Lady Luck

[Rider52]

Lady Luck is a Honda CL72 250cc Scrambler. I got it from Scruffy a fellow DTT member several years ago. Scruffy had taken it apart but we found about 99% of the pieces. My wife and I put it back together in the back of our pickup one afternoon and it has collected cobwebs in our barn in North Arkansas since that day. This is a picture just before it went into the barn.

 

[Rider52]

Scruffy was told the bike had been raced at Lakeland (TN) and Riverside (AR). Afterward it had been "customized" and put on the street. It is supposed to be a 1963, but I have not verified the manufacture date. I'm doing it a bit at a time while I wait on parts for the Road Kilt 750. I started with the gas tank which appeared to be in decent shape.

 

[Rider52]

Good by Lady Luck. The condition of the tank indicates it was never on a race bike. I raced at both tracks and I can assure you this tank would have been full of dents if it had been raced. The bike may have seen the track, then tank definitely not. However, when I removed the cap there is the lingering smell of AV gas.

 

[irk miller]

Tank looks pretty perfect.

 

[Rider52]

Tank looks pretty perfect.

The tank is nice. It is an early seamless 62-65 tank. Inside is clean, petcock works, the emblem mounts are in place. The tank is worth more than the bike!

 

[teazer]

it will be interesting to see what you find inside the motor if that one was actually raced.

It's all about the story and every bike has a story - some are just more interesting than others.