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #38 on: September 30, 2019, 11:01:25 PM »
Do you honestly think there's the remotest possibility that anyone on this site will be interested in these bikes? I know the site could do with more posts, but it's not an advertising forum; particularly for this perceived exotica.
Getting grumpy, but not as grumpy as mini-me.

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Re: Honda Dream 3E from 1953 - top condition, very genuine bike for sale
« Reply #39 on: October 21, 2019, 11:49:38 AM »
sold for £13,800 inc buyers premium, hammer price was 12k, so take home will be a lot less than 12k.

and the other one allegedly valued at over 100k?   20k hammer price.

oh well.

On the other hand there were some nice Sunbeams .